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The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples; preaching of St. Peter in Jerusalem; conversion, baptism and aggregation of some 3,000 people
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St. Paul, formerly Saul the persecutor of Christians, was converted and baptized
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Persecution broke out in Rome after the emperor said to have accused Christians of starting the fire which destroyed half of Rome.
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St. Ignatius of Antioch was martyred at Rome. He was the first writer to use the expression, “The Catholic Church.”
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Emperor Trajan, in a rescript to Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia, instructed him not to search out Christians but to punish them if they were publicly denounced and refused to do homage to the Roman gods
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The Death of Clement of Alexandria, teacher of Origen and a founding father of the School of Alexandria
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St. Lucian founded the School of Antioch, a center of influence on biblical studies.
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St. Paul of Thebes became a hermit (Also formally known as Saul)
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The first local legislation on clerical celibacy was enacted by a council held at Elvira, Spain; bishops, priests, deacons and other ministers were forbidden to have wives.
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With the support of St. Helena, the True Cross on which Christ was crucified was discovered.
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St. Patrick arrived in Ireland. By the time of his death in 461 most of the country had been converted, monasteries founded and a hierarchy established.
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Condemnation of the Eucharistic doctrine of Berengarius.
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The Council of Rome condemned Eucharistic errors (denial of the Real Presence of Christ under the appearances of bread and wine) of Berengarius, who retracted.
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Death of St. Francis of Assisi
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Pope Gregory IX authorized establishment of the Papal Inquisition for dealing with heretics. New conflict arose soon after
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St. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin was approved as an autonomous division of the Franciscan Order; like the Jesuits, the Capuchins became leaders in the Counter-Reformation.
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Start of the 11-year career of St. Francis Xavier as a missionary to the East Indies and Japan.
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The Gunpowder Plot, an attempt by Catholic fanatics to blow up James I of England and the houses of Parliament, resulted in an anti-Catholic Oath of Allegiance.
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Catholics were banned from Scandinavia.
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Start of publication of the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum, a critical work on lives of the saints.
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The Test Act in England barred from public office Catholics who would not deny the doctrine of transubstantiation and receive Communion in the Church of England.
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Persecution began to erupt in China
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French with Pope Pius in attendance.
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The Society of Jesus, suppressed since 1773, was restored.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes, France.
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Start of World War I, which lasted until 1918. (This comes into play in next event)
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The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three children at Fatima, Portugal.
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Pontificate of Benedict XV. Much of his pontificate was devoted to seeking ways and means of minimizing the material and spiritual havoc of World War I.
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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The Code of Canon Law for Eastern Churches went into effect.
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Pope John Paul II issued an apology for any anti-Semitism by Catholics; a conference on anti-Semitism was also held in Rome and a number of Catholic leaders in Europe issued apologies for historical anti-Semitism.
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The Catholic Church celebrated the Holy Year 2000 and the Jubilee; commencement of the third Christian millennium. Pope John Paul II issued apology for the sinful actions of the Church’s members in the past. Pope John Paul II traveled to the Holy Land.
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Pope John Paul II appealed for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq War. A coalition headed by the U.S. removed Saddam Hussein.
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Pope Francis is elected in March of 2013
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We all know what happened then
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The present
