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martyrdom of two most well-known Christians opens church leadership to new people
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Wide persecution under Emperor Decius causes thousand to fall away and produces a major schism in the church.
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founds a monastery , laying foundation for religious communities ever after
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I made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica
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of Constantinople ratifies the Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarianim, safeguarding a high view of Christ
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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
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it becomes the basis for later canon law in the West, thus shaping medieval society
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Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion , keeping Europe under Christanity control
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a post from which he writes lasting works on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence
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supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible
