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49 BCE
council of Jerusalem
the council affirms the new covenant for christ -
42 BCE
St. john the apostle travels to eposes with the blessed virgin mary
Jesus charged St. john with the task of taking care of his mother -
42 BCE
St. Stephen who was martyred
a martyr is someone who is killed for hearing the faith -
34 BCE
the conversion of st.paul
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33 BCE
Resurrection of Jesus Christ
the Pentecost in 33 AD -
33 BCE
pentacost
the birth of our church -
27 BCE
pax romana begins
A rare period of time where there was peace for the romans -
33
The apostles spread the gospel
they gathered followers among there journey -
44
St. James is martyred
Christians stole his body and took it to spain -
46
st. paul begins missionary trips
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64
the persecutions of Christians began under Nero
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64
persecution of christians begin under roman emperor nero
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70
romans burn the Jewish temple in Jerusalem
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80
Didache written
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250
persecution of christians under roman emperor decius
decius required all to worship the gods of the state or be tortured or killed. -
251
council of carthage
this council allowed people under their 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 of all christian churches improvement of bishops and priests and the execution of who all refused to participate in public worship -
325
council of nicea
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330
construction of the first St.peters basilica
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330
emperor constanticne divides the roman empire into east and west
the west was centered in rome and the east was centered in constantinople present day istanbul turkey -
354
Birth of St.augustine
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360
Books begin to replace scrolls
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381
council of constantinople
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382
- Pope Damasus asks St. Jerome to translate the Gospels into Latin.
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397
the council of hippo and carthage determine 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 the city of rome
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410
St. Augustine begins writing The City of God.
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431
emperor council of ephesus
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431
council of chateden
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431
council of ephesus
this council condemned a heresy that said that jesus two persons in one body and the council declared that the virgin mary is truly the mother of god -
432
St. Patrick sets out to spread the Gospel in Ireland
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451
council of chalcedon
this council affirmed that christ is fully human and fully divine -
476
the western roman empire colapses
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480
Birth of St. Benedict
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496
clovis the king of the franks converts to catholicism