Significant Events In Christianity

By amosbot
  • 312

    Emperor Constantine Converts To Christianity

  • Period: 312 to Dec 31, 1500

    Significance In Christianity

  • 313

    Edict of Milan

    a letter signed by emperors Constantine I and Licinius that proclaimed religious freedom in the Roman Empire.
  • 325

    The Council Of Nicea

    debates perplexing the Church and defines the doctrine of who Jesus really was.
  • 405

    Jerome’s Completion of the Translation of the Scriptures into Latin

  • 451

    The Council of Chalcedon

    confirms orthodox teaching that Jesus was truly God and truly man and existed in one person.
  • Aug 29, 1054

    The East/West Schism

    bishops in the Eastern Churches or the Greek Churches deny and reject the primacy of the Roman Pontiff as head of the Universal Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church did not feel it should have to submit of the authority to the bishop in Rome (The Pope).
    The Catholics said the Holy Spirit emenated from the Father AND the Son. The Eatern Orthodox said the Holy Spirit emenated from the Father Only, and not the Son.
  • Aug 29, 1274

    Publication of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica

  • The Conversion of Augustine of Hippo

  • Christianity made official religion of Roman Empire