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  • Period: 33 to 330

    Early Church Era

  • 65

    Peter and Paul executed

    Peter and Paul executed
    Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into a new era.
  • 230

    Public Churches Built

    Public Churches Built
    Public Churches are built, signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice.
  • Period: 330 to 500

    Christian Empire

  • 367

    Athanasius Defines The New Testament

    Athanasius Defines The New Testament
    In his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon.
  • 405

    Jerome Completes the Vulgate

    Jerome Completes the Vulgate
    It's the first great translation into Latin from the original Greek and Hebrew; later used to establish Roman Catholic Church authority when it becomes only official translation.
  • 461

    The Council of Chalcedon

    The Council of Chalcedon
    They concluded that Jesus was completely and fully God. The council confessed that this total man and the 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

  • 590

    Gregory the Great

    Gregory the Great
    He becomes a pope: The "first of the medieval popes" takes on civil power and lays the foundations for the papal state. He also commissions, in 597, Augustine's mission to England, which converts the pagan Angles.
  • 716

    Boniface's Mission

    Boniface's Mission
    He went to the Germans to spread Christianity to pagan northern Europe, preparing the way for the later Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1095

    Pop Urban II

    Pop Urban II
    He lanches the first Crusade; deeply damaged Western Christians' relations 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 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 travel, map making, and exploration.
  • 1378

    The Great Papal Schism

    The Great Papal Schism
    The Roman Catholic Church ends up with 3 Popes at one time, and after it is settled it permanently begins the decline of the Roman Catholic Church power.
  • 1456

    Gutenberg

    Gutenberg
    He 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.