|
AUTHOR |
DATE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Polycarp | 69-155 | Bishop of Smyrna, perhaps knew original disciples |
| Tertullian | 160-220 | Theologian from Carthage, writer |
| Irenaeus | 175-195 | Turkish, served as French bishop, theologian, Christian writer |
| Jerome | 345-419 | Latin Bible translator and Biblical scholar |
| John Chrysostom | 347-407 | Early church father and Christian philosopher |
| Augustine of Hippo | 354-430 | Algerian, Hippo Bishop, early Christian church father, thinker |
| Issac the Syrian | 613-700 | Syrian bishop, theologian, author |
| Bernard of Clairvaux | 1090-1153 | Christian teacher of medieval Christianity |
| Francis of Assisi | 1181-1226 | Italian Catholic friar & preacher |
| Thomas Aquinas | 1225-1274 | Italian theologian and philosopher |
| Meister Eckhart | 1260-1328 | German mystical theologian |
| Johannes Tauler | 1300-1361 | German mystic, Catholic preacher, theologian |
| John Wycliffe | 1330-1384 | English priest, behind first English translation of Bible |
| Julian of Norwich | 1342-1416 | English anchoress, Christian mystic, author |
| Thomas a Kempis | 1380-1471 | German spiritual writer |
| Martin Luther | 1483-1546 | German monk, professor of theology |
| William Tyndale | 1495-1536 | English biblical translator and martyr |
| John Calvin | 1509-1564 | French Protestant reformer |
| Teresa of Avila | 1515-1582 | Spanish Carmelite mystic and reformer |
| Lancelot Andrewes | 1555-1626 | Theologian, one of creators of King James version |
| Francis de Sales | 1567-1622 | French Roman Catholic bishop and spiritual writer |
| George Herbert | 1593-1633 | English poet and hymn writer and Anglican priest |
| Samuel Rutherford | 1600-1661 | Scottish Presbyterian theologian |
| Brother Lawrence | 1611-1691 | Carmelite mystic, French monk/cook |
| Richard Baxter | 1615-1691 | English preacher |
| Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 | French mathematician, scientist, and religious writer |
| John Bunyan | 1628-1688 | English preacher and author |
| John Locke | 1632-1704 | English philosopher |
| Isaac Newton | 1642-1727 | English mathematician and Christian thinker |
| Francois Fenelon | 1651-1715 | French mystic and archbishop of Cambrai |
| Matthew Henry | 1662-1714 | English Presbyterian minister, commentary author |
| Isaac Watts | 1674-1748 | English clergyman, poet and hymn writer |
| William Law | 1686-1761 | Anglican spiritual writer |
| Jonathan Edwards | 1703-1758 | American theologian, missionary |
| John Wesley | 1703-1791 | Founder of Methodism |
| Samuel Johnson | 1709-1784 | English author, devoult Anglican |
| George Whitefield | 1714-1770 | English clergyman and evangelist |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1749-1832 | German poet, scientist, philosopher |
| William Wilberforce | 1759-1833 | English abolitionist and philanthropist |
| Charles Finney | 1792-1875 | Presbyterian minister |
| Henry Law | 1797-1844 | Anglican dean and evangelical writer |
| Horace Bushnell | 1802-1876 | American Congregational theologian |
| Robert Browning | 1812-1889 | English poet |
| Robert Murray McCheyne | 1813-1843 | Scottish minister and writer |
| Soren Kierkegaard | 1813-1855 | Danish religious philosopher, writer |
| David Livingstone | 1813-1873 | Missionary |
| Henry Ward Beecher | 1813-1887 | American congregational minister |
| J. B. Stoney | 1814-1897 | Christian author |
| J. C. Ryle | 1816-1900 | Evangelical parish priest, author |
| Henry David Thoreau | 1817-1862 | American essayist and poet |
| Florence Nightingale | 1820-1910 | Reformer of hospital nursing |
| George MacDonald | 1824-1905 | Scottish minister and writer |
| Leo Tolstoy | 1828-1910 | Russian novelist and social reformer |
| Catherine Booth | 1829-1890 | Preacher, activist, cofounder Salvation Army |
| Lewis Carroll | 1832-1898 | English author & Anglican deacon |
| James Hudson Taylor | 1832-1905 | Missionary |
| Hannah Whitall Smith | 1832-1911 | American Author |
| Charles H. Spurgeon | 1834-1892 | English Baptist preacher |
| Phillips Brooks | 1835-1893 | American preacher |
| D. L. Moody | 1837-1899 | American evangelist |
| F. B. Meyer | 1847-1929 | Evangelical Baptist minister |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 1850-1894 | Scottish novelist, brought up in religious home |
| William Ralph Inge | 1860-1954 | English academic, writer and theologian |
| Alfred North Whitehead | 1861-1947 | English philosopher |
| Billy Sunday | 1862-1935 | American evangelist |
| George Washington Carver | 1864-1943 | American scientist and educator |
| Oswald Chambers | 1874-1917 | Scottish evangelist and devotional writer |
| Gilbert Keith Chesterton | 1874-1936 | English writer and Christian apologist, critic |
| Evelyn Underhill | 1875-1941 | English mystical writer |
| Albert Schweitzer | 1875-1965 | German theologian, medial missionary |
| Harry Emerson Fosdick | 1878-1969 | American liberal Protestant minister |
| E. Stanley Jones | 1884-1973 | Missionary to India, author |
| Paul Tillich | 1886-1965 | German-born American theologian and philosopher |
| Karl Barth | 1886-1968 | Swiss theologian |
| Reinhold Niebuhr | 1892-1971 | American theologian, professor |
| Pearl S. Buck | 1892-1973 | American author |
| Corrie Ten Boom | 1892-1983 | Dutch evangelist and author |
| Fulton Sheen | 1895-1979 | American Roman Catholic bishop and broadcaster |
| Norman Vincent Peale | 1896-1993 | American minister and author |
| A. W. Tozer | 1897-1963 | American Methodist pastor and author |
| C. S. Lewis | 1898-1963 | Theologian, writer, Christian apologist |
| Martin Lloyd-Jones | 1899-1981 | Welsh pastor and author |
| Elton Trueblood | 1900-1994 | Quaker philosopher and theologian |
| Vance Havner | 1901-1986 | American devotional writer |
| Watchman Nee | 1903-1972 | Chinese home church leader, author, jailed 20 years |
| Clare Boothe Luce | 1903-1987 | American playwright, legislator, and diplomat |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 1906-1945 | Theologian |
| William Barclay | 1907-1978 | Scottish biblical scholar |
| Alan Redpath | 1907-1989 | Evangelist and Bible teacher |
| Leonard Ravenhill | 1907-1994 | English Christian evangelist & author |
| Simone Weil | 1909-1943 | French philosopher, converted to Catholicism, writer |
| Mother Teresa | 1910-1997 | Albanian missionary to India |
| Francis Schaeffer | 1912-1984 | Presbyterian minister, author |
| Catherine Marshall | 1914-1983 | Author |
| Thomas Merton | 1915-1968 | American Trappist monk, Catholic author, and poet |
| Richard Halverson | 1916-1995 | Presbyterian minister and chaplain of U.S. Senate |
| Lewis Smedes | 1921- | American professor, author |
| Henri Nouwen | 1932-1997 | Dutch spiritual writer, Catholic priest, theologian |
| Dallas Willard | 1935-2013 | American spiritual philosopher |
| Billy Graham | 1918-2018 | Christian evangelist |
| Charles Swindoll | 1924- | American preacher, author |
| Frederick Buechner | 1926- | American spiritual writer, Presbyterian minister |
| J. I. Packer | 1926- | Evangelical priest, author |
| Elisabeth Elliot | 1927- | Belgium missionary, writer, and radio show host |
| Warren Wiersbe | 1929- | American pastor, author |
| James Dobson | 1936- | Evangelical leader, author |
| John MacArthur | 1939- | American pastor, author |
| Bruce Wilkinson | 1940- | American evangelist |
| Richard Foster | 1942- | American author |
| Ravi Zacharias | 1946- | India apologist, author |
| Philip Yancey | 1948- | American journalist, author |
| Anne Lamott | 1954- | Author |
| Max Lucado | 1955- | Pastor, author |
| Beth Moore | 1957- | Author |
