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The Church:Early (33 - 400s)Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)Reformation (1500s - 1600s)Modern (1700s - Today)

The Church:Early (33 - 400s)Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)Reformation (1500s - 1600s)Modern (1700s - Today)

Early (33 - 400s)

33ad – PentecostActs 2:41

–“there were added that day about

3,000 souls.”

Acts 2:8-11 –

“we hear them telling in our

own tongues the mighty works of

God.”

Early (33 - 400s)35ad – Stephen is stoned

Acts 8:1-

“that day.. they were

all scattered..”

Later–

Jude -- ArmeniaThomas -- India

Matthew -- Ethiopia

Andrew -- Asia MinJohn -- Ephesus

Peter --Syria

Early (33 - 400s)35ad – Conversion of Paul

46ad.. –

Three Missionary Journeys

50ad.. –

13 (+) Epistles in

New Testament

Early (33 - 400s)64ad – Nero and Fire in

Rome67ad

– DEATH of Paul

(beheading)

67ad –

DEATH of Peter

(upside downcrucifixion)

Early (33 - 400s)70s-90s ad – Early

HeresiesEbionism

– “JESUS is

human, not divine.”

Docetism–

“JESUS is divine, not human.”

Early (33 - 400s)-100+ ad – Apostolic

FathersClementeIgnatiusPolycarp

‘Didache’

‘Shepherd of

Hermas’

Phil. 4:3 - “..together with Clement and the rest of my fellow

workers.”

Early (33 - 400s)81-117ad –Persecution

Domitian(81-96)

– Demanded

worship of self, persecuted

Apostle John (boiling oil,

Patmos)

Trajan(98-117)

– Sanctioned

persecutions, Martyred

Ignatius in Colosseum with 2 lions.

Early (33 - 400s)125ad – Gnosticism

Spreads‘Gnosis’

Knowledge; Hidden, Secret

Wisdom.

SalvationThose with

secret knowledge are saved.

Early (33 - 400s)100-202ad –Justin and

IreneausJustin

– 1st Christian

Apologist, used Greek

philosophy attacked

Gnosticism,Called ‘the

Martyr’

Ireneaus–

Wrote ‘Against Heresies’

(eg, Gnosticism), Spiritual

grandson of Apostle John

Early (33 - 400s)213,225ad – Tertullian &

Origen 225ad

Wrote the first Systematic Theology,

Used Hebrew to Interpret Old

Testament

213adWrote in Latin, the common language.

Defended and likely coined

‘Trinity’

Early (33 - 400s)270,286ad – Monk,

Monastery270

AnthonySold everything, became hermit, father of Monks

286Pachomius

Is born, pioneer in communal monks,

ie, Monasteries

Early (33 - 400s)303ad – The Great

PersecutionEdict Issued

All Christian buildings

destroyed, Scriptures burned, worship meetings illegal, worship to empire required

Torture(303-311)

Burned, Drowned, Beheaded,

Crucified, Limbs torn apart, Eyes gouged, Limbs

maimed

Early (33 - 400s)312ad – Emperor

ConstantineVision

Constantine sees vision, defeats

challenger, takes over rule of

Empire

313 - Edict of Milan

Christianity officially tolerated in Roman

Empire:“..grant to the Christians and others full authority to observe that religion which each preferred.”

Paganizing Christianity: Isis, Mithraism, Henotheism, Pope, etc

Early (33 - 400s)325ad – Eusebius’ History

First 300 years

His goal: “to write an account of.. the times which have

elapsed from the days of our Savior to our

own.”

Content of HistoryLeadersTeachersHeresies

JewsHeathenMartyrs

Early (33 - 400s)325ad – Council of Nicaea

300 BishopsFirst Worldwide

Council of Bishops to seek

unity of the church’s beliefs.

ArianismCondemned

‘Arianism’, belief that Jesus was the first created being

of Godadopted first version of the Nicene Creed

Nicene Creed: “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible...”

Early (33 - 400s)350ad – Christmas (Dec.

25th )Pope Julius I

officially declared the

birth of Jesus to be celebrated

on Dec. 25th.

This is very possibly the

day (Dec. 25th) that the Magi

visited the baby Jesus in the year 2bc.

*There were many pagan festivals celebrating the sun god at this time, so this served as an alternative celebration of the True God.”

Early (33 - 400s)363ad – Canon of BIBLE170ad

Muratorian Canon (24 N.T.)

363ad Council of Laodicea

(39 O.T., 27 N.T.)

393adCouncil of Hippo

(27 N.T.)

397adCouncil of Carthage

(27 N.T.)

*These are lists of the books accepted in the Church worldwide as from authority of apostles and in agreement with accurate doctrine.”

Early (33 - 400s)386ad – Augustine

Converted

Considered by many the most influential mind

of Christian History.

Wrote extensively on

the Doctrines of Grace, Original Sin, the Church, Sacraments and

the Trinity

Early (33 - 400s)405ad – Jerome’s VulgateVulgate

Jerome translated the Bible into the

‘vulgar’ common language of the time. It became

known as the ‘Latin Vulgate’

StandardThe Latin

Vulgate became the standard

Biblical text until the Reformation

in the 1500s

Early (33 - 400s)418, 431, 451ad –

Councils 418CarthageCondemned Pelagianism: Belief that we

can earn salvation by good works

alone

431EphesusCondemned

Nestorianism: Belief that

Jesus Christ is 2 persons, divine and

human

451 - Chalcedon: Condemned Eutychianism: Belief that Jesus had a mixed nature, not always human nor divine

Early (33 - 400s)432ad – Patrick’s Mission

SlaveFrom Britain, captured by

Irish pirates at age 16, was a

slave for 6 years,

converted to Christ in

captivity, then escaped.

432Returned to Ireland as a

missionary, led many in Ireland

to Christ, producing

many future missionaries.

Early (33 - 400s)410,476ad – Fall of Rome

476The last Roman Emperor was

forced from his throne by a Germanic

barbarian leader, ending the

Roman empire.

410Barbarians

stormed into the historical

city and sacked the great

Rome, plundering it for 3 days.

The Church:Early (33 - 400s)Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)Reformation (1500s - 1600s)Modern (1700s - Today)

The Church:Early (33 - 400s)Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)Reformation (1500s - 1600s)Modern (1700s - Today)