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From the Death of St, John to the Edict of Constantine
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The first major church figure martyred during this era. He was the head bishop in Jerusalem. He was crucified.
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Ignatius was thrown to the wild beasts and worte letter to the church about suffering through persecution
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Polycarp was burned to death and was the Bishop of Asia minor
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He was crucifed and was a philosopher and teacher
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He was beheaded and was a great theologian
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Diocletian abdicates the throne to Constantine
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He is the first Chritian emperor
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This edict put an end to the persecution of the church and caused the popularization of Christianity
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From th Edict of Constantine to the Fall of Rome
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Chritianity was recognized as the reliogion of the Christian empire and the capital moved from Rome to the new city Constantinople
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Barbarians from the west began to invade the Roman Empire because the capital was far away
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Battle won in Northern France
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The territory had been reduced down to the city of Rome
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From the Fall of Rome to the Fall of Constantinople
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When Mohammed died Islam was born
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The spread of Islam in Western Europe ends when Charles Martel defeated the muslim advance
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The Western Latin church and Eastern Greek church split
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Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem from the Muslims
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The church attempts to deafeat the Muslim advance and take back Jerusalem
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Gave great attention to architecture, art, and writing
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They fought off invading muslims and retained Jerusalem
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The Chirsitans fought Saladin for Jerusalem and lost. However they made a treart allowing safe passge for pilgrims.
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Abuses his power to force states to do the bidding of the church
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They took Constantinople from the Greeks
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Ministered to those who had the black plague. They were knwon for their love for others,
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Spread faith through preaching and lived off the donation of people
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St. Louis attemoted to fight the muslims by way of Egypt
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St. Louis tried to do it again but died before he began and the Crusade ended.
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Whereas before the Pope had power all over Europe, at this point in history the power was reduced to mainly Rome and her followers.
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Held to decide the claims between four popes for power. One was chosen to rule
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The city fell to the Ottoman Turks which signaled the end of the Medieval Church period
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From the fall of Constantinople to the end of the Thirty Year War
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Luther posted 95 statements against the Catholic church to the door of the cathedral in Wittenburg. This is what jumpstarted the Reformation
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Luther burned the Papal decree of excommunication from the pope.
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The Catholic church tried Luther for heresy but ended up letting him go. He did not recant his position.
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Luther translated the NT into German
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Attempt by the catholic church to reconcile the division. The protestants would not budge and after that time Luthers movement was reffered to as the Protestants
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Catholic missionaries aimed to fight against protestantism
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John Calvin wrote a masterful theological work call the Institutes of the Christian Religion.
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A council was formed in another attempt to reconcile the division in the church. They met from 1545-1563. It resulted in conservative reforms for the Catholic church.
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Protestants and Catholics went to war and ended with fixed boundaries between them.
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From the end of the Thirty Year War to the 80's
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The branches of Protestantism came from this.
1. Prebyrterians
2. Congregationalists
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Jonathan Edwards began to preach against churches being luke-warm in faith
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Moravian church began the modern missions movement.
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Jon Wesley gathered precher to spread his doctrine all over England and the American Colonies.
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People began to demand a rational and natural interpretation of scripture
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Missionaries were sent out from America to the world. Came out of the Haystack prayer meeting.
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Was aimed to restore some of the catholic tradition to the Protestant church.
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Also known as Gregory the Great he used his aithority to influence both religious and state affairs
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He was reguarded as the successor of Augustus and Constantine
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Required its monks to be poor and own no posessions. They made great strides in the area of agricultural.