This Week in Christian History: Pope Draws Imperial Borders; Methodists Ordain Women; Scopes Arrested

By Michael Gryboski, Editor
Sunday, April 29, 2018

The coat of arms for Pope Alexander VI. | (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, telling tribulations, inspirational progress, and everything in between.

Here are just a few things that happened this week, April 29 to May 5, in Church history. They include the Methodist Church approving female ordination, the arrest of the teacher at the center of the Scopes Monkey Trial, and a papal bull that set the borders for two empires.

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