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Dec 24, 1054
east and west split
The East–West Schism, commonly referred to as the Great Schism of 1054, is the break of ... Still, the Church split along doctrinal, theological, linguistic, political, and geographical lines, and the fundamental breach has never been healed -
Dec 24, 1096
crusades 1-8
The crusades were a series of holy wars called by popes with the promise of indulgences for those who fought in them and directed against external and internal enemies of Christendom for the recovery of Christian property or in defense of the Church or Christian people. -
Dec 24, 1400
black death
The reason the black death is important to the catholic church is due to the priest selling a way into heaven. -
Dec 24, 1400
monasticism
Monasticism or monachism, literally the act of dwelling alone has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general as religious. -
Dec 24, 1517
protestant reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
Dec 24, 1545
council of Trent
The Council of Trent , held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Mary Mc killop
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ, now formally known as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, was an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. -
2 vatican council
The Council was instrumental for renewal in the self-understanding of the Church, its inner life and its relationship to other Christian traditions, other religions and the world. -
first vatican council
Vatican Council, First Twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Convened by Pope Pius 11 to refute various contemporary ideas associated with the rise of liberalism and materialism, it is chiefly remembered for its declaration of papal infallibility.
