Major Religious Events

By JWorth
  • 100

    Death of St John

  • 101

    Birth of Christ

    Jesus was born
  • 101

    St Paul's conversion

    The first christians were converts from judaism by st paul, and at antioch, the gentiles were invited to join the church
  • 313

    Constantine wins freedom for the church

    Constantine fought against the romans with the power of Jesuses' message to place the greek words chi and rho upon his mens shields, and wins freedom for the church
  • 331

    Seat of the Roman Empire moved

    The seat moved to Constantinople, formerly byzantium
  • 337

    Constantine Baptism & Death

  • 401

    Reign of Pope Innocent

    Pope Innocent begins his Papacy
  • 455

    Rome sacked

  • 461

    Death of St Patrick

    St Patrick, an Apostle to the Irish.
  • 520

    The Christianization of the Barbarians

    After the fall of rome late 5th century, the barbarians were a reckless energy in europe. Pope Gregory the Great brought order to the chaos, by christianizing the barbarians.
  • Jan 31, 1047

    Pope Clement II died

    Only Pope to be buried in Germany
  • Jan 4, 1200

    From monks to adaptive Friars

    As new cities and growth came with the 13th century, as did monks need to adapt. Monks became friars, with dynamic prescences in urban ministry
  • Feb 5, 1517

    Wittenburg Revolt

    Martin Luther posted 95 posters on the doors of catholic churches about his theses on the corruption of the Catholic church. This began a great revolt and the reformation of the catholic churches' dominance over England.
  • Feb 5, 1545

    The Counter- Reformation

    30 bishops met at the council of Trent to define key doctrines of the church, for example transubstantiation, as to prevent another occurance such as the protestants in England.
  • Australia's first Bishop

    Pope Gregory XVI appoints Father Polding as Australia's first Catholic bishop
  • Vatican I

    Solidification of Papal Authority, where the vatican council discussed matters regarding the loss of the pope's political power and his increased spiritual influence
  • Vatican II

    Pope clement announced the second Vatican council to help the church adapt to the rapidly changing contemporary needs of the modern world.
  • Death of Charlemagne

    Emperor Charlemagne, a christian king, and very important christian/ church figure
  • Reign of Alfred the Great.

    Alfred was the only English king ever anointed by a pope at Rome.
  • Crowning of Charlemagne

    The title 'Holy Roman Emperor' was bestowed upon Charlemagne by the pope.