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