The Church:
Early
Middle Ages
Reformation
Modern
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 – Pentecost
Acts 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 -- Armenia
Thomas -- India
Matthew -- Ethiopia
Andrew -- Asia Min
John -- 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 Rome
67ad
–
DEATH
of Paul
(beheading)
67ad
–
DEATH of
Peter
(upside down
crucifixion)
Early
(33 - 400s)
70s-90s ad – Early
Ebionism
–
“JESUS is
human, not
divine.”
Heresies
Docetism
–
“JESUS is
divine, not
human.”
Early
(33 - 400s)
-100+ ad – Apostolic Fathers
Clemente
Ignatius
Polycarp
‘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.
Salvation
Those with
secret
knowledge are
saved.
Early
(33 - 400s)
100-202ad –Justin and Ireneaus
Justin
–
Ireneaus
–
1st Christian
Apologist, used
Greek philosophy
attacked
Gnosticism,
Called ‘the
Martyr’
Wrote ‘Against
Heresies’
(eg, Gnosticism),
Spiritual
grandson of
Apostle John
Early
(33 - 400s)
213,225ad – Tertullian & Origen
213ad
225ad
Wrote in Latin,
the common
language.
Defended and
likely coined
‘Trinity’
Wrote the first
Systematic
Theology,
Used Hebrew to
Interpret Old
Testament
Early
(33 - 400s)
270,286ad – Monk, Monastery
270
Anthony
286
Pachomius
Sold everything,
became hermit,
father of Monks
Is born, pioneer in
communal monks,
ie, Monasteries
Early
(33 - 400s)
303ad – The Great Persecution
Edict Issued
Torture
All Christian
buildings destroyed,
Scriptures burned,
worship meetings
illegal, worship to
empire required
Burned, Drowned,
Beheaded, Crucified,
Limbs torn apart,
Eyes gouged, Limbs
maimed
(303-311)
Early
(33 - 400s)
312ad – Emperor Constantine
Vision
313 - Edict of Milan
Constantine sees
vision, defeats
challenger, takes
over rule of
Empire
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
Content of History
His goal: “to write
an account of.. the
times which have
elapsed
from the days of our
Savior to our own.”
Leaders
Teachers
Heresies
Jews
Heathen
Martyrs
Early
(33 - 400s)
325ad – Council of Nicaea
Arianism
300 Bishops
First Worldwide
Council of
Bishops to seek
unity of the
church’s beliefs.
Condemned
‘Arianism’, belief
that Jesus was the
first created being
of God
adopted 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 BIBLE
170ad
393ad
Muratorian Canon
(24 N.T.)
Council of Hippo
(27 N.T.)
363ad
397ad
Council of Laodicea
(39 O.T., 27 N.T.)
Council 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
Vulgate
Jerome
translated the
Bible into the
‘vulgar’ common
language of the
time. It became
known as the
‘Latin Vulgate’
Vulgate
Standard
The Latin
Vulgate became
the standard
Biblical text until
the Reformation
in the 1500s
Early
(33 - 400s)
418, 431, 451ad– Councils
418
Carthage
431
Ephesus
Condemned
Pelagianism:
Belief that we
can earn
salvation by
good works
alone
Condemned
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
Slave
432
From Britain,
captured by
Irish pirates at
age 16, was a
slave for 6
years, converted
to Christ in
captivity, then
escaped.
Returned to
Ireland as a
missionary, led
many in Ireland
to Christ,
producing many
future
missionaries.
Early
(33 - 400s)
410,476ad– Fall of Rome
410
Barbarians
stormed into
the historical
city and sacked
the great Rome,
plundering it
for 3 days.
476
The last Roman
Emperor was
forced from his
throne by a
Germanic
barbarian leader,
ending the
Roman empire.
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)