Early and Medieval Church Timeline assignment By facebooker_1301204136752098 30 Jesus’ death 04/07/30 30 resurrection 04/09/30 33 The Damascus Road conversion of Paul (Saul of Tarsus) from 33 to 36 64 Death of Peter 64 Death of Paul Period: 64 to 313 Periods of persecution under Roman emperors: Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Diocletian 70 Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans 155 The deaths of the martyrs: Polycarp 160 Justin Martyr writes Dialogue with Trypho to defend Christianity philosophically 203 The deaths of the martyrs: Ignatius of Antioch About 200-203 203 The deaths of the martyrs: Perpetua 312 The conversion of Constantine 313 The Edict of Milan is issued 325 The Council of Nicaea Period: 375 to 476 The fall of Rome 395 The Empire is split between west and east (two capitals: Constantinople and Rome) 426 Augustine writes City of God 496 Clovis is baptized into Christianity and influences the people France to convert 600 The birth of Islam 732 Charles Martel stops the Muslim advance in France at the Battle of Tours 800 Charlemagne becomes emperor Period: 800 to 1100 The corrupt period of the papacy called the “pornocracy” (range) 1053 Christianity splits into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy (The Great Schism) 1076 Pope Gregory VII opposes emperor Henry IV on “investiture” 1095 Pope Urban II proclaimed the first Crusade first Crusade Nov 27, 1095 Pope Urban II proclaimed the first Crusade 1216 Pope Innocent III, “Vicar of Christ” become the most powerful pope 1302 Pope Boniface VIII declares “no salvation outside of the church” Period: 1309 to 1377 The Avignon Papacy 1417 Papal Schism, which ended the Avignon Papacy
