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1274 BCE
St. Thomas Aquinas write the Summa Theologica
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Period: 27 BCE to 180
pax romana
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33
the resurrection of Jesus Christ
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33
pentacost
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33
he apostles spread the Gospel
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33
St. Stephen is martyred
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33
St. John the Apostle travels to Ephesus with the blessed Mary
John 19:25-27 tells how, from the cross, Jesus charged st John with the carreer of his mother -
42
the conversion of St. Paul
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44
St. James the apostle is martyred; his body is buried in Spain
Christians stole his body and brought it on a boat to Spain, to a place that would be known as Santiago(St. James) de Compostela(field of stars) -
46
St. Paul begins missionary journeys to Galatia, Greece, Syria, and other places
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49
council of Jerusalem
the council confirms the new covenant in christ means that Christians are not bound by Mosaic Law and that Jesus send the Holy spirit to Jew and gentile alike -
64
persecution of Christ begins under the roman emperor, Nero
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64
persecution of Christians begins under the roman emperor, Nero
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70
the romans burh Jewish temple in Jerusalem
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80
Didache written
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99
all writing that will become part of the new testament have been written by this date
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Period: 100 to 500
ad 100-500
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250
persecution under the roman Emperor Decius
Decius required all to worship the gods of the state, to be tortured killed -
251
council of carthage
this council allowed people who lapsed in their faith during the persecution to be brought back into the church after a period of penance -
303
persecution under the roman Emperor Dioceltian
Diocletian ordered the destruction of all Christian churches, imprisonment of bishops and priests, and the execution of all who refused to practice in the religion of pagan gods -
313
construction of the first St. peters basilica in Rome
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313
Emperor Constantine issues the edict of Milan
this edict granted religious toleration of Christians and unleashed the spread of Christianity -
330
emperor of Constantine divides the roman empire into east and west
the west was centered in Rome, and the east was centered in Constantinople ( present-day turkey) -
330
council of nicaea
the council, called by the Emporer of constantine, set forth the Nicene creed and confirmed that Jesus and the father are consubatational - of the same substance -
354
birth of st Augustine
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360
books begin to replace scrolls
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382
pop demasks asks st Jerome to translate the gospels to latten
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397
the council of Hippo and Carthage determine which books will become apart of the new testament
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405
St Jerome complete is 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 the writings of 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 spreads out to spread the Gospel in Ireland
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451
council of chalcedon
this council affirmed that Christ is truly human and fully divine -
476
the western rome empire collapses
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480
birth of St benedict
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496
Clovis, the kind of franks, converts to Catholicism
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Period: 500 to 1000
AD 500-1000
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507
Clovis army drives Visigoths out of France
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527
Justinian 1 becomes the emperor of the eastern roman empire
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529
St. benedict found the first monastery
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529
St. benedict found the first monastery
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537
construction of hagia Sofia ( current structure) begins in Constantinople
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590
st. Gregory becomes the pope
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596
pope St. Gregory the great sends st Augustine of canterburry to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons
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597
st Augustine baptizes the king of Kent
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632
death of Mohammed
Mohammed, whom the Muslims call the prophet Mohammad, is the founder of Islam. By the time of his death, all of Arabia Muslim -
637
Muslims attach Constantinople
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638
Muslims capture Jerusalem
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698
Muslims take carthage
end of the eastern roman rule in North africa -
711
muslims invade and occupy spain
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716
st boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania
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732
france halts muslim invasion
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754
with st Boniface'se help, the pope allies with the king of franks
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793
Vikings attack England
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800
gunpowder is invented
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800
Charlemagne is crowned holy roman emperor by pope Leo III
eastern Christians did not approve of charges coronation, and the new title bestowed by the pope caused further division between eastern and western -
885
Vikings attack paris
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997
muslims occupy Santiago de compostela in spain, burial place of st. james the apostle
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1000
Muslims control 2/3 of the ancient Christian world
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1054
the great schism
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1073
st gregory v11 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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1192
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
Dominican 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
The bubonic plague arrives in Europe.
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1386
St. Catherine of Siena cares for the sick and buries the dead when the plague strikes Siena.
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1440
Printing Press invented
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1492
Christopher Columbus sails for North America
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1513
Ponce de Leon of Spain founds St. Augustine, Florida St. Augustine, named for St. Augustine of Hippo, was the first European settlement in what is now the United States.
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1517
Martin Luther presents the 95 Theses In this document, Luther presented what he saw as abusive practices in the Catholic Church.
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1520
Luther denies the authority of the pope to interpret Scripture
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1521
Luther is excommunicated
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1522
Luther translates the Bible into German
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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
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St. Peter Claver arrives in Colombia
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The King James Bible becomes the Bible of the Church of England
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he Mayflower sets sail from England to North America
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he Mayflower sets sail from England to North America
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England overthrows its Catholic king and bans any future Catholic monarchs
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Maryland outlaws the public practice of Catholicism in the colony
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Period: to
The Enlightenment
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British colonies in North America declare their independence
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The French Revolution begins
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The US Constitution prevents religious tests for national office
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he First Amendment 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
Ecumencial Council of the Vatican (known as Vatican I)
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Bolshevik party formed in Russia
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World War I begins
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Mexico outlaws Catholicism
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Three children at Fatima, Portugal, are granted visions of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady asked the children to pray the Rosary every day to stop the spread of Russia’s errors and for world peace. She asked that Russia be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart.
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Soviet Union is formed (Lenin was its first leader; Stalin took power two years after Lenin’s death)
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Servant of God Dorothy Day converts to Catholicism
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The first Catholic bishops in China are ordained
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Bl. Miguel Pro is killed by the Mexican government
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Hitler beomes chancellor of Germany; first Nazi concentration camp is opened
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Day founds the Catholic Worker newspaper
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Word War II begins
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Communist governments begin persecutions and mass murder across Europe 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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Period: to
Communist governments begin persecutions and mass murder across Europe and Asia
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The US Supreme Court rules that the Constitution protects the right ot 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)