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AD 1600 - 1700 -Persecution of Catholics in Sweden under Charles IX -Jesuit missionary and scholar, Matteo Ricci, starts evangelizing China -Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius becomes professor at Leiden. Arminius’s studies of Romans lead him to doubt Calvin’s doctrine of predestination, resulting in doctrines emphasizing man’s ability to choose Christ and Christ’s death for all people. (Arminianism) -Gunpowder Plot fails. Catholic extremists attempt to kill King James I and blow up Parliament, seizing the government. -First Baptist Church is founded in Amsterdam by John Smyth, who baptizes himself. -Emperor Rudolph II permits freedom of religion in Bohemia -King James Version Bible (The Authorized Version) published -Galileo is prohibited by Church from …show more content…

-The British Test Act bans Catholics from holding public offices unless they deny certain doctrines. -Isaac Watts, hymn writer -John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress published. -Edict of Nantes revoked. Huguenots flee France. -Johann Sebastian Bach, composer called “The fifth Evangelist” -English Parliament Issues Toleration Act (tolerating all Protestant groups, but not Roman Catholics). -Chinese emperor officially allows Christianity. Ricci’s Initial 2,000 converts multiply to 300,000. -The Amish founded by Jakob Amman. -First missionary societies formed by Protestants. -Jamestown, Virginia, established - first permanent English colony on American mainland -Massachusetts Bay Colony founded -Dutch peasants (Boers) settle in South Africa -British Take New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York -War of European powers against the Turks (to 1699); high point of Turkish advance in Europe -James II of England calls for freedom of conscience; Protestants fear restoration of Catholicism and demand “Glorious Revolution” -Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia; attempts to westernize nation and build Russia as a military power. 1700 -

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