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The edict of Milan allowed christians to worship openly for the first time
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Michelangelo paints the ceiling of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome against his will.
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The medici family uses nepotism to put unqualified people in powerful positions
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Luther posted these to the Wittenburg Cathedral door at Worms, Germany explaining why people should withdrawl from the catholic church but still be christian.
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John Calvin further refined the reformers’ new way of thinking about the nature of God and God’s relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed theology. John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland, took Calvin’s teachings back to Scotland.
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John Smyth starts the first Baptist church
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English-language translation of the Christian Bible that was originally produced for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. The KJV is the most popular English Bible of all-time and it's still the most widely read translation today.
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People became very religeous again after a period of darkness.
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Slavery caused much controversy in the christian churches and cause divisions starting with the baptist church and many followed including the Presbyterians.
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The final death knell of the Pagan faith came under the rule of Theodosius. An ardent Christian, and recognizing the amazing growth of the christian faith, Theodosius and his western counterpart Gratian, recognized Christianity as the official religion of the Empire in 380 AD.
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She was the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity