Tuesday, August 17, 2010

What are 20-30 of the Most Important Events In Christianity?

I have to make a timeline of the 20-30 most important events that happened in Christianity. The closest library I have by me is about 37 miles away and I have no car. The only sites I found on the internet about these imprtant events are about books that tell about 100 events and can only be read if I buy it. Please help me find 20-30 of the most important events in Christian History. I am an 9th grader and I go to JIS. PLEASE HELP ME FIND AT LEAST 20 IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AND PLEASE WRITE THE EXACT DATE OF WHEN IT HAPPENED AND WHAT HAPPENNED :'( Please I'm begging you :S

What are 20-30 of the Most Important Events In Christianity?
27-29? John the Baptist begins ministry (Luke 3,1-2) (15th year of Tiberius)


27-34? Jesus baptized by John the Baptist (Mk1:4-11)


33-36? Jesus' ministry


36? Jesus crucified


36?-65? Period of oral tradition in Christianity between the time of Jesus and the time the first gospel (Mark) is written, original Christians disperse throughout Judea and Samaria Peter leads the new Christian Church, moves the Church headquarters from Jerusalem to Rome


48-49 Council of Jerusalem, 1st Christian Council, doctrine regarding circumcision and dietary law is agreed to by apostles and presbyters, written in a letter addressed to "the brothers of Gentile origin in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia"


48-57? Paul writes Galatians, 1 Thesalonians, 2 Thesalonians, Philippians, 1 Corinthians, Romans, 2 Corinthians


61-63? Paul? writes Ephesians, Philemon, Colossians, 1 %26amp; 2 Timothy





65-125 Period in which 4 Gospels, Acts, Revelations, and remaining epistles written


- Peter martyred before 1st Holy Gospel is written, 7 Popes before last epistle is completed


125-350 Period of Christianity during which the first Bible was assembled - Christians are fiercely persecuted and then finally tolerated by the Roman Empire, Great Plague in Rome


313 Edict of Milan, Constantine establishes toleration of Christianity


317 Letters of Lactantius, early Christian church father


325 Council of Nicaea, called by Constantine against Arianism (336), called 1st great Christian council by Jerome, 1st ecumenical, 318 bishops attend


350-400 Period of time between the 1st Christian Bible and the 1st Western Christian Bible, during which the books contained in Bibles varied


381 Council of Theodosius at Constantinople, 2nd ecumenical, Jesus had true human soul


400-484 Era between 1st Western Christian Bible and the Great Schism - Christian doctrine is formed, Roman empire ends


401-417 Pope Innocent I, 40th Pope, decreed Roman custom the norm for Christianity


431 Council of Ephesus, 3rd ecumenical, decreed Mary the Mother of God


451 Council of Chalcedon, 4th ecumenical, declared Jesus is 2 natures, both human and divine in one, a compromise solution of Jesus god/man schisms


476 Official end of western Roman empire


525 Dionysius Exiguus sets Christian calendar (a.d.) %26amp; Jesus' birth @ 23 Dec 1AD


637 Jerusalem captured by Islam


640-1380 Period between destruction of Library of Alexandria and the first complete English translation of the Bible


1054 Split between Eastern and Western churches formalized, Orthodox Church founded


1095-1291 10 Crusades, 1st called by Pope Urban II, to restore Asia Minor to Byzantium and conquer the Holy Land from the Turks


1478 Inquisition established by Pope Sixtus IV


1483-1546 Martin Luther, leader of Protestant reformation, preached that only fait leads to salvation without mediation of clergy or good works, attacked authority of the Pope, rejected priestly celibacy, recommended individual


study of the Bible


1492 Christopher Columbus's first voyage, discovers San Salvador - begins Spanish colonization of the New World


1517-1994 Modern Era of Christianity - Luther, Calvin lay the seeds of modern Protestantism, England breaks away from the Catholic Church


1534 Henry VIII breaks England away from the Catholic church, confiscates monastic property, beginning of Episcopal Church


1609 Baptist Church founded by John Smyth, due to objections to infant baptism and demands for church-state separation


1611-1800 King James (Authorized) Version, based on Bishop's Bible of 1572 with use of Rheims NT of 1582 - included Apocropha, alterations found in many editions


through 1800, revisors accused of being "damnable corrupters of God's word"


1869-1870 First Vatican Council, 20th ecumenical, affirms doctrine of papal infallibility


1957 United Church of Christ founded by ecumenical union of Congregationalists and Evangelical %26amp; Reformed, representing Calvinists and Lutherans


1979-1982? New King James Bible, complete revision of 1611 AV, updates archaisms while retaining style


1994 Declaration of cooperation between Evangelicals and Catholics
Reply:Well in my opinion these would be your twenty. I don't know if you need the scripture refrences in the bible but here are 20:


1. Jesus' Birth


2. Jesus' Ressurection


3. Jesus Dying on the cross or the Crucifixion (you could tie number 2 and 3 together if you like)


4. Jesus feeding the multitude with two fish and 5 loaves of bread


5. Jesus Cleansing the Temple


6. The Footwashing


7. Jesus Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane


8. The Triumphal Entry


9. The Last Supper


10. Moses parting the Red Sea on his way out of Egypt


11. The plagues that God put on Pharoah


12. Passover


13. The Ascention (sp?)


14. The Ressurection of Lazaraus


15. God appearing to Moses in the burning bush


16. Joseph "decoding" the kings dreams


17. Moses recieving the ten commandments


18. David and Goliath (David won against the giant)


19. Shadrack, Meshack, Abendego (they didn't get burned)


20. Jesus being tempted in the desert by Satan





I hope this helps, Good luck!
Reply:birth of christ 0ad


life of christ0-33ad


reserection of Christ 33 A.D.


apostles begin spreading good news of Christ teaching33A.D to 100AD


Roman empire accept christianity


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