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Period: 33 to 300
Early Church Era
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65
Peter and Paul are excuted
Two of the greatest apostle forces church leadership into a new era. -
70
Titus destroys Jerusalem
Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from Jerusalem. -
Period: 330 to 500
Christian Empire
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367
Athanasius defines the New Testament
Easter's letter list the current 27 books of the Canon -
386
Augustine converts to Christinanty
greatest early church farther; fights Pelagianism; emphasizes scripture. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Ages
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590
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
Frankish general Charles Martel halts the seemingly unstoppable muslim invasion. -
800
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
deeply damaged Western Christians relations with others. -
1215
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
ending a millennium of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire.