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Period: 33 to 330
Ealry Christin Church
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65
Peter and Paul executed
Peter and Paul are executed: martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces leadership into a new era. -
230
Earliest Public Church
The earliest known public churches are built, signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice. -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire
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380
Edict of Thessalonica
Emperor Theodosius I made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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800
Emperor Charlemagne
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor: With the help of his adviser, Alcuin, the seven- foot- tall king brings Europe political unity, a stronger church, and a renaissance. -
1054
The Roman Schism
The East-West Schism; the Latin and Greek portions of the church permanently separated into the Roman Catholic Church and the Ester Orthodox Church. -
1095
First Crusade
Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade. This is a way to liberate the Holy Land and Jerusalem from the Arab Caliphate. -
1215
Call of The Fourth Lateran Church
Innocent III call the Fourth Lateran Church Council, which climaxes the rule of the medieval church's most influential pope and defines transubstantiation. -
1378
The Great Papal Schism
The Roman Catholic Church ends up with 3 popes at one time, and after it is settled it permanently begins the decline of the Roman Catholic Church power. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
Constantinople falls to the Turks, ending a millennium of Christianity in the Eastern Roman/ Byzantine Empire. -
1479
Spanish Inquisition
Under Ferdinand and Isabell, begins against baptized Jews and Moors.
