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303
Diocletian orders burning of Christian books and churches -
312
Constantine is converted after seeing a vision of the cross. He becomes a defender and advocate of the oppressed Christians. -
312
Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, after recieving an message from God telling him with the sign of the cross he will be victorious throughout the war. -
313
Constantine ends the persecution of the Christians (edict of Milan). -
313
Saint Sylvester, Pope and Confessor. Sylvester, priest of the Church in the Edict of Milan establishes official toleration of Christianity. -
323
Constantine builds a church to the apostle Peter on the Roman cemetery where the martyr is buried. -
325
Council of Nicea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia. -
336
Constantine was buried in the church of the Apostles in Constantinople and left his empire divided among his three sons. -
451
The Council of Chalcedon was a church council marked a significant turning point in the Christological debates that led to the separation of the church of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 5th century -
1054
The Great Schism also known as the East and West Schism was a break or divide between the Christian Mideval churches. -
1415
Council of Constance. Martyrdom of Jan Hus. -
380
Christianity was made official religion of Roman Empire. -
387
Augustine of Hippo is converted. His writings became bedrock for the Middle Ages. The Confessions and City of God are still read by many. -
318
Pachomius, a disciple of Anthony, organizes a community of ascetics at Tabennis in Egypt (birth of Christian monasticism).
