1 THE EARLY CHURCH...

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1 Contents 1 THE EARLY CHURCH Peter and Paul (died AD 65-68): Apostles in Rome Ignatius (died ): Bishop of Antioch Polycarp (c69-156): Bishop of Smyrna Irenaeus ( ): Bishop of Lyons Tertullian (150-c225): Theologian from North Africa Cyprian ( ): Bishop of Carthage THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE Constantine the Great (died 337): Emperor of Rome Eusebius ( ): Father of Church History Ambrose ( ): Bishop of Milan Jerome (c ): Scholar Of Bethlehem Augustine ( ): Bishop of Hippo CHRISTIANITY COMES TO BRITAIN Ninian (c 360-c432) Columba (c ) Patrick ( ): Apostle of the Irish Augustine (died 604): First Archbishop of Canterbury Aidan (d 651): Bishop of Lindisfarne Boniface ( ): Apostle to Germany Alfred The Great ( ): King of Wessex THE GROWTH OF MONASTICISM Benedict ( ): Father of Western Monasticism Bernard ( ): Abbot of Clairvaux Francis ( ): Founder of the Franciscans THE REFORMATION John Wyclif (c ): Martin Luther ( ): John Calvin ( ): Reformer and Theologian Great Christians.p65 5

2 William Tyndale ( ): Bible Translator Thomas Cranmer ( ): Archbishop of Canterbury John Knox ( ): Scottish Reformer Ignatius Loyola ( ): Founder of the Jesuits THE DISSENTERS John Bunyan ( ) Preacher and Author George Fox ( ): Founder of The Society Of Friends The Pilgrim Fathers (1620): the New World John Eliot ( ): Apostle to the Indians George Whitefield ( ): Evangelist John Wesley ( ): Founder of Methodism THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MISSIONARY MOVERMENT William Carey ( ): Father of Modern Missions Hudson Taylor ( ): Founder of Overseas Missionary Fellowship David Livingsone ( ): Missionary and Explorer Mary Slessor ( ): Missionary to the Calabar John Williams ( ): Missionary to the South Sea Islands James Chalmers ( ): Missionary to New Guinea Michael Solomon Alexander ( ): Bishop in Jerusalem Wellesley Bailey ( ): Founder of the Leprosy Mission C T Studd ( ): Founder, WEC International SOCIAL REFORMERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY William Wilberforce ( ): Philanthropist and Reformer Elizabeth Fry ( ): Prison Reformer George Müller ( ): Founder of Children s Homes, Bristol. 238 Thomas Barnardo ( ): Founder of Children s Homes William Booth ( ): Founder of The Salvation Army Catherine Booth ( ): Mother of The Salvation Army GREAT PREACHERS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES C. H. Spurgeon ( ): Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle Thomas Chalmers ( ): Theologian and Philanthropist Great Christians.p65 6

3 D. L. Moody ( ): American Evangelist Smith Wigglesworth ( ): Preaching and Healing Ministry Martyn Lloyd Jones ( ): Westminster Chapel, London Billy Graham (born 1918): Evangelist and Christian Statesman Luis Palau (born 1934): Argentinian Evangelist INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Sadhu Sundar Singh ( /33): Evangelist to India and Tibet Ida Scudder ( ): Founder of Vellore Medical College Amy Carmichael ( ): Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship Watchman Nee ( ): Chinese Pastor and Preacher Gladys Aylward ( ): Missionary to China Geoffrey Bull (born 1921): Missionary to Tibet Jackie Pullinger (born 1944): Missionary to the Walled City of Kowloon THE SUFFERING CHURCH OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The Vins Family in Russia Richard Wurmbrand (born 1912): Founder of Release International 332 Brother Andrew (born 1928): Founder of Open Doors Nate Saint ( ): Missionary to Headhunters Janani Luwum (died 1977): Archbishop of Uganda Corrie Ten Boom ( ): Ambassador For Christ BIBLIOGRAPHY CHARTS Persecution of Christians under Roman Emperors Major Heresies of the Early Church Early Church Councils Early Creeds Medieval Monastic Orders Major Protestant and Roman Catholic Differences Some 18th-20th Century Revivals Missionary Societies Societies with Christian Origins Some Examples of 20th Century Persecution Great Christians.p65 7

4 MAPS The Spread of the Early Church The Church in Britain The 19th Century Missionary Movement Africa Into The Twentieth Century India and China Russia South America PICTURES Last Prayer of Christians thrown to the wild animals Theatre Remains, Lyons Ruins of Crathage St Augustine Bede Statue of St Patrick Remains of St Augustine s Abbey Fulda Cathedral in Germany Alfred the Great Bernard John Wyclif Martin Luther, the Augustine Monk Martin Luther, theses Luther s Germany John Calvin Tyndale Cranmer John Knox Oliver Cromwell Richard Baxter John Bunyan The Prison on Bedford Bridge Title page of Pilgrim s Progress George Fox Jonathan Edwards Whitefield Preaching George Whitefield Holy Club Great Christians.p65 8

5 John Wesley House in Kettering William Carey Hudson Taylor David Livingstone Mary Slessor with the Chiefs John Williams James Chalmers Machael Alexander Wellsely Bailey CT Studd William Wilberforce Elizabeth Fry George Muller Thomas Barnardo William and Catherine Booth C H Spurgeon Dr Thomas Chalmers D L Moody Smith Wigglesworth Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones Billy Graham Luis Palau Dr Ina Scudder Amy Carmichael Watchman Nee Gladys Aylward Jackie Pullinger The Kowloon Walled City Georgi Vins Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand Brother Andrew Nate Saint Janani Luwum Corrie Ten Boom Avenue of Righteous Gentiles Great Christians.p65 9