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Sometimes known as the Birthday of the Church
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Gentile Christians accepted alongside those in the Jewish tradition
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(often thought to be that written by Mark)
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empire ends Destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
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Alexandria and Rome
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under Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
(Severe persecutions also occurred (249-251) and Diocletian (284-305))
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to officially adopt Christianity as the state religion.
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Christianity becomes a legal religion within the Roman empire.
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of the Bible into Latin
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the controversy over the use of icons in worship.
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of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III.
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in Kiev. Growth of Christianity in Russia.
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- Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches separate.
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authorises the first Crusade to recover the Holy Land from Moslems.
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inhabitants of Constantinople.
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by a Moslem army led by Saladin.
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led by Richard the Lionheart of England.
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during the fourth crusade.