ShawJChurchHistory

peter and paul are executed

65

martyrdom of the churchs two greatest apostles forces church leadership into a new era

titus destroys jerusalm

70

christianity and judaism official broke since christanity fled from jerusalm

emperor theodosius

380

I made nicene christianity the state church of the roman empire with the edict of thessalonica

the council of chalcedon

461

concluded that Jesus was completely and fully God. The council confessed that this total man and this total God was one completely normal person. in other words, Jesus combined two nature human and divine, in one person.

gregory the great

590

the first of the Mediveal popes takes on civil power and lays the foundation for the papal state. he also compassions , in 597, Augustine's mission to England, which converts the pagan angles.

syond of whitby

663

decisively aligns the English churches with rome for the next nine centuries

battle of tours

732

Frankish generl Charles martel halts the seemingly unstoppable muslims invastion, keeping Europe under christens controls.

francis of assisi

1208

renouces wealth in order to preach a simple, passionate gospel, and later founds the Franciscan order.

Innocent 3

1215

the fourth lateran councils, which climaxes the rule of the medieval churches most influential pope and defines transubstantiation.

dantes divine comsedy

1321

masterful poetic exspression to medieval concepts of heaven, hell, and purgatory and shapes later thought.