 Pope
Leo X Giovanni de Medici was
destined for the Church from a very early
age, and was made a Cardinal at the age
of 14. As Pope, he is best remembered for
instituting a number of practices that
led Martin Luther to criticize the
Church, which in turn led to the
Protestant Reformation. |
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 Desmond
Mpilo Tutu is
most known to the world through his
efforts to rid South Africa of apartheid
-- a government-sanctioned system of
segregating whites and blacks in almost
all matters of public life. Tutu
emphasized that the only way South
African blacks could rid themselves of
apartheid was through peaceful means. He
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his
work in 1984. |
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 Charles
Wendell Colson pled guilty
to obstruction of justice during the
Watergate Scandal and spent seven months
in federal prison. After his release he
published Born Again, in which
he documented his conversion to
Christianity. He used the royalties from
this book to found Prison Fellowship
Ministries, which has helped thousands of
prisoners and their families live better
lives. |
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 George Fox
left home at the age of 18
to seek spiritual enlightenment. In 1647,
after experiencing a series of visions
and voices from God, he began preaching
to anyone who would listen, and soon
began attracting followers. He founded
the Society of Friends that same year,
and by 1654 was spreading his message
around the world. |
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