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BurkeLCurchHistory

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  • Period: 33 to 330

    Early Church Era

  • 70

    Titus destroys Jerusalem

    Titus destroys Jerusalem
    Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem.
  • 250

    Persecution under Emperor Decius

    Persecution under Emperor Decius
    Empire-wide persecution under Emperor Decius causes thousands to fall away and produces a major schism in the church.
  • Period: 330 to 500

    Christian Empire

  • 461

    Council of Chalcedon

    Council of Chalcedon
    Council concluded that Jesus was 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

  • 663

    Synod of Whitby

    Synod of Whitby
    Decisively aligns the English church with Rome for the next nine centuries.
  • 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
    Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable Muslim invasion, keeping Europe under Christian control.
  • 800

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Crowned Holy Roman Emperor: With the help of his adviser, Alcuin, the seven-foot-tall king brings Europe political unity, a stronger church, and a renaissance of learning.
  • 1093

    Anselm

    Anselm
    Named archbishop of Canterbury, a post from which he writes lasting works on the Atonement and proofs for God's existence.
  • 1095

    Pope Urban 2

    Pope Urban 2
    Launches the First Crusade; deeply damaged Western Christian's relationships with others, the breach between Eastern and Western Christians became wide and lasting, sparked pogroms against the Jews, and the crusaders' brutality worked only to make the Muslims more militant. On an economic level, however, the Crusades increased trade and stepped up Europe's economic growth. They also led to a greater interest in travel, map making, and exploration.
  • 1380

    John Wyclif

    John Wyclif
    Supervises Bible translation, leaving the first complete English Bible.
  • 1456

    Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible

    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, not merely to scholars and monks. The resulting explosion of knowledge continues to accelerate in our day. Paved the way for the reformation.