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Monarch of the United Kingdom: King Charles III is the supreme governor of the Church of England, [4] which places him as the titular leader of Anglican Christians in England. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England. Archbishop of Canterbury: Justin Welby is the principal leader of the Anglican Communion.
Edward Cooney (1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the Cooneyites and Go-Preachers sects; Harry Ironside (1876–1951), evangelist and pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago (1930–48). Karl Barth (1886–1968), leader of dialectical theology and author of Church Dogmatics; Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), Japanese evangelist and social ...
Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452–1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, finally executed for heresy; John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian Franciscan, working in Central Europe, where he led resistance to a Turkish invasion; Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) Spanish Dominican; Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), emotive Italian
List of 21st-century religious leaders; List of 20th-century religious leaders; List of 19th-century religious leaders; List of 18th-century religious leaders
Augustine was born in present-day Algeria to a Christian mother, Monica of Hippo. He was educated in North Africa and resisted his mother's pleas to become Christian. He took a concubine and became a Manichean. He later converted to Christianity, became a bishop, and opposed heresies, such as Pelagianism.
Leaders of the church were recognized by the Islamic state as administrative agents charged with supervising its Christian subjects and collecting their taxes. [537] Compulsory taxes, higher and higher payments to the sultan in hopes of receiving his appointment to the Patriarchate, and other financial gifts, corrupted the process and ...
The Church Fathers are the early and influential Christian theologians and writers, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. The earliest Church Fathers, within two generations of the Twelve Apostles of Christ, are usually called Apostolic Fathers for reportedly knowing and studying under the apostles personally.
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 .