Jesus 180 AD

Pax Romana

Period:

-27 BCE

to

180

Ressurection

33

The Pentecoast

33

St. Stephen is martyred

33

The Apostles spread the Gospel

33

The Convention of St.Paul

33

St Jhon the Apostles travels to Epheus with the Blessed Virgin Mary

42

In the gospel Jhon 19:25-27 tells how from the cross, Jesus changes St.Jhon with the care of his mother.

Saint James the Apostle is martyred; his body is secretly buried in Spain

44

Christians stole his body and brought it in a boat to Spain, to a place that would become known as Santiago de Compostela.

St Paul begins missionary to Galatia,Greece,Syria, and other places

46

Council of Jerusalem

49

This council tells you that the New Covenant in Christ means that Christians.

Persecution of Christians begins under Roman emperor Nero

64

Romans burn the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem

70

All the writings that will become part of the new Testament have been written by this date

99

Persecution under Roman emperor Decius

250

Decius required all to worship the gods of the state, or to be tortured and killed.

Council of Carthage

251

The council allowed people who lapsed in their faith during the persecution to be brought back into the church after a period of penance.

Persecution under Roman Emperor Dolectian

303

Diocletian ordered the destruction of all Christian churches, imprisonment for bishops and priests, and execution of all who refused to patriciate in the public worship of pagan gods.

Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan

313

This edict granted religious toleration to Christians and unleashed the spread of Christianity.

Council of Nicea

330

The council, called by Emperor Constantine, set forth the Nicene Creed and affirmed that Jesus and the Father are Constantinople(present-day Istanbul, Turkey)

Emperor Constantine divides the Roman Empire into East and West

330

The West was centered in Constantinople(present-day Istanbul, Turkey.

Construction of the first St. Peters Basilica in Rome

330

Birth of St.Augstine

354

Pope Damasus asks St. Jerome to translate the Gospels into Latin

382

The Councils of Hippo and Cartage determine which books will become part of the new Testament

397

St Jerome complete his translation of the Old Testament

405

Visigoths destroy the city of Rome

410

St. Augustine begins writing The City of God.

410

Council of Ephesus

431

This council condemned a heresy that said that Jesus was two persons in one body, and the council declared that the Virgin Mary is truly the Mother of God.(Theotokos)

St. Patrick sets out to spread the Gospel in Ireland

432

Council of Chalcedon

451

The council affirmed that Christ is fully human and fully divine.(the hypostatic union)

The Western Roman Empire collapses

476

Birth of St. Benedict

480

Clovis, The King of the Franks, converts to Catholicism

496

AD 500-1000

Period:

500

to

1000

Clovis army drives Visigoths out of France

507

Justinian I becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire

527

St. Benedict founds the first monastery

529

Construction of Hagia Sophia (current structure) begins in Constantinople

537

St. Gregory the Great becomes pope

590

Pope St. Gregory the Great sends St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons.

596

St. Augustine baptizes the King of Kent

597

Death of Mohammad

632

Mohammad, whom Muslims call the Prophet Mohammad, is the founder of Islam. By the time of his death, all of Arabia is Muslim.

Muslims attack Constantinople

637

Muslims capture Jerusalem

638

Muslims take Carthage

698

End of Eastern Roman rule in North Africa

Muslims invade and occupy Spain

711

St. Boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania

716

France halts Muslim invasion

732

With St. Boniface’s help, the pope allies with the kings of the Franks

754

Vikings attack England

793

Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III

800

Eastern Christians in Constantinople did not approve of Charlemagne's coronation, and the new title bestowed by the pope caused further division between East and West.

Gunpowder invented

800

Vikings attack Paris

885

Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostable in Spain, burial place of St. James the Apostle

997