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Leonhard Kaiser, also Leonhard Käser, Leonhard Kaysser; Kaspar Kantz; Georg Parsimonius, also Karg; Stefan Kempe; Johann Kessler, also Johann Keßler; Heinrich von Kettenbach ...
Protestant Reformers were theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer, sharing his views publicly in 1517, followed by Andreas Karlstadt and Philip Melanchthon at Wittenberg , who promptly joined the new movement.
Older Protestant churches, such as the Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), Moravian Brethren or the Bohemian Brethren trace their origin to the time of Jan Hus in the early 15th century. As the Hussite movement was led by a majority of Bohemian nobles and recognized for a time by the Basel Compacts , this is considered by some to be the ...
America began as a significant Protestant majority nation. Significant minorities of Roman Catholics and Jews did not arise until the period between 1880 and 1910. Altogether, Protestants comprised the majority of the population until 2012 when the Protestant share of U.S. population dropped to 48%, thus ending its status as religion of the ...
John Knox (1513–1572) Protestant Reformation; Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) Lyman Beecher (1799–1863) Jonathan Goforth (1859–1936) Canadian Presbyterian Mission; Peter Marshall (1903–1949) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church; James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000) Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia; Ian Paisley (1926–2014)
The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation.
Plaque in Maidstone, Kent, commemorating those burnt nearby. Protestants were executed in England under heresy laws during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558), and in smaller numbers during the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553), Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and James I (1603–1625).
Caius, Presbyter of Rome (early 3rd century) Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170 – c. 236) [3] Origen of Alexandria (c. 184 – 254) Sabellius (fl. c. 215) Cyprian (c. 200 – c. 258) Novatian (c. 200 – 258) Paul of Samosata (c. 200 – c. 275) Dionysius of Alexandria (died 265) Gregory Thaumaturgus (c. 213 – c. 270) Methodius of Olympus (died c. 311)