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Bishop Anselm. Abbot of the Bec Abbey, reluctantly becomes Archbishop of Canterbury on December 4, 1093. He was consecrated in Canterbury after King William II agreed to restore the lands of the archbishopric that had been seized by the crown.
His tenure was marked by conflict with William II and his successor, King Henry I, over the issue of royal control over Church appointments (lay investiture). He is recognized as a Christian philosopher and theologian of the eleventh century. More
Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, is proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow on December 4, 1533, at the age of three after the death of his father, Grand Prince Vasily III. He ruled under the regency of his mother, Yelena Glinskaya, until her death in 1538.
His mother's death was followed by a period of intense power struggles among nobles. Ivan was crowned "Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia" on January 16, 1547, at the age of 16, marking the beginning of a new era for Russia, with a more centralized and powerful ruler at its head.
The Council of Trent concludes its discussions on the Catholic Church Counter-Reformation on December 4, 1563. The decrees of the council were later confirmed by Pope Pius IV in the bull Benedictus Deus on January 26, 1564.
The Council met intermittently over 18 years beginning on December 13, 1545. It reaffirmed Catholic doctrines on salvation, sacraments, and the biblical canon, while also standardizing the mass, implementing disciplinary reforms and the establishment of seminaries for the proper training of priests and requiring bishops to reside in their dioceses.
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Love the new UI - it is fun to be able to easily look up specific days, years and months throughout history. I must control me ADHD 😳🙂
