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Church History
Birth of the Church
Jesus of Nazareth Is Born
~4 BC
The Resurrection of Jesus
~30AD
Church birthed on the day of Pentecost Acts 2 on ~30
Paul Begins Missionary Journeys
~46 AD
First Era of Persecution
Nero Burns Rome
64
To identify where the people need to gather to pray they use
symbol of ‘fish’ which is the first letter of the Greek word ‘Ictus’
The Destruction of Jerusalem
Domitian Persecution Begins
Trajan Persecution Begins
Justin Martyr Is Born
Martyrdom of Ignatius
70
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90
100
108
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Hadrian Persecution Begins
Conversion of Justin Martyr
Irenaeus Is Born
Clement of Alexandria Is Born
Martyrdom of Polycarp
Marcus Aurelius Persecution Begins
Martyrdom of Justin
Origen Is Born
Caracalla Persecution Begins
Councils at Antioch
The Great Persecution begins
117
130
150
155
161
165
185
211
264
303
Constantine Milvian Bridge
312
Constantine sees Jesus in dream and he uses the cross to defeat
the revolt Maxenitus and thus Cross become the symbol of
Christianity.
Constantine converts to Christianity
313
Edict of Toleration
313
Word Catholic were introduced meaning “Universal”
Churches acquired building
Candle
320
Statues were installed to give work to the people
Council of Nicaea
325
Great Pandemic
325
Child Baptism
325
Council of Constantinople
375
Prayer to the Dead
375
Mass declared Legal
395
Jerome translate Vulgate
397~404
Mary been adored as Mother of God
431
Council of Ephesus
431
Fall of Roman Empire
476
Dress code for Priest
500
Dionysius Exiguous sets birth of Jesus and Christian calendar at
Dec. 23, A.D. 1
525
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Gregory I 590 ~ 604
a) Transition of Transubstantiation
b) Purgatory
c) Separation
Bible Translated into Latin
600
Pope Boniface III served as Pope
606 ~607
Declared all the 65 people before him who were leading he
church as Pope and Peter being the first Pope of the Church.
His ordination was done by Pontiff from Babylon and thus the
designation of Pontifus Boniface! Babylon entered into the
Church. They presented the picture of Semiramis holding the
child with hollow on both of them.
Library of Alexandria with 300,000 manuscripts completely
destroyed
640
Muhammad writes Quran, establishes Islam; conquers Eastern
Mediterranean
645
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People allowed to kiss the feet of Pope
700
Worship the idol by Law
706
Holy Water
850
Joseph the husband of Mary to worshiped by Law 890
Sainthood
995
Lent Days
998
Infallibility of Pope
1070
(Pope John Paul II made an open apology for on and on behalf of
all the pope what they erred in the past in 1998)
No Marriage to Priesthood
1079
Rosary
1090
Inquisition against Catholic
1184
Pay penalty for Forgiveness
1190
Transubstantiation
1215
Fire in South Europe all vineyard destroyed completely. No more
wine to the congregation made law in Church
1414
Wycliffe Translates bile into middle English
1380~97
Martin Luther Reformation(95 Thesis)
1517
Bible printed in German
1534
Henry VIII breaks from Church in Rome
1536
16th Century saw the great man of God like Martin Luther, John
Calvin, John Knox and later John Wesley.
King James Bible published
1611
Moravian Baptism of the Holy Spirit
American Bible Society
Azusa Street Revival through William Seymour
World War I
World War II
Dead sea scrolls discovered
Nation of Israel was formed
1737
1816
1904
1914
1939
1947
1948
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