Church History

The Council Of Trent

1600 BCE

Year Of Beginning: Mid 16th Century
Significance To The Church: The Council Of Trent was set up and had a major role in the church's history for example:
- Strengthening The Catholic Doctrine
- Stopped further spread of Protestantism
- Spread Catholicism to new and further places

St. John Of The Cross

1563 BCE

Year Of Birth: 1542
Year Of Death: 1591
Significance To The Church: John at the age of 18 studied to become a Jesuit, but decided to join The Carmelite Order in 1563. After studying the order he believed that the order had strayed from it's purpose to serve God, so he tried to reform the order but this led to his imprisonment by The Carmelite Order. He was freed after he had been recognised for his efforts by his own Discalced Carmelites.

St. Angela Merici

1550 BCE

Date Of Birth: March 21, 1474
Feast Day: Jan 27th
Date of Death: Jan 27th 1540
Significance To The Church: St Angela Merici said "No" to the Pope when asked to lead the religious order of nursing sisters, because she believed that, that was not what God called her to do. She believed while on a trip to the Holy Land that girls with no education was put forth in front of her to act as a sign that she must do something about this.

The Jesuits

1540 BCE

Year Of Beginning- 1540
Significance To The Church- The Jesuits were a society led by St. Ignatius of Loyola, this society being approved by Pope Paul III was set up to educate the young people of that time and also priests. The were also with the Pope and vowed to be at the disposal of the Pope at anytime, to where ever their work was needed.
Motto: "To the greater glory of God"

Martin Luther

1524 BCE

Name- Martin Luther
Date Of Birth- Nov 10, 1483
Date Of Death Feb 18, 1546 (62 years old)
Effect On The Church- Martin Luther believed that The Bible and God was the only source of religious power. He wrote a document called 95 theses that was a description on how wrongly he believes the Church is going to seek God's heaven. He was excommunicated for this and after thoughts made a new church called Lutheranism.

The Black Death

Oct 1, 1347

Time Of Arrival: October 1347
Place Of Arrival: England from The Black Sea
Overview: A disease that swept Europe from a ship that came from The Black Sea, all sailors aboard appeared dead.
The Church's View: The Catholic Church believed at the time that The Black Death was a punishment from the heavens. So people went out onto the streets to punish themselves for the wrong that they have committed. These people were called flagellants.