Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Jerusalem
Council "Old Roman Creed" Canon Crystalized Liturgies Formalized
3 to 5 BC 50 150 175 200
Birth 1. Salvation by Grace of Lord Jesus First Form of Apostles' creed Books of New Testament 1. Elders Bcome"ordained"
of 2. Not by works, Judaism, not religion Affirmation of Essential Beliefs Agreed Upon. to do liturgies
Jesus "Do you believe in God the Father..? 1. Apostolicity. 2. Sacraments of Baptism &
Do you believe in Jesus Christ..? 2. Able to edify Communion Ritualized
Do you believe in the Holy Ghost..?" 7 Books still Disputed: a. Baptism by Immersion &
Salvation James, II Peter, II & III John, Pouring (didache)
X Good Works End Time Beliefs Jude, Hebrews, Revelation b. Baptisms done at
XI Christ's Sacrifice XIX Return of Christ In 367 Athansius lists all 27. Easter & Pentecost
XII New Life in Christ XX Resurrestion Books as Canonical. c. Infant baptism accepted
XXI Judgment - Latter Councils agree. by 400
XXII Final Destiny
XVIII Kingdom of God Scriptures XVII The Holy Sacraments
V Sufficiency
VI Authority #6 War & Peace
#1 False Worship #3 The Lord's Day VII New Testament
1
Christianity Timeline
Christianity Becomes
Persecution the Official Religion
Intensifies Toleration Edict of Milan Council of Nicea Council of Constantinople of the State
250 311 313 325 381 395
Results of Persecution: Constantine Trinity Nicene Creed
1. No church property Freedom for All 1. Arius - Jesus was created by God - Divine but not Deity.
2. Martyrs - witness - Religions 2. Athanasius - Christ was co-eternal, consubstantial, equal.
great growth 3. Eusebius - Compromise.
3. System of Elders This council went with the compromise, but over the next
system of deacons 60 years saw it was not to be compromised.
4. Lack of ability to Developed what we now call the Nicene Creed in 381,
meet and correct in Constantinople.
false teachings REFORM
GOD MOVEMENT
250 - 350 Growth in Ascetism I. The Holy Trinity Simeon Stylites
Anthony II. The Father Ascetic who sat
III. The Son on 60ft. Pillar
IV. The Holy Spirit for 30 years
2
Christianity Timeline
Reform Movement
Council of Ephesus Council of Chalcedon Monastic Order (Communal) Pope Gregory I Islam Begins
431 451 480 - 543 590 622
Man's Part is Salvation Nature of Jesus St. Benedict First "Pope" Mohammed
1. Pelagius - human will 1. Antioch Theologians 1. Rejection of wealthy Bishop among Bishops 570 - 632
is invlolved - denied original stressed "two natures" "Government Church." 1. By now the Petrine
sin, or man's depravity. humanity - word - man 2. Rejection of the world's theory accepted.
2. Augustine - God did it all. 2. Alexandrian Theologians ways. 2. Warship becomes
3. Cassianus - Compromise stressed divinity - 3. Dedication to: controlled and formalized
Council went with a word - flesh prayer and study. a. Sacredotalism
modified Augustine view - 4. Missionaries Priest is necessary to worship.
stated like our Article VIII The council did not b. Gregorian Chant
try to go either way, 3. Mary worship begins
MAN but stressed the "Mary never sinned"
VIII. A Free Moral Person Biblical view that
Jesus was fully God
AND fully man, yet #15 Simplicity of Life
joined in one #11 Stewardship of Possessions
individual - "one
person, one
substance"
Reform
Donation of Popin Charlemagne Otto Crowned Movement
754 800 962 1050 1054
Begins Last of the Great POPES Rome excommunicates
"Papal States" Roman Emperors now crown Michael Cerularius, the
Church now enters (7 ft. tall - a man of war) the Emperor Patriarch of Constantinople
the temporal and hold control
Political arena. over affairs Church begins to take hard
of state. line on reformers
4
Christianity Timeline
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH BEGINS Eastern Orthodox
1. Doesn't accept Rome's Authority
2. Allows marriage of Clergy.
3. Wants Easter to be on the right date - not day (Sunday)
4. Holy Spirit proceeds from Son - not Father & Son
5. From now on church changes very little
Reacts to Scholasticism
by a major movement in mysticism
1. Catherine of Siena saw visions about evils of clergy
2. Meister Eckhart fusion of human essence with divine essience in ecstatic experience
3. Thomas a Kempis - imitation of Christ
5
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
Children's 4th Lateran Synod of Toulouse Pope Papacy Moved to Roots of the
Crusade Council and 6th Crusade Gregory IX Boniface Avignon Lollards Reformation
1212 1215 1229 1223 1301 1309 1382 1401
Transubstantiation 1. Forbade Commissioned Make a last ditch State John Wycliff Death penalty
Life - giving vernacular the dominicans Proclamation Controlled for being a
sacrament scriptures to punish "Unam sanctum" Pope 1. Christ is head of Lollard
controlled by heresy Church.
the church 2. Retook Jerusalem Pope at Roman Church 2. Bible in vernacular.
leaving the Roots of has spiritual and 3. Opposed to
Tremendous Mosque of Omar "Inquisition" Temporal power over transubstantiation
power over all, and submission 4. Forced to retire, but
Kings and to the Pope is "necessary began "Lollard's"
commoners for salvation." travelling preachers
1350 -- 1350
Renaissance
-- Rena
6
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
THE REFORMATION
7
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
mation
l Authority Lutherans
1. Change in worship:
a. Preaching central - not mass.
b. Vernacular congregational singing.
2. New Church government system.
3. Elementary education for children (S.S.)
4. Bible as Authoity.
5. Faith brings salvation.
ANABAPTISTS
hurches begin! Conrad Glebel 1526
contested infant Persecution
baptism. by
Rebaptism Drowning
required.
The Church
XV The Church
XVI The Language of Worship
#8 Public Schools
8
Christianity Timeline
Counter Reformation
Eastern Orthodox
French Huguenots
Anabaptists
9
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
Religious Religious
Reformation Reformation Puritans-Congregation-Baptist-Remain Calvinist
1549 1563 1567
1. Clergy can marry 39 Articles
2. Communion up to laity 1. Comunion, not transubstantiation
3. Book of Common Prayer 2. Bible as authority Anglican Becomes Arminian High Church
Veinacular Worship 3. Calvinian influence Arminius Not
1. Man is not totally depraved-He can respond to God
2. All can be saved-condition is out response
3. Atonement is universal
4. Grace can be resisted
5. Persons can fall away
1560 John Knox - Scottish Presbyterian
French Huguenots
Anabaptists - Mennonites
XIV Restoration
10
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
REFORMER
1703 - 1791
John Wesley
1678
Quaker
Mennonites
11
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
1854 1870
Roman Catholic Immaculate Papal
Lutheran Conception Infallibility
English Presbyterian
American Congregational
Independent Baptists
Anglican/Episcopal Anglican/Episcopal
12
Christianity Timeline
Eastern Orthodox
English Presbyterian
American Congregational
Independent Baptist
Calvinian Congregational
Anglican/Episcopal
United Methodist
1878 Salvation Army Salvation Army
Quakers
Reformer
B.T. Roberts FREE METHODIST CHURCH
1. Injustice of Slavery
2. Equality of Women Scottish Presbyterian
3. Lay Participation United Presbyterian
4. Simplicity Dutch Reformed
5. Holy Spirit's Sanctifying work Huguenots
Mennonites
B.T. Roberts
kicked out of
the Methodist
Episcopal Church
13