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Period: 27 BCE to 180
Pax Romana
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Period: 1 CE to 100
Jesus to AD 100 (Apostolic Age)
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33
2. Pentecost
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33
1. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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34
The Conversion of St. Paul
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42
St. James martyred
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42
St. John the Apostle and the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. John the Apostle travels to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin Mary -
46
St. Paul begins missionary journeys
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49
Council of Jerusalem
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64
Persecution of Christians begins under Roman emperor Nero
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70
Romans burn the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem
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80
"Didache" written
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99
Writings of NT are done.
All the writings that will become part of the New Testament have been written by this date -
Period: 100 to 500
Ad 100 - 500
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250
Persecution under Roman emperor Decius
Decius required all to worship the gods of the state, or be tortured and killed. -
251
Council of Carthage
This council allowed people who lapsed in their faith during the persecution to be brought back into the Church after a period of penance. -
303
Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian.
Diocletian ordered the destruction of all Christian churches, imprisonment of bishops and priests, and the execution of all who refused to participate in the public worship of pagan gods. -
313
Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan
This edict granted religious toleration to Christians and unleashed the spread of Christianity. -
325
Council of Nicaea
This council, called by Emperor Constantine, set forth the Nicene Creed and affirmed that Jesus and the Father are consubstantial - of the same substance. -
330
Emperor Constantine divides the Roman Empire into East and West
The West was centered in Rome, and the East was centered in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) -
330
Construction of the first St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
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354
Birth of St. Augustine
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360
Books begin to replace scrolls
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382
Pope Damasus asks St. Jerome to translate the Gospels to Latin.
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397
The Councils of Hippo and Carthage determine which books will become part of the New Testament.
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405
St. Jerome completes his translation of the Old Testament
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410
St. Augustine begins writing "The City of God"
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410
The Visigoths destroy the city of Rome
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431
Council of Ephesus
This council condemned a heresy that said that Jesus was two person in one body, and the council declared that the Virgin Mary is truly the Mother of God (Theotokos) -
432
St. Patrick sets out to spread the Gospel in Ireland
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451
Council of Chalcedon
This council affirmed that Christ is fully human and fully divine (hypostatic union). -
476
The Western Roman Empire collapses
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480
Birth of St. Benedict
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496
Clovis, the King of the Franks, converts to Catholicism
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Period: 500 to 1000
AD 500-1000
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507
Clovis' army drives Visigoths out of France.
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527
Justinian I becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
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529
St. Benedict found the first monastery
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1000
Muslims control two thirds of the ancient Christian world
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1054
The Great Schism
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1073
St. Gregory VII elected pope
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1073
Pope St. Gregory VII excommunicates the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
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1088
The first universities are being founded
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1094
The Byzantine emperor in Constantinople asks the West for aid against Muslim armies
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1095
Pope Urban II calls for a Crusade and Christians temporarily capture Jerusalem
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1144
First Gothic Cathedral completed
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1147
Second Crusade
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1192
Third Crusade
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1204
Crusaders from the Fourth Crusade sack Constantinople
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1209
Franciscan Order is founded by St. Francis of Assisi
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1216
Dominican Order founded by St. Dominic
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1229
The Inquisition is founded
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1440
Printing Press invented
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1492
Christopher Columbus sails for North America
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1513
Ponce de Leon of Spain founds St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, named for St. Augustine of Hippo, was the European settlement in what is not the United States. -
1517
Martin Luther presents 95 theses
In this document, Luther presented what he saw a abusive practices in the Catholic Church. -
1520
Luther denies the authority of the pope to interpret Scripture.
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1521
Luther is excommunicated
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1522
Luther translates the Bible into German
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Period: 1545 to 1563
The Council of Trent
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The King James Bible becomes the Bible of the Church of England