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100
Fall of Jerusalem
70 AD- Pushed the church outward, continued its separation from Jerusalem, Left the Church in a state of needing to establish it’s foundation, Establish Creed (authoritative books of scripture), leadership (bishops), creeds (basics of belief) -
325
Council of Nicea
325 AD- First worldwide gathering of the Church, called to make final decision on Jesus’ divinity
Council’s Decision: Christ was true God from true God, Christ was consubstantial (of one substance) with the Father, Christ was begotten, not made, Christ became human for us humans for our salvation
Implications: A sharpened fidelity to theology and authority of scripture, An increasing intermingling of the church and world/politics -
451
Council of Chalcedon
451 AD- Pope Leo III crowned the next roman emperor even without the authority to do. This enraged the people and they broke out fighting. -
530
Benedict's Rule
530 AD- Benedict’s Rule was a book written in 530 AD to describe various Monastic practices to live a life of a Spiritual athlete. Despite both the strengths and the weaknesses that can be seen in this way of living, the immense range, depth, and spiritual vigor of monasticism was the driving force of the Christian faith for a very long time -
Apr 6, 1054
The Great Schism
1054 AD- Marked the first official split of the church. There were many issues and tension. The Crusdaes took place after this and only furthered the wedge between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. -
Apr 7, 1521
Diet of Worms
1521 AD- Martin Luther would not recant on his writings in front of the emperor and others gathered at Worms
The splitting of the church and religious war
Leads to the protestant reformation and catholic counter-reformation
The start of the modern Evangelical Church -
The Conversion of the Wesleys
1738 AD- The Wesleys and their colleagues “renewed doctrines of God’s grace that had grown stale in the church and applied these doctrines to the working class”
The gospel is taken from the “church” and into the “world”
Helped reform society by focusing on world issues like education and starting campaigns against slavery and excessive drinking -
The Edinburgh Missionary Conference
1910 AD- A conference of missionaries called together at the United Free Church in Scotland in the shadow of Edinburgh castle
Marked the expansion of missions and a renewed focus to bring the Gospel to the world
This did not come without the cost of thousands of Christians martyred
The church begins to take on different forms in different cultures -
The Coronation of Charlemagne
800 AD- The pope provided a crown to the most powerful ruler in Europe showing the synthesis between the Church and the Roman Empire
The Pope became theoretically more powerful
Papacy is the office or authority of the pope
This action symbolized the synthesis of the sacred and secular spheres of life
The Seven Sacraments
