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Perhaps the most famous sermon in history was the Sermon on the Mount given by Jesus Christ. Throughout the history of Christianity there have been preachers noted for their sermons. Some of these include:

• St Stephen
• Tertullian
• St John Chrysostom
• St Gregory Nazianzus
• St Dominic
• St Francis of Assisi
• Lancelot AndrewesLancelot Andrewes ( 1555- 1626), English divine, was born in 1555 in London, of an ancient Suffolk family; his father, Thomas, was master of Trinity House. Lancelot attended the Cooper's free school, Ratcliff, in the parish of Stepney, and then to the Mer
• John DonneJohn Donne (pronounced Dun 1572 March 31, 1631) was a major English poet and writer, and probably the greatest of the metaphysical poets. His works include love poetry, sermons and religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and sonnets
• Jeremy TaylorJeremy Taylor is depicted in this portrait at Caius College, Cambridge University. Jeremy Taylor ( 1613 August 13, 1667) was a clergyman in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He was educated at
• Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
• John WesleyJohn Wesley was an 18th century preacher and the founder of the Methodist denomination of Protestant Christianity. He was born at Epworth, England (23 miles north-west of Lincoln, England) June 28, 1703, and died in London March 2, 1791. Youth The Wesleys
• Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards ( October 5, 1703- March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher and theologian. He is known as one of the greatest and most profound American evangelical theologians. His work is very broad in scope, but he is often ass
• Charles SpurgeonCharles Haddon Spurgeon ( June 19, 1834 January 31, 1892) was England's best-known and most-loved preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Kelvedon, Essex, his conversion to Christianity came in January 1850 at the age of fi
• Billy SundayWilliam Ashley "Billy" Sunday ( November 19, 1862 November 6, 1935) was noted first as a professional baseball player, and then more famous evangelist. Born in Ames, Iowa, Sunday grew up the son of a single mother, and the family endured significant pover
• Aimee Semple McPherson
• Billy Graham

Many sermons have been written down, collected and published. Such sermons include John Wesley's 53 Standard Sermons, John Chrysostom's Homily on the Resurrection (preached every Easter in Orthodox churches) and Gregory Nazianzus' homily "On the Theophany, or Birthday of Christ" (preached every Christmas in Orthodox churches), and " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards.
In addition, numerous studies have been done on sermons and their connection to other topics such as psychology, linguistics, and gender. One such example is Frances Lee Smith's "The Pulpit and Woman's Place: Gender and the Framing of the ‘Exegetical Self’ in Sermon Performances," published in Framing in Discourse.