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1545 BCE
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was the most important ecumenical councils it was described as the embodiment of the Counter Reformation. They announced that the Church should be changed due to the corruption of the church. -
1517 BCE
The Reformation
The Reformation was an event that changed the way Christians could practise their beliefs. Due to this people like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII argued for a religious and political change in the way Christians practiced their faith, due to this it led to the trigger of war, persecution and the Counter-Reformation. -
1517 BCE
Martin Luther's publication of 95 Theses
Martin Luther's publication of the 95 Theses was about the corruption of the church and how they had told people if they had payed the church they would go to heaven and they would be forgiven for their sins. Martin Luther had seen this a something that was wrong and he fought against it by writing a document to justify that what they where doing was wrong. -
1347 BCE
The Black Death
The Black Death was a disease that spread throughout cities and it had a very large impact on the people if you where to cough on someone and if you had the disease you would of killed them. -
1054 BCE
The East-West Schism
The East West Schism was caused by the crowning of Pope Leo IX. This was because people had thought that he would abuse his power and force them to do what he wanted and to change the way they have practised their religious faith. -
451 BCE
The Council of Chaleedon
The Council of Chalcedon was a meeting that Emperor Marcian called for at Chalcedon. The reason for this meeting was because there was controversy about if Jesus had the full human nature in him, more than 500 bishops had attended this meeting, this was the largest council gathering of it's time. -
186 BCE
The First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council was held by Pope Pius IX he talked about infallibility and the inspiration of Scripture 744 people had attended this event. This event was for Pope Pius IX to give ideas associating with the rise of materialism and liberalism -
Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was the first permanent legal basis for the coexistence of Lutheranism and Catholicism in Germany. The Peace of Augsburg also referred to The Augsburg Settlement allowed the state princes to select either Lutheranism or Catholicism as their religion. Due to this the legislation officially ended up creating conflict between the two religions. -
The Second Vatican Council 1962-1965
The Second Vatican Council was held after WWII to insure that there would not be another war. The reason for this was so that The United Nations could protect the freedom of people's rights.
