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Period: 33 to 330
Early Church Era
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65
Peter and Paul executed
Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into a new era. -
230
Public Churches Built
Public Churches are built, signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice. -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire
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367
Athanasius Defines The New Testament
In his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon. -
405
Jerome Completes the Vulgate
It's the first great translation into Latin from the original Greek and Hebrew; later used to establish Roman Catholic Church authority when it becomes only official translation. -
461
The Council of Chalcedon
They concluded that Jesus was completely and fully God. The council confessed that this total man and the total God was one completely normal person. In other words, Jesus combined two natures, human and divine, in one person. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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590
Gregory the Great
He becomes a pope: The "first of the medieval popes" takes on civil power and lays the foundations for the papal state. He also commissions, in 597, Augustine's mission to England, which converts the pagan Angles. -
716
Boniface's Mission
He went to the Germans to spread Christianity to pagan northern Europe, preparing the way for the later Holy Roman Empire. -
1095
Pop Urban II
He lanches the first Crusade; deeply damaged Western Christians' relations with others, the breach between Eastern and Western Christians became wide and lasting, sparked pogroms against the Jews, and the crusaders' brutality worked only to make Muslims more militant. On an economic level, however, the Crusades increased trade and stepped up Europe's economic growth. They also led to a greater interest travel, map making, and exploration. -
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. -
1456
Gutenberg
He Produces the First Printed Bible; sparked a revolution in society and the church. Books could now be produced in quantities and at prices that made them available to many people, not merely to scholars and monks. The resulting explosion of knowledge continues to accelerate in our day. Paved the way for the Reformation.
