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Stranger church was a term (similar in meaning to the French étranger) used by English-speaking people for independent protestant churches established in foreign lands or by foreigners in England during the Reformation. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time

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English Churches on the European Continent

Many English churches sprang up in the Low Countries and Rhineland during the English Reformation. The most famous of these were established by the Marian exiles. The name Marian Exiles is given to English Calvinist Protestants who fled to the continent during the reign of Mary I.

The Stranger Churches in England

The first Stranger Church to be set up in England was that led by the Italian reformer, Bernardino Ochino in 1547 (Cranmer's permission coming in January 1548). England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Bernardino Ochino (1487-1564 was an Italian Reformer. Biography Bernardino Ochino was born at Siena. Although set up for the Italian community in London, it welcomed reformed Protestants of other nationalities as well. Cranmer made it quite clear that this was an example of how he wanted the reformation in England to proceed by forcing the traditionalist Bishop Edmund Bonner to attend Ochino's inaugural sermon. Edmund Bonner (also Edmund Boner) (c 1500 &ndash September 5, 1569) Bishop of London, was an English Bishop.

To the dismay of bishop of London Nicholas Ridley, the fully independent Stranger Churches were founded in his see in 1550 with the help of Protestant aristocrats such as William Cecil and Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk. The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. Nicholas Ridley (died October 16, 1555) was an English Clergyman. William Cecil may refer to Lord William Cecil (1854-1943 British royal courtier William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 English Catherine Willoughby Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby ( 22 March 1519 - 19 September 1580 On July 24, 1550, the Dutch Stranger Church of London received a royal charter and was incorporated by letters patent. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company Letters patent are a type of Legal instrument in the form of an Open letter issued by a Monarch or Government, granting an office right The congregation received a grant of the Austin or Augustinian Friars Church off Threadneedle Street which still remains the site of the city's Dutch Protestant Church, the church itself having been destroyed in the second world war. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Upon incorporation, the church was renamed the "Temple of the Lord Jesus" and given four pastors: two for the Dutch church, and two for the French/Walloon church meeting in St. Anthony's Chapel.

Cranmer's main purposes in giving official sanction to the Churches seem to have been two-fold. Firstly, they provided a glimpse of how a reformed Protestant Church might work in England, within the episcopal system which many of the "hotter" reformers wished to abolish. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, they helped Cranmer and his allies in the suppression of heretical strains of religion, such as the anabaptists like George van Parris, who was burned in 1551 with Laski's assistance. Anabaptists ( Greek ανα (again twice + βαπτιζω (baptize thus "re-baptizers" are Christians of the Radical Reformation

Members of London's Dutch Stranger Church

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Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (born 31 October 1951, in Kent, England) is Professor of the History of the Church in the University of Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (born 31 October 1951, in Kent, England) is Professor of the History of the Church in the University of
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