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Period: 33 to 330
Early Church
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65
Peter and Paul Executed
martyrdom of two most well-known Christians opens church leadership to new people -
250
Empire wide persecution
Wide persecution under Emperor Decius causes thousand to fall away and produces a major schism in the church. -
Period: 330 to 500
Crhistian Empire
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358
Basil the Great
founds a monastery , laying foundation for religious communities ever after -
380
Emperor Theodosius
I made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica -
381
First Council
of Constantinople ratifies the Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarianim, safeguarding a high view of Christ -
386
Augustine Convert to Christianity
Greatest early church father fights Pelagianism man's work needed in salvation emphasize authority of Scripture his thought foundation of the Reformers wrote City of God -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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526
Justinian's Code is published
it becomes the basis for later canon law in the West, thus shaping medieval society -
732
Battle of Tours
Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion , keeping Europe under Christanity control -
1093
Anslem named archbishop of canterbury
a post from which he writes lasting works on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence -
1380
Jhon Wyclif
supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible
