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Period: 33 to 330
Early church Era
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65
Peter and Paul are executed
martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into a new era -
70
Titus destroys Jerusalem
Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem -
230
Earliest known churches are built
churches are built, signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice -
313
The Edict of Milan
made by Constantine I the Roman Emperor, Christianity no longer persecuted -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire
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386
Augustine converts to Christianity
emphasizes authority of Scripture; his thought foundation of the Reformers; wrote City of God -
461
The Council of Chalcedon
Concluded that Jesus was fully and completely God. Jesus combined two natures, human and divine, in one person. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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732
Battle of Tours
Frankish General Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion, Keeping Europe under Christian control -
1093
Anselm named archbishop of Canterbury
A post from which he writes lasting works on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence. -
1208
Francis and Assisi
They renounces wealth in order to preach a simple, passionate gospel, and later founds the Franciscan Order -
1380
First Complete Bible
John Wyclif Supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible.
