LacureLChurchHistory By JHHistory Period: 33 to 330 Early Church Era 70 Titus destroys Jerusalem Christianity and Judaism official since Christians fled from Jerusalem. 312 The Donatist Schism over treatment of apostates from the Great Persecution,challenges thinking about the church. Period: 330 to 500 Christian Empire 367 Athanasius Defines the New Testament in his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon. Period: 500 to 1500 Middle Ages