Here are posts labelled "Founder" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Charles Wesley
- Birth: December 18, 1707, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Death: March 29, 1788, London, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English leader of the Methodist movement; hymns
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Just the Facts:
- Name: John Wesley
- Birth: June 17, 1703, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Death: March 2, 1791, London, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English Anglican cleric and theologian; Notes on the New Testament; sermons
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| by Holbein |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Jehan Cauvin (Jean Calvin)
- Known as: John Calvin
- Birth: July 10, 1509, Noyon, France
- Death: May 27, 1564, Geneva, Switzerland
- Language: French
- Who he was: French theologian and pastor; The Institutes of the Christian Religion; Bible commentaries
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); HC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: John Knox
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1513, Haddington, Scotland, UK
- Death: November 24, 1572, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer; First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
- Included in lists (What's This?): HC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Ignacio de Loyola
- Known as: Ignatius of Loyola
- Birth: October 23, 1491, Azpeitia, Spain
- Death: July 31, 1556, Rome, Italy
- Language: Spanish; Latin
- Who he was: Spanish theologian and religious founder; Autobiography; Spiritual Exercises
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| by Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Martin Luther
- Birth: November 10, 1483, Eisleben, Germany
- Death: February 18, 1546, Eisleben, Germany
- Language: Latin; German
- Who he was: German monk, theologian, and religious founder; The Ninety-Five Theses; Address to the Christian Nobility; Concerning Christian Liberty
- Included in lists (What's This?): HC
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| by Fra Angelico |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Dominic
- Also known as: Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic); Dominic of Osma; Dominic of Caleruega; Dominic de Guzmán
- Birth: August 8, 1170, Caleruega, Kingdom of Castile
- Death: August 6, 1221, Bologna, Italy
- Language: Latin, Spanish
- Who he was: Spanish saint and religious founder; traditional founder of the practice of the Rosary. "The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic" are by another author; Dominic may have written the Constitutions of the Dominicans, and three letters.
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| by Cimabue |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, nicknamed "Francesco"
- Known as: Francis of Assisi
- Birth: September 26, 1182, Assisi, Italy
- Death: October 3, 1226, Assisi, Italy
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian friar and preacher who wrote Regula non bullata (the Earlier Rule) and Regula bullata (the Later Rule); Testament; Admonitions; letters and prayers, including "Canticum Fratris Solis" ("Canticle of Brother Sun")
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Kukai
- Known as: Kobo Daishi
- Birth: July 27, 774, Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Death: April 22, 835, Mount Koya, Koya, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese monk and founder of Shingon Buddhism; fifty religious works, including Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence; The Meaning of Sound, Word, Reality; Meanings of the Word Hum
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| by Fra Angelico |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Benedict of Nursia
- Birth: c. 480, Norcia (Umbria, Italy)
- Death: March 21, 543, Monte Cassino, Italy
- Language: Latin
- Who he was: Italian saint and religious founder known for The Rule of St. Benedict
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