John Samuel Bewley Monsell was born to Thomas Bewley Monsell, Archdeacon of Derry, in St. Columb’s, Londonderry on 2 March 1811. There is nothing noted about his birth mother or his younger years. He attended Trinity College, Dublin where he received a BA … Continue reading John Samuel Bewley Monsell
Thomas was born in Tolentino in the March of Ancona within the Papal States around 1250 to 1260. He became a Franciscan early in life and developed a reputation for strict adherence to its rule, particularly concerning the vow of poverty. A fellow of St Nicholas of Tolentino and one of Angelo da … Continue reading Thomas of Tolentino
Lutheranism was born of Martin Luther’s mighty zeal in the 1500s, but a century later it had sunk into cold and weary formalism. In the 1600s God raised up other giants to rekindle the flames and extend the Reformation into … Continue reading Norway’s Pious Preacher
Simon Episcopius was born on January 8, 1583, in Amsterdam. At the age of seventeen, he attended the University of Leiden where his major course of study was theology under the tutelage of Jacobus Arminius whose teachings he followed, and … Continue reading The Founder of Arminianism
The skeptical Augustine found himself deeply impressed by the power of Ambrose’s sermons, Continue reading Politician to Preacher
Churchmen had been celibate for centuries, and John Calvin wondered if he, a first-generation Protestant, should break tradition. “I am not yet married,” he wrote. “Whether I shall ever marry I do not know. In any case, if I take … Continue reading His Ideal Idelette
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