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Theologians
Famous Theologians
| Facts | Person |
|---|---|
| Born 571 B.C. Founded Taoism | Lou Tzu |
| Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period. The most important of his teachings include humaneness, righteousness, propriety/ritual, and human nature. Has a religion named after him. | Confucius |
| 5th Century, Founded Buddhism 571- 463 BC | Buddah |
| Prophet of Islam | Muhammad |
| 1469-1539 Founded Shikism, Combined Hindu and Muslim influences. | Guru Nanak |
| 1118-1170, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered by Henry II's men. He is a Saint. | Thomas Beckett |
| 1328-1384, Bible translator and reformer. | Thomas Wyclyffe |
| 1491-1556, Spanish Catholic Priest, founded the Jesuit order. | Ignatius of Loyola |
| 1483-1546, German priest and theologian. A reformer who wrote 99 Thesis. | Martin Luther |
| 1509-1564, French theologian and reformer. Popularized predestination. | John Calvin |
| 1489-1556, A leader in the reformation movement, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote the first book of common prayer used by the anglican church. | Thomas Cranmer |
| 1370-1471, English-Dutch Canon. Wrote the Imitation of Christ, a devotional book. | Thomas Kempis |
| 1615-1622, Founder of English Unitariansim. | John Biddle |
| 1568-1644, Led the pilgrims on the Mayflower. | William Brewster |
| 1624-1691, Founded the Society of Friends, "Quakers" | George Fox |
| 1603-1683, Puritian Minister, championed separation of church and state, founded Rhode Island. | Roger Williams |
| 1585-1652, Clergyman, pioneered congregationalism. | John Cotton |
| 1663-1728, Puritian clergyman, founded yale. | Cotton Mather |
| 1821-1910, founded the Church of Christ. Pioneered Christian Science, Wrote Science and Health, | Mary Baker Eddy |
| 1835-1922, American Congregationalist, and Socalist | Lyman Abbot |
| 1852-1962, founded Jehovas Witnesses. | Charles T. Russel |
| 1886-1968, Neo-Orthodoxist, authored the Barmen Declaration against Nazi Germany | Karl Barth |
| 1889-1966, with Karl Barth was a Neo-Orthodoxist. | Emil Brunner |
| 1862-1935, American baseball player and evangalist. | Billy Sunday |
| 1749-1808, Popularized free will in the Baptist Church. Converted many calvinists. | Benjamin Randall |
| 1703-1758, Revivalist preacher during the Great Awakening. Wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | Johnathan Edwards |
| 1714-1770, Great Awakening, on of the founders of methodism and the evangeical movement. | George Whitefield |