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This week in Christian history: Thomas Aquinas dies, 40 martyrs of Sebaste

By Michael Gryboski, Editor

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge founded – March 8, 1698

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Unsplash/John-Mark Smith

This week marks the anniversary of when a Christian publisher based in England known as the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) was established.

Still in existence, the SPCK was formed at a meeting of five friends at Lincoln’s Inn in London who wanted to found a group that promoted Christian belief through published works.

“Over the years, SPCK has distributed over 30 million books and has provided the means for translating the Book of Common Prayer into more than 200 languages,” the group said on its website.

“Today we fulfill our historic objectives through a vibrant publishing program, which provides a broad range of resources in a variety of media across the Church spectrum.”

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