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Missionary work
Individuals and groups were sent to places where a need was seen for Christian instruction, normally in foreign parts. The Moravian Church began sending out missionaries in 1732. The China Inland...
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dissolution of the monasteries
In 1534, for reasons not only to do with his marital situation, Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Pope and the Catholic Church. At the time the Catholic monasteries (and abbeys, priories, convents an...
Event, Politics & Administration, Property, Religion, Royalty
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Saint Monica
Born between 322 and 331. Known as Monica of Hippo she is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras), Algeria. Mother of Saint Augustine.
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Sir Moses Montefiore
Philanthropist and Jewish leader. Born Italy, brought up in London. Married into the Rothschild family.
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Moravian Church
Officially named Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), it originated in Bohemia when Jan Hus, a priest and philosopher, objected to some of the practices of the Roman Catholic church, and wanted ...
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Lady Morgan
The only Lady Morgan we can find is the Irish novelist Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781? - 1859). In 1833 she spent time in Belgium and then wrote the novel ‘The Princess’ set there, so, it might be her. ...
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Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
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Rev. T. D. C. Morse
Vicar at Christ Church, Newgate Street in 1888. Wikisource gives: Thomas Daniel Cox Morse. Church of England clergyman and educationist; Rector of Drayton, Nuneaton; Vicar of Christ Church in Lond...
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