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100
Ignatius was martyred in Rome under Emperor Trajan's rule.
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Period: 100 to
Time line of the catholic church
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117
Many Acts of Martyrs date from this period
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156
Beginning of Montanism, a form of religious extremism
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232
4: Origen established the School of Caesarea after being deposed in 231 as head of the School of Alexandria;
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256
Pope St. Stephen I upheld the validity of baptism properly administered by heretics, in the Rebaptism Controversy
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337
Baptism and death of Constantine
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546
Deathof St. Augustine
writings made him a great influence in Christian though centuries. -
Jan 31, 775
St. Boniface was martyred
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Jan 31, 1054
Start of the Great Schism
it marked the separation of Orthodox Churches from unity with the pope. -
Feb 6, 1095
The first crusade
Pope Urban II (1088-1099, see art below) was responsible for assisting Emperor Alexus I (1081-1118) of Constantinople in launching the first crusade. -
Feb 6, 1233
The Inquisition
Pope Gregory IX established the Inquisition, in 1233, to combat the heresy of the Abilgenses -
Jan 31, 1280
Pope Nicholas III
who made the Breviary the official prayer book for clergy of the Roman Church, died. -
Jul 14, 1507
Pope pius V
He created the celebration rite in the roman catholic churches. -
Jan 31, 1540
The constitutions of the Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, were approved.
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Jan 1, 1545
Counter Reformation
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Jan 31, 1549
The first Anglican Book of Common Prayer was issued by Edward VI. Revised editions were published in 1552, 1559 and 1662 and later.
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Catholics were banned from Scandinavia.
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Chinese Rites
involving the Christian adaptation of elements of Confucianism, and Chinese terminology in religion, were condemned by Clement XI. -
Catholics in England
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The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes, France.
appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes, France. -
The Catholic Church celebrated the Holy Year 2000 and the Jubilee
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Death of St. Basil, the Father of Monasticism in the East. His writings contributed greatly to the development of rules for the life of Religious
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John XV
first pope to decree the official canonization of a saint
