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Jesus Christ was born
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On the day of Pentecost, Peter preaches a great sermon and about 3,000 people are added to the church
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Saul is converted and changes his name to Paul
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Crisis under Caligula
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The Romans invade Britain
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Saint James the Great: According to ancient local tradition, on 2 January on the year of AD 40, the Virgin Mary appeared to James on a Pillar on the bank of the Ebro River at Caesaraugusta, while he was preaching the Gospel in Spain. Following the apparition,
St James returned to Judea, where her was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa I in the year AD 44 during a Passover (Nisan 15) (Acts 12: 1-3) -
Paul and Barnabas sail to Cyprus and what is now Turkey
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Paul and Silas travel to Turkey and Greece
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Paul makes a third trip to Turkey and Greece
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The Emperor Nero persecutes Christians in Rome (He blames them for a fire which devestated Rome)
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Paul is martyred
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Irenaeus Bishop of Lyons and a Christian writer lives
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Clement of Alexandria the theologian lives
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Polycarp is martyred
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Tertullian the Christian writer lives
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Justin Martyr the Christian apologist is martyred
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The first evidence of Christianity in Britain
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The theologian Origen lives
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Cyprian, a theologian and bishop of Carthage in North Africa lives
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Perpetua, a wealthy and educated woman, is martyred
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The Emperor, Decius, persecutes Christians
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Synods Carthage
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The Emporer, Diocletian, persecutes Christians
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St Alban, the first Britain Christian martyr, is executed
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The Emporer, Constantine, proclaims toleration for Christians
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The Council of Nicaea defines the Trinity
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Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, first cite of modern 27 book New Testament canon
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Constantinople solemnly inaugurated. Constantine moves the capital of Roman Empire to Byzantium, renaming it New Rome
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Constantine commissioned Eusebius to deliver 50 Bibles for the church of Constantinople
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Council in Jerusalem, reversed Nicaea’s condemnation of Arius , consecrated Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Constantine the Great dies. Baptized shortly prior to his death
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The Christian writer, Jerome, lives
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The theologian, John Chrysostom, lives
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Augustine of Hippo the great theologian lives. His writings have a great influence on the Church in the Middle Ages
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The Emporer, Theodosius, makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
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381 First Council of Constantinople, 2nd ecumenical, Jesus had true human soul, Nicene Creed of 381
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Led by Alaric the Goths, captured Rome
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Council of Ephesus, 3rd ecumenical, repudiated Nestorianism, decreed Mary the Mother of God, forbid any changes to Nicene Creed of 381, rejected by Assyrian Church of the East
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Patrick goes to Ireland
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The Council of Chalcedon meets
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The Western Roman Empire ends completely
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Acacian Schism, over Henoticon divides Eastern (Greek) and Western (Latin) churches. Clovis king of the Franks (in France) converts to Christianity
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Benedict founds the first monastery in Western Europe at Monte Cassino, Italy
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Columba the Irish missionary sails to Scotland
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Augustine lands in Kent and begins the work of converting the Anglo-Saxons of southern England to Christianity
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Bonafice, an Englishman, lives. He is a missionary to the Germans
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Boris I, King of Bulgaria, converts to Christianity and his people follow
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Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex (Southern England)
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The Clunaics, and order of monks, is founded at Cluny in France
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Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark, converts to Christianity and his people follow
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Mieszko I, King of Poland, converts to Christianity and his people follow
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Russia converts to Christianity
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Olof Skotkonung, Kind of Sweden, converts to Christianity and his people follow
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Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah destroyed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem
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The Church splits into the eastern (Orthodox) part and the western (Catholic) part
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Hildegard, the female theologian and writer, lives