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WardHChruchHistory

  • Period: 33 to 300

    Early Church Era

  • 65

    Peter and Paul are excuted

    Peter and Paul are excuted
    Two of the greatest apostle forces church leadership into a new era.
  • 70

    Titus destroys Jerusalem

    Titus destroys Jerusalem
    Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem.
  • Period: 330 to 500

    Christian Empire

  • 367

    Athanasius defines the New Testament

    Athanasius defines the New Testament
    Easter's letter list the current 27 books of the Canon
  • 386

    Augustine converts to Christinanty

    Augustine converts to Christinanty
    greatest early church farther; fights Pelagianism; emphasizes scripture.
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 590

    Gregory the great becomes pope

    Gregory the great becomes pope
    The "first of the medieval popes" takes on civil power and lays the foundations for the papal states.
  • 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
    Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable muslim invasion.
  • 800

    Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Empire

    Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Empire
    With the help of his adviser, Alcum, the seven foot tall king Europe political unity
  • 1095

    Pope Urban ii launches the first crusades

    Pope Urban ii launches the first crusades
    deeply damaged Western Christians relations with others.
  • 1215

    Innocent III calls the fourth Lateran Council

    Innocent III calls the fourth Lateran Council
    which climaxes the rule of the medieval church's most influential pope and defines transubstantiation.
  • 1453

    Constantinople falls to the Turks

    Constantinople falls to the Turks
    ending a millennium of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire.