History of the Church of England

Slide 1 John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England. As a child, he spent his time in the West Country but as he became a teenager, he was sent to go to Westminster School in London. Slide 2 At Westminster School, John Locke was named a King’s scholar and this was an honor so he earned his way to attend Christ Church, University of Oxford. Slide 3 At University of Oxford, John Locke studied medicine and became a highly influential philosopher. He wrote about…

Many Countries have attempted to acquire land throughout history in order to become more powerful or to gain goods that are not available in their home land. Britain is no different. They started down the road of Imperialism, or building an empire. Schumpeter (1919) defined imperialism as the “non-rational and objectless disposition on the part of a state to unlimited forcible expansion. Imperialism is rooted in the psychology of rulers and the effects of surviving pre-capitalist social…

It is known as the most important realistic painting in history. We also saw Leonardo’s Last Supper which includes a perfect example of perspective as the room where the Last Supper takes place has two walls on the outside and one in the back. We then travel 50 years ahead to see Donatello’s Equestrian Statue…

As part of a variety of Protestant hymnals, The ITALIAN HYMN is a well-known tune among Christians from several denominations. This particular hymn tune presents a peculiar history that is unique if compared to the history of other hymn tunes. Moreover, the theological message presented in Come Thou Almighty King, which is the hymn text for this tune, is quite remarkable for all Christians. This historiography will examine the ITALIAN HYMN and its theological message. A historical analysis of…

Social Darwinism is term given to the various theories and ideas that emerged in the United States and Europe in the 1870s. The biological theories focused on concepts, such as natural selection and evolution. These concepts would later come to influence economics. The economic interpretation of Social Darwinism pertained to politics, social structures, and economics of daily life. Social Darwinism affected the economic “giants” on a global scale. However, these philosophies impacted the common…

criticisms that went against the normality of wars. There were many pioneers/philosophers to the Enlightenment periods with modernizations of politics, science, philosophies and math. This was a movement that occurred in all areas of the world; England, France, Germany, and America, with scholars…

Lessing, Goethe, and Nietzsche. As the time being, far from Christianity, the church and the Bible. He was drafted at the end of 1944, to fight in WWII in the German army at the age of eighteen. During the war he served as a solider for six months before surrendering, in Belgium, in 1945; for the first British solider he met. For three years of, he was confined to prisoner-of-war camps in Belgium, Scotland, and England. In the Belgium camp he saw how other prisoners collapsed inwardly, they gave…

English. The Scots-Irish continued to relocate to America. (Incredible how humans can be racist against anyone) Huguenots fled France after 1685, as well as Irish, Welsh, Swiss, and Jews all flocked to the land of religious freedom. New York’s Dutch history gave it a uncommon ethnic and religious tolerance, meaning it was one of the largest mixing pots in America. Slavery wasn’t considered immoral until the late 18th century, but most African slaves were like indentured servants until the 18th…

David Brained evangelized Native Americans in New England and the Middle Atlantic colonies in North America. The Protestant missions were the result of extraordinary spiritual awakenings that were based on the teaching of the Reformation. The influence in missions of the Moravians upon the leadership of Ludwig Von Zinzendorf, they were devoted to missions and determined to reach “the Souls of the Lamb.” The influence of William Carey through his missionary work and his manifesto titled, “An…

At one point in history the church, and even more so the Pope, was the primary power in Europe. The church was said to have control over all of people’s destiney, due to their direct link with God. People honestly believed that the Pope had a hand in their fate to either go to Heaven after death or to go to Hell. Therefore, they would seek the word of the church in almost every matter. However, this way of thinking would change for many people around 1517 with the birth of the Protestant…