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John 19:25-27 tells of how, from the cross, Jesus charged St. John with the care of His mother
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Christians stole his body and brought it in a boat to Spain, to a place that would become known as Santiago (St. James) de Compostela (field of stars).
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This council affirms that the New Covenant in Christ means that Christians are not bound by Mosaic Law and that Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to Jew and Gentile alike
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Decius required all to worship the gods of the state, or be tortured and killed
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This council allowed people who lapsed in their faith during the persecution to be brought back into the Church after a period of penance.
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Diocletian ordered the destruction of all Christian churches, imprisonment of bishops and priests, and the execution of all who refused to participate in the public worship of pagan gods
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This edict granted religious toleration to Christians and unleashed the spread of Christianity.
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This council, called by Emperor Constantine, set forth the Nicene Creed and affirmed Jesus and the Father are consubstantial - of the same substance
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The West was centered in Rome , and the East was centered in Constantinople (present-day Instanabul, Turkey)
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This council condemned a heresy that said that Jesus was two persons in one body, and the council declared that the Virgin Mary is truly the Mother of God (Theotokos).
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This council affirmed that Christ is fully human and fully divine (the hypostatic union)
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Mohammad, whom Muslims call the Prophet Mohammad, is the founder of Islam. By the time of his death, all of Arabia is Muslim
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End of Eastern Roman rule in North Africa
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Eastern Christians in Constantinople did not approve of Charlemagne's coronation, and the new title bestowed by the pope caused further division between East and West.
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St. Augustine, named for St. Augustine of Hippo, was the first European settlement in what is now the United States.
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In this document, Luther presented what he saw as abusive practices in the Catholic Church.
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Luther removed seven Old Testament books: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch. He also tried to change the New Testament by moving the letter of James, the letter to the Hebrews, the letters of John, and the book of Revelation into an appendix.
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Separatists wishing to further “purify” the Church of England of Catholic influence leave for North America on the Mayflower. They hoped their colony would be a “city on a hill”--an example to the Church of England of the need for further reform. In the New World, many would be persecuted for their faith. Most of the first British colonies in North America legally exclude Catholics, Quakers, and others from participation in public life.
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Maryland will be the first colony to allow religious freedom for Catholics. Jesuit priests there will offer the first Holy Mass in the British colonies.
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One of the goals of the revolution was to turn France into a completely secular nation and rid it of Christianity. Church property was seized, and many priests and religious were persecuted, imprisoned, and killed.
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States were free to keep their established churches, and many did into the early 1800s.
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Our Lady asked the children to pray the Rosary every day to stop the spread of Russia’s errors and for world peace. She asked that Russia be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart.
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Lenin was its first leader; Stalin took power two years after Lenin’s death
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The end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the end of communism in Europe would come in 1991