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The Birth of the Church
The history of the Catholic Church begins with the teachings of Jesus Christ, who in the 1st century in the province of Judea of the Roman Empire. The contemporary Catholic Church says that it is the continuation of the early Christian community established by Jesus. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus or His apostles. In the New Testament there is no mention of the papacy worship adoration of Mary -
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Council of Jerusalem
A conference of the Christian Apostles in Jerusalem in about 49CE. It was occasioned by the insistence of certain Judaic Christians from Jerusalem that Gentile Christians from Antioch in Syria obey the Mosaic custom of circumcision. It was occasioned by the insistence of certain Judaic Christians from Jerusalem that Gentile Christians from Antioch in Syria obey the Mosaic custom of circumcision. -
Dec 24, 1095
Crusades
The first crusade was launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095. There is controversy over the last crusade. “Traditionalists” would end the crusades in 1291 with the fall of the last crusader castle of the Latin Kingdom, the city of Acre (on the northern coast of present day Israel Pluralists disagree, but one good candidate would be the Spanish Armada of 1588.The Crusades were a series of intermittent Papal sanctioned military campaigns beginning in the late 11th century. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Born on, November 10, 1483 at Eisleben Germany. He was a priest that was a former monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. He created the 95 theses, he also had 95 statements on the expectations of the church and the teaching of the Catholic Church. This occurred on the 31st of October 1517 at Wittenberg Castle Church. He created these statements because, the Pope was doing the wrong thing and it also, showed people the teaching on indulgences. -
Dec 24, 1545
Catholic Reformation
Between 1520 and 1530, there was a lot of common ground between the Protestants and the Catholics. But the emphasis was put on the differences not the similarities. By 1550, the gap was unbridgeable and as it widened the policy of the Catholic Church was to become more aggressive. The Catholic Reformation relied on individuals. Cardinal Ximenez from Spain tightened clerical discipline and encouraged scholarship at schools and universities. -
Mother Teresa
Born on 26th August 1910 Skopje Macedonia she was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary she spent her whole entire life helping out the poor and people that were helpless. she began her religious life in Ireland far from her family and the life she known never seeing her mother again in this life speaking a language few understood. She did most of her work in India Calcutta she also Died in September 5 1997, Kolkata India. Mother Teresa is currently being cannonised as a saint. -
Vatican II
Second Vatican Council, 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church announced by Pope John XXIII on Jan. 25, 1959, as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in search for reunion. Vatican II brought some major changes to the Roman church. Most obvious were changes in the mass, which had been said in Latin with priest facing away from the congregation, often speaking quietly.
