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The fall of jerusalem was significant as it moved christian faith to a more outward faith. It also seperated it from the jewish government. After the fall, the church had to make important decisions such as the episcopacy, creed, and canon.
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The edict of Milan was significant as it was decreed that Christianity was the official religion of Rome. Rather than facing persecution as they did in the past, Christians now have freedom which led to the rapid spread of the faith throughout the roman empire.
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The Council of Nicea and Chalcedon was significant as it was the first gathering of the church worldwide. They were there to make a final decision of Jesus’ divinity, and the council was called together by Constantine. The court made the decision that christ was truly God and came from God.
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St Benedict’s Rule was significant as it created the rule book for a monk's life and how to practice monasticism in 530 AD. It is so important as the rise of monasticism played a key role in the survival and also the spread of the church. Monasticism was the practice of completely separating yourself from the world and giving yourself up to God, and that kept our faith alive and well.
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The great schism occurred in 1054 AD. It was a significant event in church history as it was the first split major split of the church into western catholicism and eastern orthodoxy. After the schism, the crusades would take place and only further separate between catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
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The crusades were wars fought between Christians and Muslims in an attempt to regain the holy city. The significance of the crusades was that they spread Christianity, expanded the territories of many European countries, spread knowledge about Christianity and started an era of persecution and war against non-believers.
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The Diet of Worms occurred in 1521 when Luther refused to recant his teachings. This diet, or assembly meeting, was basically laying out how authorities of the state and church should respond to his "heretic" teachings. Emporer Charles V oversaw the meeting and it was held in the city of Worms in Germany.
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The great awakening was a series of events that led up to a spiritual revival. John Wesley and George Whitfield were both major religious figures and played a big role of the rising of this giant religious revival
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The Edinburgh Missionary Conference occurred when major protestant and missionary groups came together to discuss the expansion of missionaries, and how they should conduct their work. The significance of this event is that it led to the word being spread more around the world, more quickly and more effectively.
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The modern church is significant in today's world is because it fills a void only the church can. The modern world is filled with sin, and it is a place where people can find God, and get their burdens lifted away from God. Church today has evolved with modern technology and institutions such as Eagle Brook have used that to their advantage, making sermons available to anyone.
