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History of the Christian Church

History of the Christian Church. Week 4. The Age of Chaos and Reason. A World Turned Upside Down. Columbus Discovers the New World. Protestant Reformation. Caper nicus Theory. Jesuits (Counter-reformation. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506). Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).

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History of the Christian Church

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  1. History of the Christian Church Week 4 The Age of Chaos and Reason

  2. A World Turned Upside Down • Columbus Discovers the New World • Protestant Reformation • Capernicus Theory • Jesuits (Counter-reformation

  3. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506)

  4. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

  5. Ignatius of Loyola (1492-1556) • Co-founder of Society of Jesus (SJ) also known as the Jesuits Francis Xavier (1506-1552) • Co-founder of Society of Jesus

  6. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)

  7. Spanish & Portuguese in the New World(1492-1898) French in the New World(1492-1898)

  8. The Colonies (1763)

  9. John Smyth 1570-1612) • an early Baptist minister of England • a founder of the Baptist denomination.

  10. Society of Friends (Quakers) George Fox (1624-1691) William Penn (1644-1718) • Given land in New World by Charles II. This became his "holy experiment – Pennsylvania (1682). Specific emphases • All are equal under God • Equality of women • Abolition of slavery • Peace making • Witness of the 'inner light' (or light of Christ)

  11. Mennonite Migration 1768 - invited by Catherine the Great of Russia to settle in the present-day Ukraine) 1683 – began to settle in Germantown in Penn's Colony

  12. Amish Jacob Amman (1693) • Mennonite reform movement in Switzerland & south Germany

  13. Pietism Pia Desideria (Pious Desires) 1675 – Philip Jacob Spener

  14. Neutäufer Schwarzenau New Baptists Alexander Mack and seven followers baptism in theEder River (1708) 1719-1740 - US migration • December 25, 1723 • Baptisms in the Wissahickon Creek • Germantown Congregation formed • Love Feast observed • November 1724 • Coventry congregation organized • Conestoga congregation organized

  15. Moravians Followers of Jan Hus (1369-1415) Also called Bohemian Brethren 1722 - Established village of Herrnhut on the estate of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf 1727 – Major revival. Brotherly Agreement 1741 – Founded Bethlehem PA Forerunners of modern Protestant missionary movement

  16. Methodists George Whitefield John Wesley (1703-1791) • a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. • founder the Methodist movement (along with brother Charles) • Methodism was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom (it encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.) • (numerous groups look to John Wesley as their spiritual father (i.e. Methodists, Wesleyans, the Holiness movement, Pentecostalism, the Charismatic Movement, and Neo-charismatic churches)

  17. Deism • God the watchmaker • God the First Principle • Free Masons • Universalism

  18. The Jefferson Bible

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