Christianity
- Anglican Church – King George II of Great Britain, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith (1727–1760)
- John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1737–1747)
- Armenian Orthodox Church – Michael I, Patriarch of Cilicia and the Middle East
- Assyrian Church of the East – Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780)
- Coptic Orthodox Church – Pope John XVII of Alexandria (1727–1745)
- Eastern Orthodox Communion – Neophytus VI, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Cosmas III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (1737–1746)
- Sylvester of Antioch, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1724–1766)
- Parthenius, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1737–1766)
- Roman Catholic Church – Pope Benedict XIV, Pope (1740–1758)
- Joseph Dergham El Khazen of Ghosta, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (1733–1742)
- Mar Elyya XII Denha, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (1722–1778)
- Syrian Orthodox Church – Ignatius Shukr Allah II (1722–1745)
- Tewahedo Church – Krestodolo III
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“If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
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“I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.”
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