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1000
Holy Land Falls into Muslim Control
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1073
Pope Gregory VII starts guiding the Church
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1085
Pope Gregory VII stops guiding the Church
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1087
Apostolic Succession structures the whole liturgical life of the Church
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1095
Pope Urban II called on all Christian rulers to Organize a Crusade
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1099
Christian Armies Took control of Jerusalem and Surrounding Lands
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1187
Jerusalem has Fallen Again
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1198
Pope Innocent III started ruling (high point of papal power)
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1200
End of Muslim Control of the Holy Land
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1204
Armies of the Fourth Crusade Attacked and Looted Constantinople
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1215
Pope Innocent II gathered about 1,200 bishops, abbots, and other Church leaders for a great ecumenical council
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1231
Pope Gregory IX sets up an official court called the Inquisition
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1252
Suspended heretics were even tortured to make them confess their beliefs against Church teaching
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1497
Spanish Inquisition was launched by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Jerusalem remained under Muslim control until WWI
