Congregationalism

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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John Cotton, detail from a portrait in The Beginnings of New England, by John Fiske

John Cotton

American colonial leader

John Owen, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Owen

English minister

François Lambert

French religious reformer

Thomas Goodwin

English minister

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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