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12 giu 2024 · John Harvard Young clergyman whose bequest of £779, was (in 1639) the first principal donation to the new institution, his gift assured its continued operation. [25]
17 giu 2024 · Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Learn more about Harvard in this article.
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3 giorni fa · Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, [1] in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide as of 2001.
17 giu 2024 · Increase Mather, Congregational minister, author, and educator, who was a determining influence in the councils of New England during the period when leadership passed into the hands of the first native-born generation. He was the son of Richard Mather, son-in-law of John Cotton, and father of Cotton Mather.
1 giorno fa · The Cold War began with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, started a gradual winding down with the Sino-Soviet split between the Soviets and the People's Republic of China in 1961, and ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
2 giorni fa · A former Anglican vicar who served as a pastor, part-time hospital chaplain and a member of the governing body of the Church of England, Father Waller was among the first Anglican clergy to be received into the Church following the establishment of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in 2011.
14 giu 2024 · Saint John Henry Newman, influential churchman and man of letters of the 19th century, who led the Oxford movement in the Church of England and later became a cardinal deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. Learn about his life, writings, reforms, and legacy.
