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4 BCE
Jesus is born
Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem, this is where Christianity began. -
27
He begins his Ministry
Jesus begins to spread his word and ministry, reaching the hearts of hundreds in the eastern lands. -
30
His Crucifixion
Jesus dies on the cross to repent for the sins of God's children. -
46
The Journeys of Paul
Paul the apostle traveled over 6000 miles spreading the good word of Jesus. 6000 Miles was a lot back then so this is a big deal. -
50
The First Church Council
Also known as the council of Jerusalem, this first meeting was to discuss rules and laws that Christians must follow. Rules regarding food, adultery, and much more. -
202
The Rejection of Gnosticism
Gnostic doctrine taught that the world was created and ruled by a lesser divinity, the demiurge, and that Jesus was an emissary of the remote supreme divine being, esoteric knowledge (gnosis) who enabled the redemption of the human spirit. This was rejected due to conflicting with Christian morals and laws. -
313
The Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire.With the Edict of Milan there began a period when Constantine granted favors to the Christian Church and its members. The exact words of the edict are no longer known. -
380
Christianity becomes official Religion of Roman Empire
Missorium of Emperor Theodosius I, who made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire. Nicene Christianity became the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD, when Emperor Theodosius I made it the Empire's sole authorized religion. -
1517
(Early Modern Christianity) Luther posts 95 theses
His “95 Theses,” which propounded two central beliefs—that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds—was to spark the Protestant Reformation. Although these ideas had been advanced before, Martin Luther codified them at a moment in history ripe for religious reformation. -
The Baptist Church is Founded
In 1609, Thomas Helwys established a Baptist congregation in London, consisting of congregants from Smyth's church. A number of other Baptist churches sprang up, and they became known as the General Baptists. -
The King James bible is produced
The King James Version, also known as the King James Bible or simply the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. The books of the King James Version include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha (most of which correspond to books in the Vulgate Deuterocanon adhered to by Roman Catholics), and the 27 books of the New Testament. -
(Modern Christianity) Methodism Begins
The United Methodist Church affirms the real presence of Christ in Holy Communion, but does not hold to transubstantiation. The church believes that the bread is an effectual sign of His body crucified on the cross and the cup is an effectual sign of His blood shed for humanity. -
The First Vatican Council
The Vatican Council was convoked by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868, after a period of planning and preparation that began on 6 December 1864.The council was convoked to deal with the contemporary problems of the rising influence of rationalism, liberalism, and materialism. Its purpose was, besides this, to define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ. -
The Dogma of Papal Infallibility
Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error.This doctrine was defined dogmatically at the First Council of the Vatican of 1870, but had been defended before that, existing already in medieval theology and being the majority opinion at the time of the Counter-Reformation -
Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity
The Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.Missionaries care for those who include refugees, former prostitutes, the mentally ill, sick children, abandoned children, lepers, people with AIDS, the aged, and convalescent. -
Pope Francis becomes first Pope from the Americas
Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, the first to choose a name not used by a predecessor since Lando in 913 AD, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
