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100
Religious date for the birth of Christ
The accepted date is the year 0-1 BCE -
100
Baptism of Christ
Jesus is baptised in the river Jordan -
Period: 100 to
The history of the catholic church
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313
Constantine the Great
Roman emperor who completely legalized Christianity, leading to its status as state religion. -
Jan 31, 1399
Renaissance
The start of the Renaissance period around the late 14th century showed churches art and expensive stained glass windows -
Jan 31, 1450
First printed bible
Around the 1450s, The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed. -
First Australian catholics
LaPerouse enters Botany Bay with the first catholics to land in Australia, and they celebratesthe first Mass within Australian territory. -
Holy convicts
Fr James Harold & Fr James Dixon arrive as convicts. -
Influencial fathers arrive
Fr Philip Conolly and Fr John Therry arrive as official chaplains. -
Emancipation
Catholic Emancipation Act passed for NSW. -
Christian brothers
Christian Brothers arrive in Sydney (leave in 1847) -
Sisters of St Joesph
Mary Mackillop and Fr. Tenison Woods fund The Sisters of St. Joseph -
The Vatican
The First Vatican Council was held in 1870. It was here that the pope was formally declared infallible. -
Eucharist
The first International Eucharistic congress is held in France -
Shroud of Turin
Negative image of the Shroud of Turin first observed -
Federation
Federation of Australia -
A new Pope
Benedict XVI elected as the Pope -
WYD
World youth day held in Sydney with Pope Benedict XVI -
Mary MacKillop
Mary MacKillop is the first Australian to be canonised. -
First handwritten bible
The Saint John's Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to have been commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey since the invention of the printing press. -
Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne was coronated as Holy Roman Emperor by the Roman Patriarch Leo III
