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Period: 33 to 330
Early Church Era
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65
Peter and Paul are Executed
Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into new era. -
250
Empire-wide persecution under Empire Decius
It caused thousands to fall away and produces a major schism in the church. -
313
The Edict of Milan
Made by Constantine 1st the Roman Empire, Christianity no longer persecuted. -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire
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381
First Council of Constantinople
The Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarism, safeguarding a high view of Christ -
386
Augustine Converts to Christianity
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. -
461
The Council of Chacledon
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. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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732
Battle of Tours
Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion, keeping European under Christian control. -
1093
Anslem named archbishop of Canterbury
A post from which he writes lasting words on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence -
1380
John Wyclif and the First Complete Bible
John Wyclif supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible. -
1456
Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible
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.
