Christianity Timeline

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  • 1 CE

    Beginning of Christianity

  • 30

    Death of Jesus Christ

    Death of Jesus Christ
    Jesus was crucified and tortured on the cross.
  • 250

    Widespread Persecution

    Widespread Persecution
    Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians.
  • 301

    Romania adopts Christianity

    Romania adopts Christianity
    Romania was the first country to make Christianity their official religion.
  • 312

    Constantine

    Constantine
    Right before battle, Constantine saw a cross and the sky and believed that if they fought with the symbol of Christ on their side that they would win, and they did end up winning.
  • 313

    Christianity no longer prosecuted

    Christianity no longer prosecuted
    After Constantine's win in the battle, he declared himself a Christian. Following that, he legalized the practice of Christianity in all of Rome so that it would no longer be prosecuted.
  • 336

    First Christmas

    The first recorded Christmas in Rome was in 336 AD.
  • 400

    Vulgate

    Vulgate
    Jerome wrote the Vulgate to translate the Greek Bible into the native Latin language.
  • 609

    The Pantheon

    The Pantheon
    The Pantheon was the first Pagan church in Rome to be Christianized.
  • 800

    Emperor Charlemagne

    Emperor Charlemagne
    Charlemagne was crowned Roman emperor at St. Peters Basilica.
  • 950

    Olga of Kiev

    Olga of Kiev
    Olga of Kiev converted to Christianity and she converted all of Rus' to Christians. She was regarded a saint because of that.
  • 1054

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism
    This was the split of the Roman Catholic churches and the East Orthodox Churches.