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2 days ago · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
5 days ago · How England Became Protestant. Portrait of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Cranmer who reformed the English church, by Gerlach Flicke. (photo: Public domain) COMMENTARY: While the 500-year-old fracture of Christendom is marked, the goal of real and lasting unity is the task all Christians should remember. Father Dwight Longenecker, October 23, 2017.
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5 days ago · Your generosity fuels gospel outreach around the world. One-Time Gift. Home Learn Teaching Series The English Reformation and the Puritans. Their Unlikely Story is Ours Few stories contain heroism, betrayal, ricocheting monarchs, bold stands against repressive authorities, and redemption like this o.
5 days ago · The accession of George I secured Protestant plurality in England and this was confirmed by the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts in 1719. This restored the ambiguities that were created by the Toleration Act and represented the ‘most significant advancement for dissenters until the aftermath of the American Revolution’ (p ...
4 days ago · Law uses a wide range of evidence, from wills of academics to inventories of books and evolving college statutes, to trace the process of reform in Edward’s reign, and challenges the ‘implied or explicit comparison to the strength of Catholicism in Oxford’ that has led scholars to see Cambridge as a resolutely ‘Protestant’ university ...
1 day ago · Bishop Adam J. Parker stands on the deck of the MV Dali May 1, 2024. The bishop and Andrew Middleton of the archdiocesan Apostleship of the Sea ministered to the crew of the ship by delivering supplies and celebrating Mass with Catholic members of the crew. The Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge March 26, causing it to collapse.
2 days ago · As Queens' was an unusually humanist-leaning institution in the 16th century, Queens' College Old Library still houses many first editions of Erasmus's publications, many of which were acquired during that period by bequest or purchase, including Erasmus's New Testament translation, which is signed by friend and Polish religious reformer Jan ...
