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There function was to take Communion to the sick.
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A church is established in Antioch. The church is beginning to spread.
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Nero persecutes Christians relentlessly
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1 Corinthians chapters 11 and 14 describe the pattern of worship
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This causes a scattering of any of the believers left in the Jerusalem area.
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It is a Christian Apocalyptic writing given "in the Spirit on the Lord's Day." Practice of getting together on Sundays is hinted at.
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A letter from the church of Rome to the church in Corinth - echoes Communion prayers
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Earliest church service book, describes agape meal (and Communion) Scandalous rumors begin that Christians in their worship practice cannibalism and incest. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, in letters against the Docetists (those who say Christ only seemed human), stresses the "reality" of Christ's flesh and blood in the Eucharist.
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Pliny, governor of Bithynia, interrogates Christians about their meetings.
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The earliest extant Christian sermon on record.
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Controversy over the proper day (Sunday or weekday) to celebrate Easter.
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Justin Martyr explains Christian worship to critics.
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Constantine allows Christianity to be legalized as a religion.
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The first effort to attain consensus primarily on the divine nature of Jesus as God's Son. The earliest development of the Nicean Creed.
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2nd major council of Christianity. Dealt primarily with the Arian controversy. Affirmed the Nicean Creed to what we know today.
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Rome is attacked by the Visigoths. It is considered the landmark event that ushered in the fall of the Roman Empire.
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As a result Pope Leo I gains authority over the other bishops and claims the bishop of Rome is successor to Apostle Peter.
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Returns to Ireland after being in slavery since being 16 years old. Undertakes a great missionary work in Ireland.
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Benedict of Nursia establishes his holy order and develops a rule of living for the people there.
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Establishes a monastery of Monte Cassino and the Benedictine Order. Benedict's "Rule" for monks will become the most influential over future centuries.
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Benedict of Nursia establishes his "rule" by which those who take the vows of the order must follow. It influences the spirituality of the Church for centuries after.
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Gives the mass much of the shape it has today. Gregorian chant is named after him.
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Mohammed begins the Islamic religion which begins to supplant Christianity across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Organs begin to be used as part of worship
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England adopts the Roman Catholic faith after a conflict with the Celtic church and the Roman missionaries.
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A conflict between Iconophiles (those in favor of images) and Iconoclasts (those who saw images as idolatry).
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Schools for church music are establised at Paris, Cologne, Soissin, and Metz.
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one of the greatest theologiaves of tearly middle ages, helps pave way for scholasticism. Involved in eucharistic controversy with Radbertus and maintains in the supper we partake of the Lord "mentally not dentally."
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He publishes first writing in the West on the Eucharist. It provokes controversy and anticipates later Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation
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Christianity extends to eastern Europe and into Scandinavia
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As the dawn of the millennia approaches people fear the end of the world and the Last Judgement. A moral low-point of the papacy is demonstrated.
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A order of worship predominant within Eastern Christianity.
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A way of venerating the saints is established and saints are canonized.
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Moslems sack Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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Within the Western Church all priests are required to remain celibate.
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The Western (Roman) and Eastern Church split apart.
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The death of Pope Gregory VII - he led several significant reforms within the western Church.
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The church approves the mobilization of armies to fight and retake significant religious cities and sites in the Eastern Church. Crusades are focused on freeing Jerusalem, Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria. There were seven significant mobilizations sanctioned by the Roman Church.
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Lifespan of this remarkable radical follower of Jesus.
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The doctrine of transubstantiation is adopted by the Western Church.
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Bubonic Plague kills many in Europe.
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Rise of Humanism - which unlike Secular humanism was based on the human experience in relationship with the Almighty God.
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Lifespan of this Thomas a Kempis
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The move-able type printing press is invented increasing the speed and decreasing the cost of reproducing texts. Allowed for more broad distribution of the Bible among other texts.
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In objection to the Roman Church, Martin Luther nails his 95 theses/objections to the Wittenberg Cathedral door.
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During the 1520s Luther translates the Bible into German and Tyndale translates the Bible into English
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Swiss Anabaptists separate from the the reformer Zwingli in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Protestant vs. Catholic war throughout central Europe.
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John Bunyan writes the famous Pilgrim's Progress
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Newton has a storied life as a slave-trader who eventually enters ministry and influences Wilberforce who fought to abolish slavery. Newton is also known for writing Amazing Grace.
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Started by John and Charles Wesley.
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The French Revolution ushered in secularism within France. This aspect of the Enlightenment spread throughout Europe.
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One of the famous revivals in America
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Fanny Crosby was a prolific American gospel songwriter.
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The beginning of the Pentecostal movement.
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