Christian History Daily

The full human story of Christian history, in five to ten illustrated cards each morning. Saints and scholars, popes and reformers, wars and councils, hymns and art.

Christian History Daily is a small daily reader. Each day at the time you choose, the app delivers a handful of cards — short, illustrated entries on moments from Christian history that fall on that calendar day and more. Bach completing the Mass in B Minor. Augustine writing the Confessions. The Sistine Chapel ceiling unveiled. The Hundred Years War.

Fascinating slices of history in the palm of your hand. Stimulate your knowledge with thousands of years of Christendom.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Five to ten cards each day sourced from historical events and a curated dataset of one hundred and forty-eight biblical events, parables of Jesus, hymns and sacred-music origins, patristic and scholastic landmarks, and the bits of liturgical etymology that make Christian vocabulary make sense.

ECUMENICAL, ON PURPOSE

Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Reformed traditions are treated evenhandedly. Aquinas and Calvin and Chrysostom and Wesley all appear. History, not devotion.

THE AESTHETIC

Two illustration registers, used together. Gustave Doré's nineteenth-century wood-engraving style for narrative scenes — the conversion of Paul, the Holy Family fleeing into Egypt. Illuminated manuscript in the lineage of the Lindisfarne Gospels for symbols and feasts — the Chi-Rho, the Annunciation, the Magnificat.

TEN CATEGORIES

Pick at least three at onboarding. The app surfaces only events that overlap your interests.

· Biblical — Old and New Testament events, apostolic era
· Saints & Martyrs — lives, deaths, canonizations, feast days
· Wars & Conflicts — Crusades, Reformation wars, modern Christian witness
· Reformation — Luther, Calvin, Trent, denominational splits
· Missions & Evangelism — missionary journeys, Bible translation
· Art & Architecture — sacred art, cathedrals, icons, manuscripts
· Theology & Literature — Church Fathers, treatises, religious thought
· Sacred Music — chant, hymns, liturgical composition, oratorios
· Church & State — papacy, Christian monarchs, ecumenical councils
· Modern Church — encyclicals, ecumenism, modern persecution

DAILY NOTIFICATION

Pick a time. Receive a notification at that time with the day's cards. Or skip the notification and open the app whenever.

PRIVACY

No accounts. No email collection. The only data leaving your phone is what Apple Search Ads attribution and our advertising partner (Google AdMob) require, with full opt-out via iOS App Tracking Transparency. Privacy policy: https://christianhistorydaily.com/privacy.html

REQUIREMENTS

iOS 15.1 or later