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Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem.
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Empire-wide persecution under Emperor Decius causes thousands to fall away and produces a major schism in the church.
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Council concluded that Jesus was completely and fully God. The council confessed that this total man and this total God was one completely normal person. In other words, Jesus combined two natures, human and divine, in one person.
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Decisively aligns the English church with Rome for the next nine centuries.
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Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion, keeping Europe under Christian control.
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Crowned Holy Roman Emperor: With the help of his adviser, Alcuin, the seven-foot-tall king brings Europe political unity, a stronger church, and a renaissance of learning.
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Named archbishop of Canterbury, a post from which he writes lasting works on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence.
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Launches the First Crusade; deeply damaged Western Christian's relationships with others, the breach between Eastern and Western Christians became wide and lasting, sparked pogroms against the Jews, and the crusaders' brutality worked only to make the Muslims more militant. On an economic level, however, the Crusades increased trade and stepped up Europe's economic growth. They also led to a greater interest in travel, map making, and exploration.
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Supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible.
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Sparked a revolution in society and the church. Books could now be produced in quantities and at prices that made them available to many people, not merely to scholars and monks. The resulting explosion of knowledge continues to accelerate in our day. Paved the way for the reformation.
