Church History By sam.mcclarty1 5 BCE Start of Apostolic Age the beginning of Apostolic Age Period: 5 BCE to 590 Ancient period 33 Beginning of Church (Acts 2:38) 156 Death of Polycarp 165 Justin Martyr Martyrdom 180 End of Pax Romano 311 Period of Toleration 312 Conversion of Constantine 313 Etic of Molen 325 Council of Nicaea 380 Christianity becomes the official religion of Rome 430 Death of Augustine 481 Franks Settle in North 570 Birth of Muhammad Period: 590 to 1500 Medieval Period Period: 590 to 1050 Rise of the Papacy 622 Beginning of Islam 1000 Rise of University Period: 1050 to 1294 Era of Absolute Papacy 1054 The Great Schism 1076 Gregory Excommunicated Henry 1198 Pope Innocent III takes office 1291 Swiss Confederation Period: 1294 to 1517 Decline of the Papacy/Signs of the reformation 1384 Death of John Wycliff 1483 Birth of Martin Luther Period: 1500 to 2021 Modern Period 1509 Birth of John Calvin 1517 Luther's 95 Theses 1519 The Plague 1521 Diet of Worms 1522 Affair of the Sausages 1523 Second Disputation 1523 First Disputation 1525 Third Disputation 1534 Henry's Act of Supremacy 1536 William Tyndale Death 1539 Six Articles Passed 1539 Printing of the English Bible 1603 Death of Elizabeth the Great 1620 Pilgrims Land in America 1649 Execution of Charles