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66
The church of Acts 60 AD
In 66 AD, the tensions had been building between the Roman Empire and the Jews. When the Jewish priests and leaders stopped doing the sacrifices that were required by Roman law to appease their gods, war became inevitable. -
70
The Fall of Jerusalem 70 AD
Regions of Roman soldiers led by Titus began a siege on Jerusalem. Moved the Christian's faith outward, separated it from its Jewish environment and turned it into a movement advancing toward universal significance. -
313
The Edict of Milan 313 AD
The Edict of Milan was an important step in securing the civil rights of Christians throughout the Roman Empire. In AD 311, the Roman Emperor Galerius issued a decree that Christians be treated with “toleration.” In practice, this simply cancelled the official persecution of Christianity begun by Diocletian in 303. -
325
The councils of Nicea 325 AD
The councils of Nicea is the first worldwide gathering of the church, called to make a final decision on Jesus’ divinity and it was called together by the Roman Emperor Constantine. This sharpened fidelity to theology and authority of scripture. -
451
Council of chalcedon 451 AD
The council also laid the groundwork for one of the most significant events in ecclesiastical history—the Great Schism. In theologically it showed a wise, careful and balanced restatement of scripture. In practically it is the first instance of the church not being able to come to full unity on a decision. -
530
St. Benedict’s rule and the rise of Monasticism 530 AD
The reason that the writing of a book is a key date in church history. For us to do is to leave it all, study the scripture and obey it. Monasticism is the state of being secluded from the world in order to fulfill religious vows. Monks of known for practicing asceticism which comes from the Greek word askesis, meaning exercise, training, practice. -
Jan 1, 800
Christmas Day 800 AD
In 800 AD, the Pope provided a crown to the most powerful ruler in Europe showing the synthesis between the church and the roman empire. This action symbolized the synthesis of the sacred and secular spheres of life. The Pope became theoretically more powerful than the emperor as he was the spokesperson for God. In man’s sinful nature, this lead to some abuses of power in the Church. -
Jan 1, 1054
Great schism 1054 AD
In 1054 AD, Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I communicate each other which leads to the splitting of the church into western and eastern.The biggest dividing factors is the pope.The great schism of 1054 marked the first official split in the church.While there were various issues, the big issue that split things was the question of papal authority -
Jan 1, 1096
The Crusades 1096 AD
The spiritual reason for the Crusades is to take back Jerusalem from Muslim occupation. While this two-hundred year period of wars has a lot of depth from a historical standpoint, for the sake of Church history, let us look at the farthest reaching effect: the continued increase of the wealth and power of the Church. -
Jan 1, 1521
Diet of Worms 1521 AD
In 1521 AD, Diet of Worms was meeting of the assembly of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Germany. It was made famous by Martin Luther’s appearance before it to respond to charges of heresy. -
The Great Awakening 1730 AD
John Wesley was the first to embrace outdoor evangelism.
The Wesleys and their colleagues “renewed doctrines of God’s grace that had grown stale in the church and applies these doctrines to the working class.” The Great Awakening or First Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, especially the American colonies, in the 1730. -
Edinburgh Missionary Conference 1910 AD
Vitally important to the revival of missions was the focus on the involvement of women.The concern for mission expanding among protestants, Catholics and orthodox believers led to "a broader and more diffuse expansion of Christianity that had happened since the very first centuries of the church’s existence."The Edinburgh missionary conference marked the expansion of missions and a renewed focus to bring gospel to the world.
