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  • John"s Gospel is written
    100

    John"s Gospel is written

  • Saint Ignatious
    110

    Saint Ignatious

    Saint Ignatious of Antioch first refered to the Church as the Catholic Church.
  • Period: 155 to 222

    Tertulliam (doctor of the church)

    developed a vocabulary of terms with which to describe the faith.
  • Anthony of Eygpt
    300

    Anthony of Eygpt

    Created Monastic Life
  • "Great Persecution" begins
    303

    "Great Persecution" begins

  • "Great Persecution" ends
    311

    "Great Persecution" ends

  • Constantine
    312

    Constantine

    He became emperor after winning the Battle of Milvian Bridge. He thought he won because he had crosses on his banners, which was good for the Christians. 313- The Edict of Milan issued- Granted religious tolerance to the Christians, giving them the freedom to worship openly. Made Rome an official Christian city. Build a basilica over the tomb of St. Peter. Gave government buildings to Christians. Declared Sunday a government holiday as well as Easter and Christmas. Restored ho
  • Period: 312 to 337

    Consantine rules as Emeror

    Issued the Edict of Milan- granted religious freedom to Christians
  • Edict of Milan is issued
    313

    Edict of Milan is issued

    The Edict of Milan grated religious tolerance throughout the the Roman Empire and giving Christians the freedom to worship openly.
  • The first ecumenical council; Council of Nicaea
    325

    The first ecumenical council; Council of Nicaea

    Consatine summoned all of the bishops of the church, to settle the disbute caused by Arias' heresy. More than two hundred bishops attended this concil,
  • Period: 347 to 407

    St. John Chrysostom (dotor of the church)

    a great preacher whose name means "golden mouthed"
  • Period: 347 to 420

    Saint Jerome (doctor of the church)

    translated the bible in tho Latin
  • Saint Athanasius writes the list of New Testement books
    367

    Saint Athanasius writes the list of New Testement books

    Saint Athanasius was the Bishop of Alexandra, Egypt.
  • Council of Ephesus
    431

    Council of Ephesus

    Dicussed about a hereicy started by Nestorious. It affirmed that Mary did in fact gave birth to the Son of God.
  • Nestorious
    431

    Nestorious

    He claimed that Jesus was actually two people so Mary should not be called the mother of God, because she is the mother of the human Jesus.
  • Pope Gregory the Great
    450

    Pope Gregory the Great

    Reached out to the pagan tribes and began the work of their conversion Made treaties with the leaders and sent Christians missionaries to their homelands Helped reform the church by contributing to cannon law, a group of laws that would be used to govern the Church and good order in ecclesial, or Church governance. Developed the Gregorian Sacramentary – a book that would guide the celebration of Mass and the sacraments. Associated with the beginning of church music, to support this
  • Council at Chalcedon
    451

    Council at Chalcedon

    The greatest of the first four ecumenical councils. Discussed whether Mary was to be called "the Mother of God"
  • Clovis, King of the Franks
    466

    Clovis, King of the Franks

    Lived in a providence called Gaul He converted to Christianity and laid the foundation for a new Christian empire in the west.
  • Gregory VII was elected as pope
    Jan 10, 1072

    Gregory VII was elected as pope

    created "he Gregorian Reforms"
  • Bernard of Clairvaux
    Jan 13, 1090

    Bernard of Clairvaux

    Lead a demanding reform Founded the Cistercian order His monks followed an extremely strict rule of prayer, manual labor, and simple living.
  • Pope Urban II called on all Christan rules to organize a Crusade
    Jan 1, 1095

    Pope Urban II called on all Christan rules to organize a Crusade

  • The first of four crusades
    Jan 1, 1099

    The first of four crusades

    was the most successful took Jerusalem back
  • Jerusalem fell again
    Jan 1, 1187

    Jerusalem fell again

  • Armies of the fourth crusade attack and loot Consatantinople
    Jan 1, 1204

    Armies of the fourth crusade attack and loot Consatantinople

  • Pope Innocent III
    Jan 13, 1215

    Pope Innocent III

    He marked the high point of Papal power by gathering church leaders to form the Fourtth Lateren Council
  • Pope Gregory IX
    Jan 13, 1231

    Pope Gregory IX

    He set up an offical court called the Inquisition- a court that investigated people who were accused of heresy.
  • Pope Innocent IV
    Jan 1, 1252

    Pope Innocent IV

    Tortured suspected heretics to make them confess thier believes agianst the faith
  • Pope Clement V ected as Pope
    Jan 1, 1305

    Pope Clement V ected as Pope

    Clement V liveed in Avignon, a small city in southeastern France. He mostly elected French cardinal, that voted for more Freanch Popes. He harmed the church by placing the church under control of the French.
  • Pope Gregory XI moved he papacy back to Rome
    Jan 1, 1377

    Pope Gregory XI moved he papacy back to Rome

  • The Great Schism of the West
    Dec 10, 1380

    The Great Schism of the West

    After the two Popes died, the competing groups of cardinals elected two more Popes
  • Urban VI was voted as Pope
    Jan 1, 1409

    Urban VI was voted as Pope

    When he propsed reforms that the Cardinals didn't like, they clamied that a Roman mob forced them to elect Urban VI. The same Cardinals held another elcetion.
  • Alexander V. was elected Pope
    Dec 10, 1409

    Alexander V. was elected Pope

    Cardinals from both sides met at a concil in Pisa, Italy and eleceted Alexander V. as Pope
  • Holy Roman Pope Emperor Sigismund calls a council in which the Church met.
    Dec 10, 1414

    Holy Roman Pope Emperor Sigismund calls a council in which the Church met.

    In Constance, Switzerland. The council dicided that all the Popes should be set aside.
  • Pope Martin V was elected
    Dec 10, 1417

    Pope Martin V was elected

    He was accepted by by all of the Western Church.
  • Printing press invented
    Jan 1, 1450

    Printing press invented

    Helped the growth of Protestat Reformation
  • Spanish Dominican Bartolome de las Casas
    Jan 15, 1474

    Spanish Dominican Bartolome de las Casas

    A Christan misssionary who boldly defended the human rights of America's native people.
  • Martin Luther
    Jan 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    He was an Augustinian priest. He wrote the 95 Theses. He also started the Protestant Reformation, after the Pope wouldn't listen to he opinion on reforms.
  • Huldrych Zwingli
    Jan 1, 1484

    Huldrych Zwingli

    rejected the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and wanted people to represent Scripture themselves.
  • Pope Alexander VI
    Jan 1, 1492

    Pope Alexander VI

    He asked explorers to evangelize, or proclaim the good news of Christ to people eveywere
  • The first voyage of Christopher Columbis
    Jan 1, 1492

    The first voyage of Christopher Columbis

    He as well as other Spanish explorations led to the Caribbean and the Americas. They expanded the Churchs' teachings.
  • King Henry VII
    Jan 13, 1493

    King Henry VII

    When Henry could not have his marrage annuled he formed the Church of England.
  • King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
    Jan 13, 1497

    King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

    Launched a Spanish Inquisition.
  • Muslim conquered Jerusalem
    Nov 28, 1500

    Muslim conquered Jerusalem

    and the places were Jesus had lived, died, and risen from the dead.
  • The 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    The 95 Theses

    Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of a church in the German city of Wittenberg.
  • Matin Luther is Excommunicated by Pope Leo X
    Jan 10, 1520

    Matin Luther is Excommunicated by Pope Leo X

    He is excommunicated because he started the Protestant Reformation. He rejected Latin Mass, ordained priesthood, monastic life, and most of the sacraments.
  • Spanish Dominican Antonio Montesino
    Jan 15, 1530

    Spanish Dominican Antonio Montesino

    A Christan misssionary who boldly defended the human rights of America's native people.
  • John Calvin
    Jan 13, 1533

    John Calvin

    He believed in predestination- a false doctrine that states that God has already chosen if you are going to heaven or hell.
  • Francis Xavier
    Jan 15, 1542

    Francis Xavier

    A Jesuit missionary who baptized many in Goa, India, Japan, and Vietnam.
  • The Council of Trent
    Jan 13, 1545

    The Council of Trent

    Had three sessions under three diferent popes Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV. It affirmed that there were three sacraments, the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, and Scripture and Tradition, and many more.
  • Emperor Charles V fights Lutheran Princes
    Jan 10, 1547

    Emperor Charles V fights Lutheran Princes

  • Spaniards founded the first Catholic settlement in North America
    Jan 1, 1565

    Spaniards founded the first Catholic settlement in North America

    They founded St. Augustine, Florida. They continued to set up mission settlements name each one after a saints.
  • St. Charles Borromeo creates the Catechism
    Jan 1, 1566

    St. Charles Borromeo creates the Catechism

    issued by Pope Pius V, it was guide to the faith
  • B y this time there were millions of Christans in the "New World"

    B y this time there were millions of Christans in the "New World"

  • French Catholic missionaries also came to the New World

    French Catholic missionaries also came to the New World

    The land where they worked was called "New France" It went from Quebec to New Orleans/
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    Thirty Years' War

    Conflicts in which Protestant and Catholic armies, with each group fighting to defent its beliefs. It ended with The Peace of Westphalia.
  • Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts

    Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts

    Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts seeking religious freedom.
  • Pope Gregory XV

    Pope Gregory XV

    He founded the Congression for Propagation of the Faith.
  • George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore

    George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore

    He asked King Charles I for permission to establish a colony where English Catholics could worship freely. The king granted his permission.
  • A group of settlers set sail across the Atlanic Ocean

    A group of settlers set sail across the Atlanic Ocean

    These settlers were of the Catholic and Protestant faithes. They came in two ships, the Ark, and the Dove. They named their settlement Mary's land after Queen Henrietta Maria.
  • Protestants had gained power and started persecuting Catholics

    Protestants had gained power and started persecuting Catholics

    By the late 1640's Protestants had gained power and they started persecuting Catholics and sometimes they were even killed for their faith.
  • Pennsylvania is founded

    Its founder was William Penn. Pennsylvania was a place of refuge for not only Quakers, but for Amish, Mennonites, and Catholics.
  • King Louis XIV

    King Louis XIV

    King Louis was an example of an "absolute monarch" An absoule monarch gained complete, or absolute, power over ALL aspects of the lives of their people. In 1682 he had French bishops sign The Gallican Articles. The Gallican Articals enabled him to rule the French Church in France as if he was more powerful than the pope.
  • Portugal was the first to expell Jesuits from their teritory

    They did this because the Jesuits were defending the lives of native people agiamst slave traders and dishonest colonists.
  • Pope Clement issued a degree suppressing the Jesuits in every Catholic country in the world

    They did this because the Jesuits were defending the lives of native people agiamst slave traders and dishonest colonists.
  • The Declaration of Independence was signed

    The Declaration of Independence was signed

    Many Catholics lived in Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
  • Emperor Joseph II

    Emperor Joseph II

    He was an example of an "absolute monarch" An absoule monarch gained complete, or absolute, power over ALL aspects of the lives of their people. He rule Austria, the second most important Catholic country of the time. He abolished monasteries and put the state in charge of seminaries. He didn't listen to the Pope.
  • Pope Pius VI

    Pope Pius VI

    He began to organize the Church in America and chose Father John Carrol of Maryland to be "Superior of the Mission" in the United States.
  • King Louis XVI called together the Estates- General, the governing body of France to deal with his need to raise taxes

    King Louis XVI called together the Estates- General, the governing body of France to deal with his need to raise taxes

    These Estates were made up of the French population: The Cleregy; The nobles, or leaders; the comman citizens. The comman citezens wanted to change the voting rules. They made up 98 percent of Frances population and wanted equel voting rights by counting votes individually.
  • The normal citzens of France rename themselves the National Assembly

    The normal citzens of France rename themselves the National Assembly

    This means they were a unified assembly representing all the people pf France and invited the deputies of the other two estates to join them, calling for liberty, equality, and fraternity. Many of the clergy and a few nobles joined them. Thus the French Revolution begun.
  • John Carrol of Maryland

    John Carrol of Maryland

    "Superior of the Mission" in the United States. He was ordained the first bishop of Boltimore, Maryland- the first diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It included the thirteen sates. He also founded the first Catholic Church in the United States, Georgetown University.
  • The National Assembly passed a law called the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    The National Assembly passed a law called the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    This decree meant the boundaries of all the dioceses were rearranged to match civil boundaries, bishops were appointed by the civil assemblies, and parish priests were even elected by civil assemblies. The pope as well as the king had no say in any of these events.
  • The National Assembly demeanded that all clergy take an oath upholding the new Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    The National Assembly demeanded that all clergy take an oath upholding the new Civil Constitution of the Clergy

  • French National Assembly had almost completed its draft of a new constitution

    French National Assembly had almost completed its draft of a new constitution

  • Pope Pius VI spoke out

    Pope Pius VI spoke out

    This meant condemning the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and denouncing the National Assembly for all that happened from the onset of the revolution
  • French Republic was declared

    French Republic was declared

    The government was now controled by a National Convention. King Louis XVI was overthrown and found guilty of treason
  • King Louis XVI was executed.

    King Louis XVI was executed.

    He was executed by beheading, as was his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.
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    The Reign Terror

    Tens of thousands of French citizens were killed.
  • Those who had formed The Reeign of Terror feared their lives

    Those who had formed The Reeign of Terror feared their lives

  • France had a new governmet named the Directory

    France had a new governmet named the Directory

    They ruled France from 1795 until 1799. By mid-1795 aseries of decrees had restored freedom of worship, authoried the separation of the Church and state, and allowed Catholics to worship in some church buildings that were still owned by the state.
  • French army occupied Rome

    French army occupied Rome

    The capital of the papel states.
  • Pope Pius VI was taken prisioner of war

    Pope Pius VI was taken prisioner of war

  • Pope Pius VI dies in Valence , France

    Pope Pius VI dies in Valence , France

  • Pope Pius VII

    Returned to Rome, he became known as one of the greatest popes of all modern popes
  • Treaty called the Concordat of 1801

    This treaty recognized the Republic as the legitimate government of France, and Napolian recognized the pope as the head of the French Church.
  • Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the new nation of the United Sates

  • Napoleon declared himself emperor of France

  • Napoleon crowned himself

  • Napoleons armies occupied most of Europe

  • Pope Pius VII made four more dioceses in the United States

  • When the Pope refused to ally Napoleon in war Napoleon arrested him.

  • Pope Pius VII elevated John Carroll from bishop to archbishop of Boltimore

  • Pope Pius VII returned to Rome after being relased from prison

  • Diplomats from all over Europe met in Vienna Austria to redraw the borders of their countries

  • Napoleon returns to Paris with troops hoping to regain his empire

    Napoleon returns to Paris with troops hoping to regain his empire

  • Napoleon is finally defeated by the allied powers of Europe at Waterloo, Belgium

    Napoleon is finally defeated by the allied powers of Europe at Waterloo, Belgium

  • Napoleon was exiled to the South Atlantic island of St. Helena

    Napoleon was exiled to the South Atlantic island of St. Helena

  • The Pope estabished another new diocese, of Charleston, South Carolina

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    Revolutionary movenets were happening throughout Italy

    Revolutionaries occupied all of the papal states but Rome
  • There were 2 million Catholics inthe United States

  • John Bosco started a Society of St. Francis de Sales , also known asthe Salesians

  • A United Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed wanting Rome as its capital

  • The bishops met in Baltimore at the Second Plenary Council

    to talk about the newly reunited United States
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    Pope Pius convened the First Vatican Council

  • Bishops from around the world met at the Vatican , the remains of the papal states and the city of Rome were taken over by Italian troops

    Bishops from around the world met at the Vatican , the remains of the papal states and the city of Rome were taken over by Italian troops

  • The Third Plenary Council

    They voted to establish a nationwide Catholic school system with the goal of having every Catholic child in the United States enrolled in a Catholic school. They also estabished the Bolitmore Catechism.
  • Sir Thomas More declared a saint

    Sir Thomas More declared a saint

    He was a devout Catholic and stood up to Henry VII, but was executed.
  • Pope Leo the13 wrotethe first great Catholic social justice encyclical

    It was called the Rerum Novarum
  • Pope Pius X

    He declared that children should recive the Eucharist as soon as theywere old enough to understand that Christ was truly present in the Eucharist.
  • Jerusalem stops being under Muslim control

    Jerusalem stops being under Muslim control

  • Pope Pius XI wrote the encyclial Quadragesimo Anno or After Fifty Years

  • Pope Pius X was named a saint

  • John F. KennedyStates

  • John XXIII Convened the Second Vatican council

    He wanted the bishops to study the unchanging truths of the christian faith
  • Amercian Catholics began to celebrate the Eucharist in a new way.

    Priests faced the assembly, mass no longer said in Latin, The Church published a new Roman Missal
  • The Vatican Council Two ends

    bishops had issued sixteen documents about different aspects of the life of the church
  • Pope Paul issued Populorum Progressio

    It showed his conern for international justice and world peace
  • Church published a new, revised Roman missal

    It sets out the order of the mass.
  • Pope Paul VI issued Octogesima Adveniens

    or Eightieth Anniversary it honnered eighty years of Pope Leo XII's Rerum Novarum
  • United States bishops estabished the first Sunday in October as respect life sunday

  • The year of three popes

    After Paul VI died in 1978 Pope John Paul was elected but he died only thirty three days after he was elected so John Paul II was elected.
  • American bishops issued a pastoral letter called The Challenge of Peace

    They stated "We are called to be a Church at the service of peace"
  • The Bishops issued Economic Justice for All

    reminded Catholics that "followers of Christ muust avoid tragic seperation between faith and everyday life"
  • John Paul wrote Evangelium Vitae

    about sacredness of all human life from conseption to natural death.
  • Bishops issued the Living the Gospel of Life

    It urged American Catholics to accept the responcibilities to which Evangelium Vitae called them
  • Pope John Paul II established this year "Jubilee Year"

  • Otto von Bismarck succsded in throwing off Austrian rule of the States of the Roman empire

  • A concil in Constantinopole

    A concil in Constantinopole

    Emperor Theodosius I and bishps discued the creed, the fact that Jesus was fully divine, and that The Blessed Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life.
  • Decius

    Decius

    Ruled Rome and was responsible for the worst persecutions of the early Christians.
  • Emperor Theodosius I

    Emperor Theodosius I

    He called a council at Constantinople. Bishops repeated the teaching of Nicaea, and said that the Holy Spirit is like Jesus and is also fully divine. Our salvation is the work of one God, but that God exists in three divine persons. “it is the central mystery of Christian faith and life”
  • Basil the Great

    Basil the Great

    A great theologian whose writings helped to defeat the Arians at the Council of Constantinople 318. Basil was a monk who established the “rule of life” for monks For the “rule of life” monks vowed to practice poverty, chastity and obedience also known as evangelical councils.
  • Benedict of Nursia

    Benedict of Nursia

    Founded a monastery at Monte Casino, Italy around 529. Lived by the motto Or te labora or “Pray and work” His “rule” named seven specific times a day for prayer Founded the Benedictine system in the western side of the Roman empire
  • Scholastica

    Scholastica

    Sister of Benedict of Nursia Founded a monastery near Benedict’s
  • Charlemagne, Leader of the Franks

    Charlemagne, Leader of the Franks

    Was crowned on Christmas day in 800 by Pope Leo III as the Emperor He saw politics and religion as the two halves that formed his Holy Empire Lead a reform in reorganization of hierarchy, or governing body of the church. Charlemagne’s most lasting contribution was to education He named Alcuin from England to set up a school of religious studies in Aachen In the first millennium- one thousand years - many schools and cathedrals were set up
  • Brothers Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (825- 884)

    Brothers Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (825- 884)

    Brought the Good News to the territory from which many of the invading tribes had come from, thus by the year 1000 most of the “Barbarians” in Europe were Christians
  • Period: to 251

    Decius' rule of the Roman Empire

  • Period: to 305

    Diocletion's rule of the Roman empire

    Started the "Great Persecution"
  • Period: to 254

    Origen (doctor of the church)

    studied and explained scripture