ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Early Christianity </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../whchapters.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on May 18th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Early Christianity </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/wh/tlechr.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 64 <BR> 249-251 <BR> late third c. <BR><BR> 301 <BR> 303-312 <BR> 311 <BR> 325 <BR> 330 <BR> 330es <BR> 330es <BR> 336 <BR> 337 <BR> 361-363 <BR><BR> 379-395 <BR><BR><BR> 380 or 381 <BR> 381 <BR> 382-405 <BR><BR> 430 <BR> 431 <BR> 451 <BR> 451 <BR> 461 <BR> 496 <BR> 516 <BR> 527-565 <BR> 529 <BR> 532-537 <BR> 561 <BR> 563 <BR> 589 <BR> 664 <BR> 680 <BR> 735 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Following the conflagration of Rome, Nero ordered the persecution of Christians <BR> Emperor Decius; christians were persecuted <BR> Oldest known building to be constructed for the purpose of being used as a church, according <BR> to archaeologist Thomas Parker; excavated at Aqaba, Jordan <BR> Armenians converted to christianity <BR> Great Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, ordered by Emperor Diocletian <BR> Begin of Donatism <BR> (First) Council of Nicaea <BR> Foundation of Constantinople, Patriarchate of Constantinople <BR> Christianity state religion in Kartli (eastern Georgia) <BR> Christianity state religion in Axum (Ethiopia) <BR> Death of Arius, founder of Arianism <BR> Emperor Constantine received baptism on his deathbed, favouring Arianism. <BR> Rule of Emperor Julian the Apostate, a confessed pagan who ordered christian property to be <BR> confiscated, christians be barred from office <BR> Emperor Theodosius (at first, only in the east; later, throughout the Empire) suppressed paganism <BR> (ordered pagan institutions, such as temples, oracles, the Academy in Athens, the Olympic Games) <BR> to be closed down; endorsed Catholicism and ordered heresies (Arianism) to be suppressed. <BR> Death of Ulfilas (Wulfila), Arian apostle of the Eastern Germanics <BR> (First) Council of Constantinople; condemned Arianism <BR> St. Jerome translated the bible into Latin, based partially on the Greek Septuaginta; eliminated <BR> Apocrypha <BR> Death of St. Augustine, author of "De Civitate Dei" <BR> Council of Ephesus; Nestorianism rejected <BR> Council of Chalcedon; Monophysitism rejected <BR> Death of Nestorius <BR> Death of St. Patrick, apostle of the Irish <BR> Conversion of the Franks, under Clovis, to Catholicism <BR> Arian Burgundians converted to Catholicism <BR> Construction of St. Catherine's monastery at Mt. Sinai, by Emperor Justinian <BR> St. Benedict of Nursia founded the monastery at Monte Cassino (First Benedictine Monastery). <BR> Construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, by Emperor Justinian <BR> Arian Suevi converted to Catholicism <BR> Irish missionary St. Columba arrived in Scotland, founded monastery at Iona <BR> Arian Visigoths converted to Catholicism <BR> England : Synod of Whitby <BR> Arian Lombards converted to Catholicism <BR> Death of Beda Venerabilis <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> REFERENCE : <BR><BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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