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The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
The religious views of George Washington have long been debated. While some of the other Founding Fathers of the United States, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, were noted for writing about religion, Washington rarely discussed his religious and philosophical views. Washington attended the Anglican Church through ...
According to the Archives, these documents "have secured the rights of the American people for more than two and a quarter centuries and are considered instrumental to the founding and philosophy of the United States." In addition, as the nation's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union is also a founding document.
Orthodox Baháʼí Faith: 1874–1974 Aleister Crowley: Thelema: 1875–1947 Charles Fox Parham: Pentecostalism: 1873–1929 "Father Divine" International Peace Mission movement: c. 1876–1965 Edgar Cayce: Association for Research and Enlightenment: 1877–1945 Ngô Văn Chiêu: Caodaism: 1878–1926 Guy Ballard "I AM" Activity: 1878–1939 ...
Irenaeus (/ ɪr ɪ ˈ n eɪ ə s /; Greek: Εἰρηναῖος Eirēnaios; c. 130 – c. 202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heterodox or Gnostic interpretations of Scripture as heresy and defining proto-orthodoxy.
Tertullian was an advocate of discipline and an austere code of practise, and like many of the African fathers, one of the leading representatives of the rigorist element in the early Church. His writings on public amusements, the veiling of virgins, the conduct of women, and the like, reflect these opinions.
The following persons are considered by some Christians to be prophets, or to have had prophetic experiences. Quadratus of Athens (2nd century, sometimes considered one of the seventy apostles) Montanus, Prisca, and Maximilla (2nd century, founders of Montanism) Quintilla (3rd century, founder of an offshoot movement from Montanism)
Apostolic Fathers. The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced by them. [1]