religion

Jesus is born

6 BCE

-Jesus is born and Herod tries to find and kill Jesus, his family escapes to Egypt until Herod dies
(Herod dies in 4 BCE)

Beginning of Jesus' public ministry

27

He was about 30 years old when this happened.

Jesus Executed on the Cross

30

Jesus' followers imprisoned and ordered not to speak regarding Jesus' death and Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

30

Jews expelled from Rome

49

Mark's gospel

64

-64-67 C.E Mark wrote his gospel
-It had 11,304 words in it which makes it the shortest gospel
-It's symbolized by the lion
-It's focused on gentile readers

Jews begin revolt against Rome

66

Roman commander Titus captures Jerusalem and destroys Jewish Temple

70

Luke's gospel

80

-80-90 C.E
-It is the only gospel written by a gentile
-It is the longest gospel with a word count of 19 482
-It is symbolized by the ox

Matthew's gospel

85

-85-90 C.E
-The symbol for this gospel is a winged man
-Matthew repeatedly uses two phrases no other gospel uses ( “the Kingdom of heaven,” )
-The book contains more than 130 Old Testament quotes and allusions

John's gospel

90

-After 90 C.E
-John focuses a lot on Jesus’ dialogues
-John uses the most metaphors for Jesus
-15,634 words
-It is symbolized​ by the eagle

Jews revolt against Rome again

132

Emperor Gallienus's edict makes Christianity a legal religion

261

Emperor Constantine embraces and supports Christianity - making the church an institution of wealth and power

325