Evangelists and Apologists

Antony of Padua

"The hammer of heretics"
Billy Graham

Evangelist to millions
Billy Sunday

Salty evangelist
Blaise Pascal

Scientific and spiritual prodigy
Charles Finney

Father of American revivalism
Clement of Alexandria

Theologian for the intelligentsia
Dwight L. Moody

Revivalist with a common touch
George Whitefield

Sensational Evangelist of Britain and America
Gregory Thaumaturgus

"The Wonder Worker"
Irenaeus of Lyon

Passionate Apologist to the Gnostics
Justin Martyr

Defender of the "true philosophy"

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July 21, 1773: Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), which was founded in 1534. Clement did not condemn the Society, but explained it was an administrative move for the peace of the church. Pius VII restored the society in 1814.

July 21, 1925: Biology teacher John T. Scopes is fined $100 for teaching evolution. He lost his trial, but because of it fundamentalists lost respect (see issue 55: The Monkey Trial and The Rise of Fundamentalism).