20 CENTURIES OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

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CENTURIES
What Happened Back Then?

EVENTS
YEAR
1516 1517 1521 1522 WHAT HAPPENED?
Erasmus; first printed Greek New Testament Luthers Ninety-five Theses Diet at Worms Zwingli began reforms at Zurich

Diet at Speyer

1517 LUTHERS 95 THESES

Martin Luther
German Priest Sparked the Reformation Rome- witnessed the sale of indulgences

Logical argument against the sale of indulgences

1521- DIET AT WORMS

Edict of Worms
Charles

V banned the writings of Martin Luther, the heretic and enemy of the state Pope and other church officials were to persuade the then Emperor Charles V to arrest him but the elector backed him up. He remained in the Wartburg castle to translate the Bible into German which was the greatest achievement in the Reformation.

1522 ZWINGLI BEGAN REFORMS AT ZURICH

Zwingli- preached what is in the bible Public debate- disputed matters of faith and doctrine by the Zurich City council January 29, 1523- Zwingli preached nothing but what can be proved by the holy gospel and the pure holy scripture (according to the Zurcih city council)

1529 DIET AT SPEYER

First imperial law was passed against the Anabaptists threatening death to anyone who did not recognize infant baptism.

1530- AUGSBURG CONFESSION

Also called as Augustana from its Latin name Confessio Augustana Primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church One of the most important documents of the Lutheran Reformation Contains 28 articles

1534- HENRY VIII BROKE WITH ROME

Henry VIII Pope Paul III announced that Henry VIII was excommunicated from Rome because of his annulment from Catherine of Aragon. Married Anne Boleyn Supreme head of the Church of England Persecuted those who opposed the Acts of Supremacy and Succession.

1534- HENRY VIII BROKE WITH ROME

Henry VIII Attacked the religious shrines of England Shrines- religious relics that were visited by many pilgrims. Shrine of St. Thomas Becket Trinity Chapel of Catherbury Cathedral One of Europes holiest shrines

1536- CALVINS INSTITUTES

Calvin Converted to Protestantism Published the initial version of the Institutes

EVENTS
YEAR
1530 1534 1536 1540 1545-1563
WHAT HAPPENED?
Augsburg Confession Henry VIII broke with Rome, excommunicated Calvins Institutes, first edition Jesuit order officially recognized Council of Trent

EVENTS
YEAR 1553 1560 1572 1603-1625 1629-1640
WHAT HAPPENED?
Servetus burned at Geneva Elizabethan Settlement Massacre of St. Bartholomews Day, France James I Great Puritan migration

EVENTS
YEAR
1640-1660 1643-1649
WHAT HAPPENED?
Puritan dominance in England Westminster Assembly Restoration of Stuart and Episcopacy Act of Toleration

1660
1689

EVENTS
YEAR 1703-1791 1736-1740
WHAT HAPPENED?
John Wesley Great Awakening in America Virginia Act for establishing religious freedom First Amendment guaranteed separation of church and state

1786
1791

MAJOR EVENTS

The Reformation
(1500-1650)

REFORMATION
One of the greatest watersheds (turning points) in history. Beginning of the modern world

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1466-1535 Humanism Advanced SECULAR LEADERS Erasmus CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

Handbook of the Christian Soldier, The Praise of Folly, Greek New Testament

1506

Construction Begins on St. Peters Basilica King Henry of England Selling of Indulgences spurs reformation

Pope Julius II -------------------------Henry VIII

1509-1547

1517

Pope Leo X, -------------------- Luther -------

Ninety-five Theses

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1519-1556
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V SECULAR LEADERS Charles V -------------------------CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS
---------------------------------

1519

Leipzig Disputation
Reform Begun in Zurich

Luther, Eck
-------------------------Zwingli

Exsurge Domine

1521

Diet of Worms places Luther under imperial ban

Lutheran theology takes shape

____________ _ Melanchthon

German Bible begun

--------------------------

Loci communes

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1524-1525
German Peasants War, Luther recommends use of force

SECULAR LEADERS ____________

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

1525

Beginning of Swiss Brethren

Grebel, Manz, -------------------- Blaurock -------------------------- Luther, Zwingli ------

1529

Marburg Colloquy Diet of Speier, Evangelicals called Protestants

1530

Selling of Indulgences spurs reformation

Luther, Eck, -------------------- Zwingli -------

Augsburg Confession

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1531
Battle of Kappel, Zwingli dies King becomes head of Church England breaks with Rome

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

____________ Zwingli _ King Henry VIII of England

1534

--------------------------------------------- Matthys, -----Bockelson

1534-1535

Kingdom of Saints and Munster Calvin begins work in Geneva

1536

Calvin
--------------------------

Institutes of Christian Religion

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1540
1545-1563
Jesuits recognized

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

____________ Pope Paul III, _ Loyola

--------------------------

Council of Trent

1547-1553

Reform extended in England

Edward VI

Cranmer

Book of Common Prayer

1553-1558

Catholicism restored in England

Mary Tudor

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE REFORMATION

DATES EVENTS
1598 1558-1603
Peace of Augsburg

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

Elizabethan Settlement

Elizabeth I

1565

Religious wars in Netherlands

-------------------------

1572

St. Bartholomews Day massacre of French Huguenots Edict of Nantes temporarily ends persecution of Huguenots

--------------------------

1598

MAJOR EVENTS

Catholic Reform in Europe and Expansion Beyond It

(1500-1700)

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1603-1625 Reign of James I in England
First English Separatist congregation in Amsterdam First Modern Baptist Church

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

James i

1608

Brewster, Radford, Robinson Smyth

1609

1611

New English version of the Bible

James I

King James Version

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1612
1618-1619

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

First English Baptist Church

Synod of Dort, TULIP Theology Thirty Years War

Helwys
Canons of Dort

1618-1648

Treaty of Westphalia

1620

Puritans depart for America aboard Mayflower

Mayflower Compact

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1624 Rationalism advanced Richelieus governement
Reign of Charles I in England Long Parliament establishes Presbyterianis m in England

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS
Discourse on Method

Descartes

1624-1642

1625-1649

Charles I

1640

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1642 Beginning of English Civil War
Westminster Assembly Quakers begin

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS

WRITINGS

Cromwell

1647-1649

Westminster Confession Fox

1649

1653

Protectorate established

Cromwell

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1670 1687 Pietism begins Universe as machine Tolerance in England
Humans learn through experience

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS Spener

WRITINGS
Pia Desideria Principia

Newton

1689 1690

William and Mary Locke

Act of Toleration
Essay Concerning Human Understanding Christianity Not Mysterious

Deism advanced

Toland

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

DATES EVENTS
1722
Herrnhut community founded (Moravians)

SECULAR LEADERS

CHURCH PERSONS Zinzendorf

WRITINGS

1738

Aldersgate experience (Methodists)

Reason undermined First American Methodist Bishop Tolerance in France

Wesley

1781

Kant

Critique of Pure Reason Coke

1784

1787