#church-history — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #church-history, aggregated by home.social.
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My 1851 Religious Census of #Northamptonshire is now available as a free download. https://www.northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk/vhm/1851-religious-census #churchhistory
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My 1851 Religious Census of #Northamptonshire is now available as a free download. https://www.northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk/vhm/1851-religious-census #churchhistory
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The vicar of #Rimbach (#Odenwald) is the last one in this #familyHistory series (for now). Interesting example of #migration in the aftermath of the #ThirtyYearsWar.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/adam-getrost.html#genealogy #germany #history #clergy #Lutheran #churchHistory #Michelstadt #Zotzenbach
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The vicar of #Rimbach (#Odenwald) is the last one in this #familyHistory series (for now). Interesting example of #migration in the aftermath of the #ThirtyYearsWar.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/adam-getrost.html#genealogy #germany #history #clergy #Lutheran #churchHistory #Michelstadt #Zotzenbach
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#MariaLaach is a stunning #Romanesque #abbey, rich in #history and #culture. Founded in 1093, it has evolved through #medieval, #Jesuit, and modern phases. Today, it tries to find a balance between its religious heritage and its commercial presence. Here' s a short personal reflection after several visits to the abbey:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-24_maria_laach/
#WeekendStories #Christianity #ChurchHistory #Rheinland #LaacherSee
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#MariaLaach is a stunning #Romanesque #abbey, rich in #history and #culture. Founded in 1093, it has evolved through #medieval, #Jesuit, and modern phases. Today, it tries to find a balance between its religious heritage and its commercial presence. Here' s a short personal reflection after several visits to the abbey:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-24_maria_laach/
#WeekendStories #Christianity #ChurchHistory #Rheinland #LaacherSee
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I've reached the bottom of the big barrel of #Lutheran #clergy in my #familyHistory in the Upper County of #Sponheim now with one very speculative case hailing from #trarbach (there is still one stray clergymen in the pipeline from a completely unrelated branch)
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-metzlers-of-trarbach.html #germany #genealogy #churchHistory #reformation
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I've reached the bottom of the big barrel of #Lutheran #clergy in my #familyHistory in the Upper County of #Sponheim now with one very speculative case hailing from #trarbach (there is still one stray clergymen in the pipeline from a completely unrelated branch)
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-metzlers-of-trarbach.html #germany #genealogy #churchHistory #reformation
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How AME Church History Is Taught to Members. It provides a detailed overview of organizational instructional systems, offering much-needed clarity on how developing an investigative mindset serves as a primary safeguard against making unsafe choices across unverified web interfaces.
Read the full analysis here:
https://www.maryvv.com/teaching-ame-church-history/#Education #MaryVenableVaughn #ChurchHistory #PublicInterest #Sociology #TechLiteracy #DataSecurity
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another #Lutheran clergyman popped up in my #familyHistory: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-valiant-vicars-deputy-and-successor.html #genealogy #churchhistory #reformation #germany #Kirn
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another #Lutheran clergyman popped up in my #familyHistory: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-valiant-vicars-deputy-and-successor.html #genealogy #churchhistory #reformation #germany #Kirn
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The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th-century movement that challenged the authority and practices of the Catholic Church and reshaped Christianity across Europe.
Click here: https://www.ojgreenministries.com/protestant-reformation-modern-christianity/
#ProtestantReformation #ChristianHistory #FaithAndScripture #ChurchHistory #BiblicalTruth #ModernChristianity
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Some newly acquired relatives who were quite famous in the early 18th century: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-arnoldi-clan.html #familyHistory #lutheran #churchHistory #theology #genealogy #reformation
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Some newly acquired relatives who were quite famous in the early 18th century: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-arnoldi-clan.html #familyHistory #lutheran #churchHistory #theology #genealogy #reformation
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#Lutheran #clergy in the centuries after the #reformation was a dense family network. Not only did the priests aspire that at least one son followed in their profession, they also networked to ensure their daughters married clergymen. In today's blog entry I've written up some of the resulting #matrilines in my #familyhistory.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-women-of-reformation.html
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#Lutheran #clergy in the centuries after the #reformation was a dense family network. Not only did the priests aspire that at least one son followed in their profession, they also networked to ensure their daughters married clergymen. In today's blog entry I've written up some of the resulting #matrilines in my #familyhistory.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-women-of-reformation.html
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One God, two sacraments, salvation by grace. A clear look at the core beliefs that have guided the AME Church for over 200 years.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/what-ame-church-believes/#AMEChurch #ChristianDoctrine #Faith #ChurchHistory #Methodist #Theology
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A small group of believers changed the world—not by power, but by knowing who they were in Christ. Discover what gave the early church its strength.
Read here: https://www.ojgreenministries.com/early-church-history-lasting-influence/#ChurchHistory #EarlyChurch #ChristianFaith #SpiritualGrowth #Christianity #BiblicalTruth
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We have two marriages between a Rose and a Nettle among the descendants of the Strasbourg goldsmith in #Winterburg, in the Upper County of #Sponheim, and a few more clergymen: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-clan-of-roses.html #familyHistory #history #churchHistory #germany
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We have two marriages between a Rose and a Nettle among the descendants of the Strasbourg goldsmith in #Winterburg, in the Upper County of #Sponheim, and a few more clergymen: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-clan-of-roses.html #familyHistory #history #churchHistory #germany
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Step into the story of the early Church and uncover a legacy of unwavering faith, courage, and lasting influence that still shapes Christianity today. Discover powerful insights that can deepen your spiritual journey.
Read more: https://www.ojgreenministries.com/early-church-history-lasting-influence/
#ChurchHistory #ChristianFaith #SpiritualGrowth #FaithInspiration
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In the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, one bishop stood with the suffering. A story of faith, compassion, and healing the flock.
Read here: https://www.johnwweiser.com/healing-the-flock-faith-aids-crisis/#Faith #AIDSCrisis #SpiritualLeadership #Compassion #ChurchHistory #Healing
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From a small congregation in Philadelphia to a global movement serving millions—how the AME Church lives out its mission across continents.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/ame-church-global-mission/#AMEChurch #GlobalMission #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #SocialJustice #ConnectionalChurch
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From a small congregation in Philadelphia to a global movement serving millions—how the AME Church lives out its mission across continents.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/ame-church-global-mission/#AMEChurch #GlobalMission #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #SocialJustice #ConnectionalChurch
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From one small congregation to a worldwide movement—how the AME Church serves communities through faith, education, and justice across continents.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/ame-church-global-mission/#AMEChurch #GlobalMission #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #SocialJustice #ConnectionalChurch
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From one small congregation to a worldwide movement—how the AME Church serves communities through faith, education, and justice across continents.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/ame-church-global-mission/#AMEChurch #GlobalMission #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #SocialJustice #ConnectionalChurch
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From a small movement in 1816 to a global church in over 30 countries, how the AME Church grew across continents while staying united.
Read here: https://www.maryvv.com/ame-church-expansion-internationally/#AMEChurch #ChurchHistory #GlobalChurch #Faith #Mission #ConnectionalChurch
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Greville Ewing, founder of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, noted that the East India Company resisted missions because the gospel unsettled profitable injustice. Faithful preaching, he assumed, makes exploitation harder to maintain. If so, which dissatisfactions do we fear today—and which conversions do we resist? How might the gospel advance with integrity?
#reformed #reformedtheology #missions #christian #churchhistory #gospel -
Greville Ewing, founder of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, noted that the East India Company resisted missions because the gospel unsettled profitable injustice. Faithful preaching, he assumed, makes exploitation harder to maintain. If so, which dissatisfactions do we fear today—and which conversions do we resist? How might the gospel advance with integrity?
#reformed #reformedtheology #missions #christian #churchhistory #gospel -
George Hutcheson, a Scottish #Presbyterian expositor, notes that Job is accused (v.22:6-7) not of cruelty but of neglect: no water for the weary, no bread for the hungry. Scripture treats withheld mercy as real guilt. We answer not only for harm done, but for good refused.
What omissions would still accuse us? Where can you give water today?
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George Hutcheson, a Scottish #Presbyterian expositor, notes that Job is accused (v.22:6-7) not of cruelty but of neglect: no water for the weary, no bread for the hungry. Scripture treats withheld mercy as real guilt. We answer not only for harm done, but for good refused.
What omissions would still accuse us? Where can you give water today?
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Scottish missionary James William Massie describes starvation and disease in India—and notes the suffering gathered at the doors of European residents. He doesn’t blame local religion; he implies responsibility rests with those who had power. Though sent to preach the gospel, he insists attending bodily misery belongs to Christian witness itself. Both sneering at missionaries and ignoring suffering miss the point. How will you let misery disturb you into action?
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Scottish missionary James William Massie describes starvation and disease in India—and notes the suffering gathered at the doors of European residents. He doesn’t blame local religion; he implies responsibility rests with those who had power. Though sent to preach the gospel, he insists attending bodily misery belongs to Christian witness itself. Both sneering at missionaries and ignoring suffering miss the point. How will you let misery disturb you into action?
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Dutch Reformed missionary Andrew Murray notes that in Luke 16 Lazarus is praised for no special virtue, and the rich man is condemned for no scandalous crime—only for ignoring Lazarus’s suffering. The sin is comfortable neglect. Faith that guards doctrine yet trains us not to notice pain misses the warning. How are we learning to see—and respond to—the poor at our gate?
#BiblicalWorldview #ChurchLeaders #Christianity #FaithAndCulture #TheologyMatters #ChurchHistory #Mercy #reformeddoctrine
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Dutch Reformed missionary Andrew Murray notes that in Luke 16 Lazarus is praised for no special virtue, and the rich man is condemned for no scandalous crime—only for ignoring Lazarus’s suffering. The sin is comfortable neglect. Faith that guards doctrine yet trains us not to notice pain misses the warning. How are we learning to see—and respond to—the poor at our gate?
#BiblicalWorldview #ChurchLeaders #Christianity #FaithAndCulture #TheologyMatters #ChurchHistory #Mercy #reformeddoctrine
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James Balmford, a Presbyterian elder, wrote during the London plague, rebuking neighbors who denied contagion despite visible sores and public wailing. For him, piety didn’t excuse rejecting plain evidence or endangering others. How will you speak truth to neighbors when denial puts lives at risk?
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James Balmford, a Presbyterian elder, wrote during the London plague, rebuking neighbors who denied contagion despite visible sores and public wailing. For him, piety didn’t excuse rejecting plain evidence or endangering others. How will you speak truth to neighbors when denial puts lives at risk?
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Edward Stillingfleet, an Anglican minister, notes that the early church used its growing resources to build hospitals for the homeless poor—treating this not as politics, but as a duty of religion. Care for the sick and displaced was part of Christian obedience. How do we receive those who cannot house themselves?
#ChurchHistory #MercyInPractice #CostlyCharity #anglican #christian
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Edward Stillingfleet, an Anglican minister, notes that the early church used its growing resources to build hospitals for the homeless poor—treating this not as politics, but as a duty of religion. Care for the sick and displaced was part of Christian obedience. How do we receive those who cannot house themselves?
#ChurchHistory #MercyInPractice #CostlyCharity #anglican #christian
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Anthony Farindon says mercy isn’t just doing good, it’s how you do it. The wicked may give, but it’s like serving bread with gravel in it—technically food, spiritually, dental damage. They hoard everything, then fling back crumbs with a scowl and call it charity. Sound familiar? True mercy has a soft face, not clenched teeth.
#ChristianEthics #MercyNotCrumbs #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #TenderMercies #christian
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Anthony Farindon says mercy isn’t just doing good, it’s how you do it. The wicked may give, but it’s like serving bread with gravel in it—technically food, spiritually, dental damage. They hoard everything, then fling back crumbs with a scowl and call it charity. Sound familiar? True mercy has a soft face, not clenched teeth.
#ChristianEthics #MercyNotCrumbs #FaithInAction #ChurchHistory #TenderMercies #christian
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David James Burrell, a Dutch Reformed minister, is having none of it. He looks at the Opium Wars and says: picture the Queen as the Good Samaritan—she sees the wounded man, checks her schedule, mutters about trade, taxes, and empire, and steps neatly around him. Splendid commerce, dreadful mercy. Leaders, he insists, don’t get to plead busyness. And pastors don’t get to stay quiet. Now—where, exactly, are you crossing the road and calling it prudence?
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Samuel Colcord Bartlett, a Congregational minister turned college president, pauses his missionary optimism to scold the East India Company. Forcing opium on China, he says, was an outrage any nation would resist; Britain simply shoved it back at gunpoint, with ruinous results.
Today we call pastors naïve for critiquing trade. Bartlett asks a nastier question: have *you* looked at the damage behind what you freely consume?
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The Buswell Library now offers online access to The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity! 📚✨
With over 1,100 articles from 645 authors worldwide, this resource explores early Christian texts, traditions, and ideas. Dive into the complete 6-volume set, searchable and accessible anywhere!
Check it out in our catalog or Online Reference search tool today!
https://library.covenantseminary.edu/news/new-online-resource-encyclopedia-of-early-christianity
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Why are the #Gospels so Late?
This episode opens with a playful roundtable moment as #MeganLewis and #BartEhrman compare early job experiences—including Bart’s comically short-lived stint as a 12-year-old dishwasher—before diving into one of the most important historical questions about early #Christianity: Why did it take so long for anyone to write down the life and teachings of #Jesus?
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#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Patkerasēr patkerateac'" by Ġowkas Vanandec'i[Amsterdam, 1716]
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/118019
#armenia #theology #churchhistory
