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Period: 33 to 330
Early Church Era (33-330)
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65
Peter and Paul are executed
Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles made the church leadership into a new era. -
70
Titus destroys Jerusalem
Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem. -
150
Justin Martyr's First Apology
The work of the first major scholar/apologist, makes Christianity reasonable to thinking pagans. -
230
The earliest known public christian church is built
Signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice -
312
The Donatist Schism
Over treatment of apostles from the Great Persecution, challenges thinking about the church. -
325
The First Council Of Nicea
Settled the Arian controversy by declaring the Trinity to be settled doctrine; cements idea of councils to settle the issues.The Council of Nicea, then, laid the cornerstone for the orthodox understanding of Jesus Christ. The foundation has stood ever since. -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire (330-500)
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358
Basil the Great founds a monestery
Laying foundations for religious communities ever after. -
367
Athanasius Defines the New Testement
In his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon -
380
Emperor Theodosius
I made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Theodosius -
381
First Council of Constantinople
Ratifies the Nicene Creed and condemns Apollinarianism, safeguarding a high view of Christ.
