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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.
William Screven (c. 1629 – 1713) was a 17th-century Reformed Baptist church planter and preacher from England who founded the first Baptist church in the South. William Augustine Screven was born in the town of Somerton in Somerset, England in 1629, and emigrated to New England in the 1640s. [ 1 ]
The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. [1] [2] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe, or Christendom.
Pages in category "Christian religious orders established in the 17th century" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Christianity and colonialism are associated with each other by some due to the service of Christianity, in its various denominations (namely Protestantism, Catholicism and Orthodoxy), as the state religion of the historical European colonial powers, in which Christians likewise made up the majority. [1]
Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the 17th century, over a century after the foundation of the Church of England during the Protestant Reformation. [6] This view of Baptist origins has the most historical support and is the most widely accepted. [ 7 ]
Category: 17th-century churches in Europe. ... Printable version; ... 17th-century churches in the United Kingdom (4 C)
1662: Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn public bus which has a regular route, schedule, and fare system. 1662: Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning, which rules until 1683. 1662: Jacques Aymar-Vernay, who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe, is born. 1663: Ottoman war against Habsburg ...