PfahlerLChurchHistory

By JHHistory7
  • Period: 33 to 330

    Early Church Era (33-330)

  • Peter and Paul are executed
    65

    Peter and Paul are executed

    Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles made the church leadership into a new era.
  • Titus destroys Jerusalem
    70

    Titus destroys Jerusalem

    Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem.
  • Justin Martyr's First Apology
    150

    Justin Martyr's First Apology

    The work of the first major scholar/apologist, makes Christianity reasonable to thinking pagans.
  • The earliest known public christian church is built
    230

    The earliest known public christian church is built

    Signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice
  • The Donatist Schism
    312

    The Donatist Schism

    Over treatment of apostles from the Great Persecution, challenges thinking about the church.
  • The First Council Of Nicea
    325

    The First Council Of Nicea

    Settled the Arian controversy by declaring the Trinity to be settled doctrine; cements idea of councils to settle the issues.The Council of Nicea, then, laid the cornerstone for the orthodox understanding of Jesus Christ. The foundation has stood ever since.
  • Period: 330 to 500

    Christian Empire (330-500)

  • Basil the Great founds a monestery
    358

    Basil the Great founds a monestery

    Laying foundations for religious communities ever after.
  • Athanasius Defines the New Testement
    367

    Athanasius Defines the New Testement

    In his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon
  • Emperor Theodosius
    380

    Emperor Theodosius

    I made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Theodosius
  • First Council of Constantinople
    381

    First Council of Constantinople

    Ratifies the Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarianism, safeguarding a high view of Christ.