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Phineas F. Bresee, (1838–1915), founder of the Church of the Nazarene. Albert Benjamin Simpson, (1843–1919), preacher, writer, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), was an American healing evangelist. Her ministry style served as a model for Pentecostalism.
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. The historical period in which they worked became known as the Patristic Era and spans approximately from the late 1st to ...
The history of Christianity is part of the history of a great many civilizations. Christianity's influence has been both vast and inextricably intertwined with the histories of the many cultures it has inhabited. It has been a source of social services. It has introduced and furthered literacy and education, created and managed hospitals and ...
List of Anglican diocesan bishops in Britain and Ireland. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta. List of Archbishops of Cyprus. List of Archbishops of Uppsala. List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia. List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople. List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem. Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops.
Early Christians gathered in small private homes, [2] known as house churches, but a city's whole Christian community would also be called a "church"—the Greek noun ἐκκλησία (ekklesia) literally means "assembly", "gathering", or "congregation" [3] [4] but is translated as "church" in most English translations of the New Testament.
Christian humanism regards classical humanist principles like universal human dignity, individual freedom, and the importance of happiness as essential and principal or even exclusive components of the teachings of Jesus. Proponents of the term trace the concept to the Renaissance, linking their beliefs to the scholarly movement and worldview ...
This is a list of notable Christian theologians listed chronologically by century of birth This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Second (c. 1790–1840) Third (c. 1855–1930) Fourth (c. 1960–1980) v. t. e. The First Great Awakening, sometimes Great Awakening or the Evangelical Revival, was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. The revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as ...