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1775 Church Membership at the End of the Colonial Period
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1775 Church Membership at the End of the Colonial Period
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By 1775 many pre-revolutionary British colonial American churches had embraced evangelism after a religious revival, known as the Awakening, which swept the English-speaking world in the 1740s. The early British colonists, who settled along the eastern seaboard, were Church of England Protestants or its critics, the Puritans. By mid-century, there... More
Battle of Sampford Courtenay 17 August 1549
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Battle of Sampford Courtenay 17 August 1549
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Sampford Courtenay, West Devon, was the end-point of the Prayer Book Rising, a protest in the southwest against the new Protestant mass. The rebels, who were repeatedly crushed by government forces (many of whom were German and Italian mercenaries), fought a decisive battle at Sampford Courtenay on 17 August 1549.... More
Billy Graham’s World Tour 1947–2005
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Billy Graham’s World Tour 1947–2005
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Evangelicalism emerged during the revivals of the Methodist movement in England between 1730 and 1840, and the contemporaneous great awakenings in the United States. The many streams of Evangelicalism had some persistent features in common: an emphasis on individual conversion and faith in the literal inspiration of the Bible, and... More
Byzantine Empire 1095
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Byzantine Empire 1095
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The year 1095 saw a call to arms across all of Christian Europe in preparation for the First Crusade. By this point, the Byzantine Empire had been in steady decline for some time and had lost much of its traditional heartland in Anatolia to the Seljuk Empire. The Byzantines were... More
Catholic Emancipation and Repeal in Ireland 1824–43
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Catholic Emancipation and Repeal in Ireland 1824–43
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The Irish statesman Daniel O’ Connell (1775–1847) was a pioneer of the political mass-movement, which he engaged first to achieve Catholic Emancipation (1829), then in pursuit of repeal of the Act of Union. He was abetted by Thomas Wyse, who established Liberal Clubs to activate the support of the Catholic... More
Catholic Empires of the Americas c. 1650
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Catholic Empires of the Americas c. 1650
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The colonization of the new world began with Christopher Columbus’ discovery of Hispaniola in 1492. The Spanish began building an empire in the Caribbean, and conquistadores soon followed, penetrating deep into Central and South America, and south-western North America, and conquering the great indigenous civilisations of Aztec Mexico (1519–21) and... More
Catholicism and Orthodoxy c. 1000
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Catholicism and Orthodoxy c. 1000
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In 1054 the lengthy process of the East–West Schism began after Pope Leo IX sent a legate to Constantinople to dispute the eastern interpretation of the Holy Trinity and to proclaim his right to be head of both the western and eastern Churches. When Michael I Cerularius, head of the... More
Catholicism in Ireland 1922
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Catholicism in Ireland 1922
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In 1922, Catholicism was the predominant Christian faith in Ireland. It comprised 92.6 per cent of the population of the new Irish Free State and 36 per cent of the population of Northern Ireland: Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Armagh, Antrim and Down. In Northern Ireland, only two of the six counties... More
Celtic Saints and their Areas of Influence 500-700
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Celtic Saints and their Areas of Influence 500-700
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Christianity arrived early in the British Isles: an Aristobulus is recorded as a ‘bishop’ there in the 1st century, soon after the Roman conquest. By the late 4th century, Ireland had produced the influential theologian Pelagius, who rejected predestination and believed in the doctrine of free will. The collapse of... More
Charlemagne’s Campaigns 771–814
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Charlemagne’s Campaigns 771–814
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Charlemagne became king of the Franks when his brother died in 771 and quickly set about a widespread campaign of military expansion throughout Europe. Charlemagne was staunchly Catholic and forced peoples in invaded lands to convert. He quickly imposed himself over the Lombards in northern Italy, forcing them to submit... More
Charles Finney and the Great Awakening 1790–1875
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Charles Finney and the Great Awakening 1790–1875
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Following the American Revolution (1757–87) the new republic’s rapidly expanding population moved westward, outrunning the structures of the old hierarchical churches. The Baptists and Methodists flourished in this new climate. The newly independent American states were committed to a policy of open religious toleration while denying special privileges or official... More
Christendom and the Barbarians c. 800–900
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Christendom and the Barbarians c. 800–900
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The so-called “barbarians” were migratory peoples who launched attacks on the more settled societies of the old world since Roman times. In the 9th century new marauders preyed upon Christendom, drawn by the wealth accumulated by religiousestablishments and centres of commerce. The Vikings were audacious maritime marauders, who reached as... More