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Period: 27 BCE to 80
Pax Romana
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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Pentecost
pentecost is he birth of the church. on this day jesus sent the holy spirt to mary and the apostles inspiring them to preach the good new -
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the apostles spread the word
the apostles james and john were amoung the leaders of these groups, as were paul, barnabas, titus, and timothy. they traveled extensively, gathering followers of jesus into small communities which were the beginnings of local churches -
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st. stephen martyrd
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the conversion of St. Paul
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42
st john the apostles travels to ephesus with the blessed virgin mary
john 19:25-27 tells how from the cross jesus charged st john with the care of his mother -
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st james the apostle is martyrd; his body is secretly buried in spain
christians stole his body and brought it in a boat to spain, to a place that would become known as st james field of the stars -
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st paul begins missionary journeys to galatia greece, syria, and other places
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council of jerusalem
this council affirms that the new covenant in christ means that christians are not boung by modaic law and that jesus sends the holy spirt to jew and gentile alike -
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persecution of christians begins under roman emperor nero
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64
Persection of Christians begins under Roman emperor Nero
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Period: 100 to 500
Ad 100-500
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250
Persecution under Roman emperor Decius
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251
Council of Carthage
This council allowed those who lapsed in faith during the persecution to be brought back into the church after a period of penance. -
303
Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian
Diocletian ordered the destruction for all Christian Churches, imprisonment of bishops and priest, and an order to kill of all who refused to worship the pagan gods -
313
Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan
the edict granted religious toleration to Christians and spread of Christianity -
325
Council of Nicea
this council called by emperor Constantine set forth the Nicene creed and confirmed that Jesus and the father are the same -
330
construction of the first st. peter basilica rome
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330
emperor constantine divides the roman empire into east and west
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354
birth of saint agustine
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360
book beings to scrolls
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382
pope Damascus ask saint Jerome to translate the goesples to latin
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397
the council of hippo and carthage decide which books will become part of the new testament
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405
st. jerome complete his translation of the old testament
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410
the visigoths destroy rome
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410
st. agustine beings writing the city of God
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431
council of ephesus
this council condemned a heresy that said that Jesus was two persons in one body, and the council declared that the virgin Mary is truly the mother of God. -
432
St. Patrick sent out to spread gospel in Ireland
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480
Birth of St. benedict
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Period: 500 to 1000
AD500-1000
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507
clovis army drives out visigoths out of france
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527
justinian 1 becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
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529
St. Benedict founds the first monastary
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529
st benedict found his first monastery
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537
construciton of haga spohia begins in constantinople
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590
st gregory the great becomes pope
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596
pope st gregory the great sends st agustine of canterbury to england to evangelize the anglo-saxons
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597
st agustine baptizes the king of kent
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632
Death of mohammad
mohammad whom muslims call the prophet mohammad, is the founder of islam. by the time of his death, all of airiba is muslim -
716
st boniface leaves england to evenaglize germania
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754
with st boniface help, the pope allies with the kings of the franks
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1000
muslims control two third of the ancient Christian world
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1054
the great schism
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1073
st gregory VII elected pope
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1073
pope st gregory VII excommunicates the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
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1088
first universities founded
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1094
the byzantine emperor in constantinople asks the West for aid against Muslim armies
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1095
pope urban II calls for a crusade, and christians temporarily capture jerusalem
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1144
first gothic cathedral completed
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1147
second and third crusades
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1204
crusaders from the fourth crusade sack constantinople
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1209
franciscan order is founded by st francis of assisi
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1216
dominiican order founded by st dominic
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1229
the inquisition is founded
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1265
st thomas aquinas write the summa theologica
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1300
the renaissance begins
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1347
bubonic plague arrives in europe
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1377
st catherine of siena convinces the pope to return the papacy to rome
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1386
st catherine of siena cares for the sick and buries the dead the plague strikes siena
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1440
Printing press invented
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1492
muslims conquer constantinople and tun hagia sophia into a mosque
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1492
christopher columbus reaches the americas
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1492
christopher columbus sails for north america
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1513
ponce de leon of spian founds st agustine, florida st agustine named for st agustine of hippo was the first european settlement in what is now the us
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1517
martin luther presents the 95 thess
in this document lurther presented what he saw as abusive practices -
1520
luther denies the authroity of the pope to interpret scripture
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1521
luther is excommunicated
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1522
luther translates the bile into german
luther removed seven old testament books, he also tried to change the new tesetaent by moving the letter of james the letter to the hebrews the letters of joh and the book of revelation into an appendix -
1526
Franciscan missionaries arrive in what is now Florida
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1534
St. Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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1534
King Henry VIII of England breaks England from the Catholic Church after the pope refuses to allow him a divorce
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1535
St. Thomas More is executed by Henry VIII
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1536
Henry VIII dissolves all monasteries and convents in England and ireland
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1541
First Franciscan explorations in what is now California
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Period: 1545 to 1563
the council of trent
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1549
Jesuit missionaries arrive in the Far East
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Period: 1562 to 1582
St. Teresa of Avila founds Discalced Carmelite convents throughout Spain (input to Timetoast Timeline as “Timespan”)
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St. Peter Claver arrives in Colombia
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king james bible becomes the bible of the church of england
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the mayflower sets sail from england to north america
separatists wishing to further purify the church of england of catholic influence leave for north america on the mayflower. they hoped their colony would be a city on a hill an example to the church of englad of the need for further reform . in the new world many would be persecuted for their faith. most of the first british colines in north america legally exclude catholics quakers and others from participation in public life. -
the colony of maryland is established
maryland will be the first colony to allow religious freedom for catholics. jesuit priests there will offer the holy mass in the british colonies -
england overthrows its catholic king and bans any future catholic monarchs
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maryland outlaws the oublic practice of catholicism in the colony
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Period: to
the elightenment
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british colonies in north america declare their independence
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the us constitution prevents religious tests for national office
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the french revolution begins
one of the goals of the revolution was to turn france into a completely secular nation and rid it of christianity. church property was seized and many priests and religious were persecuted imprisoned and killed -
the first admendment protects free religious exercise in the us and prevents national government from establishing a religion
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karl marx writes the communist manifesto
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Period: to
eccumencial council of the vatican
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bolshevik part formed in russia
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world war I begins
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three children at fatima, portugal, are granted visions of the virgin mary
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Mexico outlaws Catholicism
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soviet union if formed
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the first catholic bishops in china are ordained
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Servant of God Dorothy Day converts to Catholicism
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Bl. Miguel Pro is killed by the Mexican government
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Day founds the Catholic Worker newspaper
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hitler becomes chancellor of germany: first Nazi concentration camp is opened
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world war II begins
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communist governments begin persecutions and mass murders across eruope and asia
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St. Maximilian Kolbe is killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz
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Pope St. John XXIII calls the Church council that will become known as Vatican II
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ecumenical council of the vatican
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the us supreme court rules the cositution protects the right of an abortion
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Pope St. John Paul II survives an assassination attempt ordered by the KGB (the Soviet intelligence agency)
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the soviet union begins to fall
the end of the cold war, the fall of the berlin wall, and the end of communism in europe would come in 1991