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Name Birth Birthplace Death Place of death Notes Anne Line 1601 Germaine Cousin: 1579 1601 Blessed John Pibush: 1601 Blessed Mark Barkworth: 1572 1601 Blessed Robert Middleton
A list of Christian saints and blesseds in chronological order, sorted by date of death: ... 17th century (1601-1700) 18th century (1701-1800) 19th century (1801-1900)
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd ... Pages in category "17th-century Christian saints" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
17th-century missionary activity in Asia and the Americas grew strongly, put down roots, and developed its institutions, though it met with strong resistance in Japan in particular. At the same time Christian colonization of some areas outside Europe succeeded, driven by economic as well as religious reasons.
In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England.Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church of England who believed that the Church of England was insufficiently reformed, retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrinal roots, and who therefore opposed royal ecclesiastical policy.
These traditions and prayers continue across the world to date, e.g. in May 2008 the arch-priest of St. George's Basilica, Malta, called on all parishioners to pray to Saint George every day. [63] St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, New Delhi, India, holds prayers of intercession to Saint George every week. [64]
Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".
Mental prayer can be either meditation or contemplation. The basic forms of prayer are adoration, contrition, thanksgiving, and supplication, abbreviated as A.C.T.S. [3] The Liturgy of the Hours of the Catholic Church is recited daily at fixed prayer times by the members of the consecrated life, the clergy and devout believers. [4] [5]