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The following is a list of famous preachers.
[edit] Catholic
Portrait of Hortensio Félix Paravicino painted by El Greco circa 1609.
- Ignatius of Antioch, (35–107) (also Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Polycarp (69–155) (also the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- John Chrysostom, (347–407) (also Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153)
- Henry of Lausanne d. 1148, heretical, opposed by Bernard.
- John Bromyard, (died c. 1352)
- Johannes Tauler, (1300 - 1361) German (Dominican) mystic
- Jan Huss, (1369–1415) (condemned and executed as a heretic)
- Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444) Franciscan
- Giovanni da Capistrano (1386-1456) Franciscan
- James of the Marches (1391-1476) Franciscan
- Girolamo Savonarola, (1452–1498) Dominican, also executed as a heretic.
- Petrus Canisius, (1521 - 1597), Jesuit preacher of the Counter-Reformation in the German-speaking lands.
- Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Trinitarian brother, preacher to the court Phillip II of Spain, and poet.
- Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), whose sermons are classics of French prose
- Louis Bourdaloue, (1632 - 1704) Jesuit preacher of the age of Louis XIV
- Jean Baptiste Massillon, (1663 - 1742) Oratorian
- John Henry Cardinal Newman, (1801–1890), converted from Anglicanism
- Bernard Vaughan SJ (1847-1922)
- Charles Coughlin (1891–1975)
- Bishop Fulton Sheen, (1895–1975)
- Pope John Paul II, (1920–2005)
[edit] Lutheran
[edit] Reformed
[edit] Presbyterian
[edit] Anglican/Episcopalian
Stained glass window featuring Archbishop Cranmer and the Oxford Martyrs
[edit] Puritan/Congregationalist/Nonconformist
[edit] Baptist
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Roger Williams, (1603–1684)
- John Bunyan, (1628–1688)
- Benjamin Keach (1640–1704)
- William Garrett Lewis (c. 1834 – 1885)
- C. H. Spurgeon, (1834–1892), the "Prince of Preachers"
- J. Frank Norris (1877-1952]]
- Mordecai Ham, Baptist (1877–1961)
- Duke Kimbrough McCall (born 1914)
- Dr. C.A.W. Clark(born 1915)
- Billy Graham, (born 1918)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
- Fred Phelps, (born 1929)
- Moishe Rosen (born 1932), founder of Jews for Jesus
- Jerry Falwell, (1933–2007)
- John MacArthur (born 1939) [3]
- Jesse Jackson, (born 1941)
- Al Sharpton, (born 1954)
- Paul Washer, (born unknown)
- Archibald G. Brown, (born unknown)
[edit] Methodist
- John Wesley, (1703–1791)
- George Whitefield, (1714–1770)
- Francis Asbury, (1747–1816)
- Peter Cartwright, (1785–1873)
- Bob Jones, Sr., (1883–1968)
- Carl Stuart Hamblen, (1908–1989)
- Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., (born 1935)
- William Willimon, (born 1946)
- William Boothe, (born ) - founder of the Salvation Army
[edit] Church of Christ
[edit] Christian Church
[edit] Charismatic
[edit] Pentecostal
[edit] Four Square Gospel
[edit] Non-denominational
[edit] Messianic
[edit] Preachers noted for secular achievements
- Dr John Bodkin Adams, (1899–1983), a preacher among the Plymouth Brethren but arrested in 1956 for murdering two patients. Controversially found not guilty but suspected of up to 163 deaths.[4]
- Bill "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877), Methodist, anti-secessionist newspaper owner and journalist, and later governor of Tennessee
- John Danforth (born 1936), Episcopalian, republican Senator from Missouri.
- Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña, (1597–1676), Catholic, explorer
- Laurence Sterne,(1713–1759), Anglican, novelist
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, (1787–1851) Congregationalist, deaf educator, Gallaudet University is named in his honor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803–1882), Unitarian, poet
- James Garfield, (1831–1851), Disciples of Christ, U. S. President
- Eric Liddell, (1902–1945), Baptist, olympian featured in the movie Chariots of Fire
- Hugh Beaumont, (1903–1984), Methodist, Television actor
- Jerry Clower, (1926–1998), Baptist, rural humorist
- David Bauer, (1924–1988), Roman Catholic, hockey player and coach
- Fred Rogers, (1928–2003), Presbyterian, children's television host
- Della Reese, (born 1931), non-denominational, actress
- Bill Moyers, (born 1935), Baptist, White House Press Secretary
- Clifton Davis, (born 1945) Seventh-day Adventist, actor
- George Foreman, (born 1949), boxer
- Sam Kinison (1953–1992), charismatic, comedian
- Mike Huckabee, Baptist (former governor of Arkansas and 2008 Presidential candidate) [5]
- Ernie Fletcher, (born 1956), Baptist (former lay preacher) Governor of Kentucky
- Richard Rossi, (born 1963) Filmmaker and musician
- Christopher Priest (born 1961) Baptist, comic book author and editor
- Reggie White, (1961–2004), Baptist/Messianic (Torah-observant), football player
- Kirk Cameron, (born 1970), evangelical, actor
- John Williams, Uniting Church in Australia, scientist
[edit] Fictional Preachers
[edit] Literature
- Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, Catholic The Da Vinci Code (later a film).
- Reverend Bunting, unspecified, The Invisible Man
- Dr. Chauseble, unspecified - The Importance of being Earnest.
- Arthur Dimmesdale, Puritan/Congregationalist - The Scarlet Letter
- Paul Ford, unspecified, Pollyanna
- Elmer Gantry, unspecified (charismatic) - Elmer Gantry (later a film)
- Tim Kavanaugh, Episcopalian, - At Home in Mitford (and sequals)
- Damien Karras, Catholic - The Exorcist (later a film)
- Friar Lawrence, Catholic - Romeo and Juliet
- Lankaster Merrin, Catholic - The Exorcist
- Father Mulcahy, M*A*S*H (later a film and a television series)
- Reverend Sykes, AME -To Kill a Mockingbird
- Chaplain Tappman, Anabaptist Catch-22 (later a film)
- Friar Tuck, Catholic, - Robin Hood
- Henry Biggs, Baptist - The Preacher's Wife
- Bishop Henry Broughman, unspecified (possibly Episcopalian, Methodist or Lutheran), The Bishop's Wife
- Sonny Duvall, Pentecostal - The Apostle
- Father Fitzgibbon, Catholic -Going My Way
- Graham Hess, Episcopalian - Signs
- Tim O'Dowd, Catholic - Going My Way
- Chuck O'Malley, Catholic - Going My Way and 'The Bells of Saint Mary's
- Jonas Nightengale, unspecified (charismatic) - Leap of Faith
- Samuel Whitehead, Methodist - Angel in My Pocket
[edit] Television
- Alexander Anderson, Catholic Hellsing
- Robert Alden, unspecified (possibly Lutheran or Congregationalist) - Little House on the Prairie
- Eric Camden, unspecified Mainline Protestant, 7th Heaven
- Frank Dowliing, Catholic -- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Mr. Eko, Catholic (self-proclaimed) - Lost
- Matthew Fordwick, Baptist - The Waltons
- Reuben Gregory, unspecified - Amen
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Presbylutheran, The Simpsons
- Reverend Gaylord Pierson, According to Jim
- Francis Xavier Reyneux (Father Ray), Catholic - Nothing Sacred
- Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, Catholic Helltown
- Mike Weber, Episcopalian - Soul Man
- Chris Stevens, Worldwide Church of Truth and Beauty, (which, like the Universal Life Church, offers at large ordination regardless of training or theological ideology. In Stevens' case, he answered an ad in the back of Rolling Stone), Northern Exposure
- Karen Stroup, Methodist - King of the Hill
- Daniel Webster, Episcopalian - Book of Daniel
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.stmarcus.com/index.html
- ^ http://www.timeofgrace.org
- ^ Center for Baptist Studies
- ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
- ^ Gretel C. Kovach, Sarah Elkins, Suzanne Smalley and Sarah Kliff. "A Pastor's True Calling." Newsweek December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
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