Who Was The Greatest Figure In Christian History After 100 A.D.?.......

[Tim Myers]

Who do you feel was the greatest figure in Christian History after 100 A.D.??..............

 

[Tim Myers]

Didn't mean to post the same question twice............

Still haven't got the hang of posting yet........

 

[rockytopva]

My vote would have to go with John Bunyan.

 

[Tim Myers]

Ahh...Pilgrim's Progress........

 

[rockytopva]

yes! Great readings! Hey I am also at ChristianityBoard.com and have put together a web site at youtube.com/rockytopva! Come give us a visit!

 

[CryptoLutheran]

I don't think one name is possible there's entirely too many, but some of the most important, at least to me personally or who have had various levels of influence on me:

St. Ignatius of Antioch
St. Irenaeus of Lyons
St. Perpetua
Origen of Alexandria
St. Athanasius
St. Basel the Great
St. Ambrose
St. Augustine of Hippo
St. Isaac the Syrian
St. Francis of Assisi
Martin Luther
John Wesley
The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pope John Paul II
Stanley Hauerwas
Tony Campolo

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Tim Myers]

Those are definitely 44 excellent choices, CryptoLutheran.......

Thanks!!!!

 

[Walter Kovacs]

Aquinas
Augustine
Patrick

Many, many more...

 

[Biblicist]

313 Donatus of Casae Nigra
1170 Peter Valdo – founder of the Waldensians
1365 John Wycliffe – he was known as the Morning Star of the Reformation
1420 John Huss – another Reformer based in what we know as the Czech Republic.
1500 Martin Luther
James Harmenson (Arminius)
John Wesley

 

[E.C.]

St. John Chrysostom
St. Basil the Great
St. Gregory Naziansus.

 

[Pilgrimer]

My vote would definitely be John Wycliffe who first translated the Latin Scriptures into English under the firm conviction that all men should have access to the Word of God.

In Christ,
Pilgrimer

 

[Baqueinfaith]

My vote would definitely be John Wycliffe who first translated the Latin Scriptures into English under the firm conviction that all men should have access to the Word of God.

In Christ,
Pilgrimer

Middle English. Don't forget King Alfred the Great who began a translation into Old English.

But I second CryptoLutheran. Excellent list.

I concur with others though that St. Augustine of Hippo should take the title. Is there any trinitarian Christian group that does not hold his teachings in high regard?

 

[E.C.]

I concur with others though that St. Augustine of Hippo should take the title. Is there any trinitarian Christian group that does not hold his teachings in high regard?

Actually, yes.

Eastern Orthodox Christians do not because we disagree with some of his writings on original sin which later gave birth to purgatory. We believe in ancestral sin, but not original sin.

 

[jpcedotal]

For me personally on my journey:

Dr Vernon McGee
C.S. Lewis

 

[Incariol]

St. Constantine, perhaps.

 

[Baqueinfaith]

Actually, yes.

Eastern Orthodox Christians do not because we disagree with some of his writings on original sin which later gave birth to purgatory. We believe in ancestral sin, but not original sin.

NOOOOOOOOOO

Okay, back to the drawing board...

Okay, darkhorse suggestion:

St. Perpetua

Lots of people don't like Constantine because they view him as the beginnings of corrupted Christianity.

St. Patrick because he allows us to get wasted and feel pious about it?

 

[Walter Kovacs]

St. Patrick because he allows us to get wasted and feel pious about it?

A true man of God!

 

[Baqueinfaith]

So officially our answer is St. Patrick and his Holy Order, The Inebriati?

I'd post a link for that British comedy reference but I can't.

 

[NvxiaLee]

Martin Luther

 

[Baqueinfaith]

Harold Camping.