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Under Decius many Christians fall way and create schism in the church
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Basil the Great founds a monastery, laying foundations for religious communities ever after.
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Ambrose defies Emperor Theodosius, refusing him Communion after his brutal killing of thousands in Thessalonica; the act influences church-state relations for generations.
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Jerome Completes the Vulgate; first great translation into Latin from the original Greek and Hebrew; later used to establish Roman Catholic Church authority when it becomes only official translation
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Justinian's Code is published; it becomes the basis for later canon law in the West, thus shaping medieval society.
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Boniface's mission to the Germans spreads Christianity to pagan northern Europe, preparing the way for the later Holy Roman Empire.
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Anselm 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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Dante's Divine Comedy gives masterful poetic expression to medieval concepts of hell, heaven, and purgatory, and shapes later thought.
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John Wyclif supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible.
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Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible; 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.
