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Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into new era.
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It caused thousands to fall away and produces a major schism in the church.
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Made by Constantine 1st the Roman Empire, Christianity no longer persecuted.
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The Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarism, safeguarding a high view of Christ
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Greatest early church father; fights Pelagianism (man's work needed for salvation); emphasizes authority of Scripture; his thought foundation of the Reformation; wrote City of God.
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Concluded that Jesus completely and fully God. The council confessed that this total man and this total God was one completely normal person. In other words, Jesus combined two natures human and divine, in one person.
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Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion, keeping European under Christian control.
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A post from which he writes lasting words on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence
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John Wyclif supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible.
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Sparked a revolution in society and the church. Books could now be produced in quantities and at prices that made them available to many people, merely to scholars and monks. The resulting explosition of knowledge continues to accelerate in our day. Paved the way for the Reformation.
