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Christianity's Spread Eastward: Key Events in Christian History

Explore pivotal events in Christian history as the faith spreads eastward from the Day of Pentecost in 30 AD to the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther in 1517. Witness the Church's expansion around the Mediterranean amidst persecution, Constantine making Christianity the state religion, monastic movements, ecumenical councils defining key doctrines, iconoclastic controversies, and the Great Schism of 1054. Discover the evangelization efforts in England, Germany, and beyond, the rise of Islam, failed Crusades, and the ongoing struggle for centralization in the Catholic Church. Learn about the Inquisitions and reform movements that shaped Christianity in Europe.

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Christianity's Spread Eastward: Key Events in Christian History

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  1. CHRISTIAN HISTORY Some key events

  2. eastwards • Day of Pentecost c. 30 • Church expands around Mediterranean Sea while experiencing periods of persecution - 30-300 • Constantine makes Christianity state religion of Roman Empire - early 300’s

  3. Monastic movement as a reaction to worldly trends in Church - early 300’s onwards • Council of Nicea – God is a Trinity - 325 (Reaction to Arianism) • Council of Chalcedon - Jesus is both God and man – 451 • Church expands eastwards as far as China – 400-700

  4. Monastic movement begins in Western Europe and Celtic monks evangelize Northern England and Ireland. (C 5-6) • Pope sends Augustine to England to evangelize Anglo-Saxons, who in turn evangelize Germany, and Netherlands. C 7-9 • Rise of Islam 622 • Iconoclastic controversy between East and West C 8-11 • Eastern and Western Church separate 1054

  5. Russian and other East European regions convert to Eastern Orthodoxy C 9-11 • Crusades to liberate Jerusalem from Muslims 1095 – 1250 – unsuccessful • Ongoing centralization of control in Western (Catholic) Church C 11-13 • Inquisitions to eliminate heresy C 12 onwards • Reform movements to change the Church in Europe suppressed C 12 onwards • Martin Luther begins the Reformation 1517

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