Christianity By chickennugget02 Jan 1, 1611 Publication of the King James Version of the Bible Jan 1, 1614 Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity from Japan. Jan 1, 1618 Protestant/Catholic conflict in Germany (Thirty Years War) Apr 19, 1622 Pope Gregory XV makes Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu a cardinal upon the nomination of King Louis XIII of France – becoming Cardinal Richelieu Sep 12, 1683 Battle of Vienna Jan 1, 1691 Pope Innocent XII declares against nepotism and simony Jan 1, 1715 Pope Clement XI rules against the Jesuits in the Chinese Rites controversy. Jan 1, 1730 The 'Great Awakening' - A revival movement among Protestants in the USA Jan 1, 1769 Passionist religious institute granted full rights by Pope Clement IV Jan 1, 1789 John Carroll becomes the Bishop of Baltimore, the first bishop in the United States. Jan 1, 1798 Pope Pius VI taken prisoner by the armies of Napoleon I, dies in captivity in France Dec 2, 1804 Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, in the presence of Pope Pius VII. Jan 1, 1870 First Vatican council. Dogma of Papal infallibility proclaimed Jan 1, 1910 World mission conference held in Edinburgh Jan 1, 1925 Holy Year proclaimed by Pope Pius XI Jan 1, 1931 Persecution of the Church in Spain It is estimated that in the course of the Red Terror (Spain), 6,832 members of the Catholic clergy were killed Jan 1, 1943 Encyclical of Pope Pius XII Mystici corporis defining the Catholic Church as the Body of Christ Aug 1, 1948 Formation of the World Council of Churches Jan 1, 1999 Signing of the Joint Declaration on Justification by the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches
