Church History Outline

Year AD
33Day of Pentecost
48Council of Jerusalem
64Persecution of church by Nero / Peter marytred.
68Paul martyred
70Fall of Jerusalem
100Death of John
100-165Justin Martyr, Philosopher turned Christian. (martyred)
d. 110Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop in Antioch who Stressed the Eucherist and the diety of Jesus.
111-113Christianity outlawed in Rome.
130-200Irenaesus, Bishop of Lyons, theologian, charismatic.
119Tertullian, Christian author to write in Latin.
d. 156?Polycarp (martyred)
161-180Persecution and execution of Christians by Aurelius.
185-254Origen, Early church scholar, writer.
249-251Persecution of the church by Decius.
d. 258Cyprian, Catholic theologian, Bishop. (martyred)
200-258Novation, Caused split in Rome over what to do with Christians
who avoided persecution. (martyred)
251-356Antony of Egypt, Earliest hermit monk, founder of monasticism.
260-340Eusebius, Early church historian, writer.
303Severe persecution of the church by Diocletian.
320Pachomius, Hermit who started communal monasticism.
293-373Athanasius, Bishop in Egypt, Defender of Christian Orthodoxy against Arianism.
280-337Constantine the Great, Roman emperor who became a Christian.
313Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire.
325Council of Nicea, Creed of Christian faith and doctrine of the Trinity composed.
313-355Donatus, Bishop who was strict on Christians, started protest movement requiring purity.
315-367Hilary, Bishop of Poiters, spoke of spiritual gifts.
315-403Epiphanius of Salamis, Argued against the Montanists.
315-387Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, believed in gifts.
329-379Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, defended the orthodox faith against Arianism, created set of rules for those in monastic life.
347-395Theodosius I, Roman emperor of the East who vigorously suppressed Paganism and Arianism.
392Pagan worship outlawed throughout Roman empire.
d. 397Martin, Bishop of Tours, preached to the barbarians.
354-430Augustine of Hippo, Christian philosopher, preacher, pastor and
minister of the sacraments. Influenced the western Roman
catholic church for many years.
389-461Patrick, Missionary to Ireland, encouraged asceticism.
476Fall of Rome
465-538Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, wrote about healings.
480-550Benedict, Father of Benedictine monasticism.
540-604Gregory the Great, Monk who became Pope.
d. 605Augustine, Missionary to Celtic England, sent by pope.
d. 651Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, charismatic.
d. 687Cuthbert, Priest, charismatic.
675-754Boniface, English missionary to Germany. (martyred)
b. 710Joseph Hazzaya
890-973Ulrich of Augsburg, German miricle worker.
1054Great Schism which divided Rome from the Eastern Orthodox church.
1033-1109Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, Scholastic theologian.
1140-1200Hugh of Lincoln, Charismatic preacher.
1079-1142Peter Abelard, Major Christian thinker.
1090-1153Bernard of Clairveaux, Monk, mystic.
1162-1170Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, stood up against the King. (martyred)
1204Constantinople sacked in Crusades.
1182-1226Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Franciscian order.
1225-1274Thomas Aquinas, Roman Catholic who was the greatest
scholastic theologian of the middle ages.
1347-1380Catherine of Siena, Worked miricles.
1329-1384John Wyclif, English church reformer and writer, initiated the
first translation of the bible into English.
1374-1415Jan Hus, Church reformer. (martyred)
1453Constantinople overrun by the Turks, Byzantine empire ends.
1489-1556Thomas Cranmer (martyred)
1483-1546Martin Luther, Church reformer, founder of Protestant Church.
1509-1504John Calvin, Protestant reformer, bible interpreter.
1490-1536William Tyndale, English biblical scholar who translated the bible into English. (martyred)
1611King James Version of the bible first published.
1624-1691George Fox, Founded the Quaker church.
1628-1688John Bunyan, English minister and preacher.
1703-1791John Wesley, Founded the Methodist movement.
1700-1760Nikolaus Von Zinzendorf, established the Moravian Brethren.
1792William Carey
1792-1834Edward Irving
1792-1875Charles Finney, The first evangelist.

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