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| c0 | Birth of Jesus in Roman Palestine |
|---|---|
| c0-33 | Mission of Jesus, a charismatic teacher of Galilee, in Galilee and Jude; appoints 12 followers, "Apostles" |
| c33 | Execution of Jesus by crucifixion, reported resurrection from the dead and Pentecostal infusion of the Holy Spirit |
| c40-60 | Mission of the 'Apostle' Paul, primarily to the Gentiles, who writes letters which affirm the beginnings of Christian doctrine |
| c51 | The Council of Jerusalem tilts the new Christian sect away from Judaism towards the Gentiles |
| c60-100 | Four accounts of the life of Jesus are written, attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
| c0130 | The Didache, the first extant account of Christian worship and practice |
| c100-300 | Growth in Christian 'church' in the Roman Empire in spite of persecution |
| 293 | Division of the Roman Empire into a Greek speaking East and Latin speaking West |
| 313 | 'Conversion' of the Emperor Constantine to the support of Christianity |
| 325 | Council of Nicea establishes the first authoritative Credal statement, including the Godhead of Jesus and, consequently, the Holy Trinity |
| 410 | Sack of Rome by the Vandals shakes the Roman world; Saint Augustine writes his City of God and crystallises the doctrine of 'Original Sin' |
| 451 | Council of Chalcedon declares Jesus to inhere a divine and human nature in one person |
| 476 | Fall of the Latin Roman Empire to the Visigoths |
| 590-604 | Pope Gregory I "The Great"; 'mission' to "England |
| 731 | Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England |
| 800 | Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III |
| 1054 | Schism between Greek 'Orthodox' and Latin Catholic Christianity |
| 1095 | Preaching of First Crusade |
| 1077 | Canossa; Henry IV undertakes public penance before Pope Gregory VII |
| 1213 | Pope Innocent III calls the Fourth Lateran Council |
| 1378-1415 | Papal Schism of Avignon |
| 1436 | Guttenberg invents movable type for printing |
| 1453 | Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks |
| 1492 | Columbus sails for The Indies' |
| 1517 | Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral |
| 1534 | King Henry VIII of England temporarily breaks with Rome |
| 1545-63 | The Council of Trent solidifies the Roman Catholic reaction to the Reformation for 400 years |
| 1642-51 | The English Civil War fought over, inter alia, the role of bishops in an 'established church', concludes with the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and the Glorious Revolution' of 1688 |
| 1789 | The French Revolution |
| 1795 | John Wesley leaves the Church of England |
| 1840 | Birth of the 'Oxford' or 'Tractarian' movement |
| 1868 | The First Vatican Council declares Papal infallibility in matters of faith and morals (ultramontanism) |
| 1886-88 | The Chicago/Lambeth Quadrilateral |
| 1962-5 | The Second Vatican Council 'opens' the Roman Catholic Church to the world |
| 1970 | Foundation of the General Synod of the Church of England |
| 1992 | The General Synod approves the ordination of women as priests |
| 2012 | The General Synod rejects the consecration of women as bishops |
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