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==Early Church==
* [[Gnosticism]]
* [[Arianism]]
[[Apologists]]
[[Ecumenical councils]]
[[The Crusades]]
[[Scholasticism]]
[[The Inquisition]]
[[Hussitism]]
[[The Reformation]]
[[Missionary activity in the 18th to 20th century]]
Founding of [[The Salvation Army]] in [[1865]] by [[William Booth]]