-
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
Modern Devotion movement
Mostly Roman Catholic followers stressed the importance of meditation, instead of rituals.
Hurt the power of the Catholic Church. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
70,000-100,000 people were executed for witchcraft
Influenced by the Catholic Church. -
Period: Jan 1, 1414 to Jan 1, 1418
Council of Constance
Settled the dispute in the Catholic Church that caused there to be three popes at one time. -
Jan 1, 1478
Pope Sixtus IV issues a bull chartering Spanish Inquisition
Jews are expelled from Spain
Those who do not leave are put on trial and executed. -
Aug 1, 1516
Concordat of Bologna
French King agets power over the French clergy and Pope reserves the right to collect annates in France.
Helps to keep France Catholic after the Protestant Reformation. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther makes his 95 theses.
Posts a list of criticisms on the door of the castle in Wittenberg, Germany.
Lays the Foundation for the Protestant Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ulrich Zwingli becomes People's Priest of the main church of Zurich
Petitioned for the right of clergy to legally marry in all protestant lands.
Engineered the Swiss Reformatation from his new position. -
May 25, 1521
Charles V issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther a heretic and banning his writings
-
Nov 1, 1534
The Act of Supremacy passes in England
Breaks the church of England from Rome and establishes Henry VIII as Head of the Church. -
Jan 1, 1536
John Calvin publishes "Institutes of the Cristian Religion"
Put forth Calvin's beliefs on Christianity.
Calvinism influence many protestant religion, including Presbyterianism. -
Jan 1, 1537
John Calvn Establishes his strict theocratic rule in Geneva
-
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"
Said the Universe was Heliocentric
Laid the groundwork for many other criticisms of how the universe works, according to the church. -
Period: Dec 13, 1543 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
Attempt to combat the Protestant Reformation
Also attempted to fix abuses within the Catholic Church
confirmed and reiterated Catholic positions on the priesthood, sacraments. -
Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg allows local rulers in the Holy Roman Empire to determine if his land is Catholic or Lutheran.
-
Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
20,000 Huegenots were killed by Catholic insurgents in France. -
Edict of Nantes brings some religious freedom for huegenots in France.
Allows some religious freedom for Huegenots in France. -
Protestant Union is formed
-
Catholic League is formed
Response to the Protestant Union -
Period: to
Thirty Years' War
Fought over the religious differences of Catholics and Protestants. -
Test Act passes in Britain
Required men in public office to take an oath of loyalty to the Anglican church.
Meant to keep Cathoilcs out of public Office -
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Protestant churches and schools closed,Protestant Ministers exiled, and Protestant children were baptized by Catholic priests. -
Toleration Act passes in England
Granted some non-Anglican protestants freedom of public worship in England. -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
People begin questioning superstition and religion.
Use of the scientific method becomes normal. -
Act of Settlement passes in Great Britain
Bans Catholics from taking the throne. -
Peter the Great establishes the Holy Synod
Made both clergy and laymen, that were loyal to the Czar in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church. -
The French begin to "De-hristianize" France
Priests are killed or forced to marry, churches are desecrated, turned into barns or torn down, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame is turned into the "Temple of Reason". -
Cult of the Supreme Being is established in France
-
Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801
Napoleon's goal was to use the clergy to support his regime.
Catholicism was declared the "Religion of the Majority of Frenchmen.
After pope Pius rejects it he is put under house arrest. -
Catholic Emancipation Act passes in England
Allows Catholics to sit in Parliament.
Settlement Act still stands. -
Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of the Species"
Says that all species evolved from a few species.
Caused many people to reevaluate their beliefs.
Rejected by the Catholic Church until the 1930's. -
Period: to
First Vatican Council
Addressed growing liberalism in the church and society.
Was attended by both catholic and protestant leaders. -
Italian state annexed Rome and papal lands
Papacy became confined to the vatican. -
The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility is instated
State that the pope is infallible when it comes to matters of the church. -
Pius X issues the "Syllabus of Errors"
Condemned those who wanted to revise church doctrine to fit new modernist thought. -
Soviet Union Nationalizes church lands and begins marginalizing the Russian Orthodox Church
-
Lateran Accords of 1929
Recognized the sovereignty of the Catholic church over the Vatican City.
Established a relationship between Catholic church and Italian State.
Compensated the Church for its loss of the Papal states. -
Hitler decides to destroy all Jews in Europe
Six Million Jews are killed across Europe. -
UN: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Religious Freedom is recognized as a human right.
