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| About 6-4 B.C : Birth of Jesus Christ at Bethlehem About AD 33 : Christ Crucified About 60-100 : Gospels written About 64 : Persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor, Nero 312 : Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity leading it to becoming the sole religion in the Roman Empire 324 : Building of St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome, began on the site of Circus of Nero 380 : Final agreement on which Books should be in the Christian Bible 635 : Jerusalem and most Middle East conquered by Muslims 999: Most of Europe converted to Christianity 1054: Christian Church splits into Western (Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) 1095-1272 : Crusades (series of wars by Christians to take holy sites in Middle East away from Muslim control) 1187 : Jerusalem captured by Saladin 1209 : Franciscan Order of Monks started 1382 : John Wycliffe translates Bible into English 1456 : First Printed Bible (Johannes Gutenberg, Germany) 1479 : Spanish Inquisition begins to persecute heretics 1517 : Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation, Germany 1534 : Henry VIII breaks with Rome, leads to the founding of the Church of England. 1610-1795 : Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, Quaker (Society of Friends) and Methodist Churches founded. 1611 : King James Bible published 1800-1900 : The age of the Mission – Western Churches sent missionaries to every country in the world. Number of Christians doubles by the end of the century. 1830 : Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) founded, Fayette, New York, USA 1872 : Jehovah’s Witnesses founded by Charles Taze Russell, USA (named in 1931) 1878 : Salvation Army founded by William Booth, UK 1910 : International Missionary Conference marks first attempt in nearly 1000 years to re-unite Churches 1948 : World Council of Churches founded 1962-65 : Second Vatican Council radically reforms the Catholic Church world-wide 1992 : Church of England votes to allow women priests 2005 : John Sentamu becomes the Archbishop of York, first Black Archbishop in Britain. (Courtesy: Whiteker’s WORLD OF FACTS, 2007 p. 166) |