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History of Christianity is a six part survey designed to stimulate your curiosity by providing glimpses of pivotal events and persons in the spread of the church.
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The dates refer to the focus date of a story when known, otherwise any key year associated with the subject.
? means that a year is uncertain or unknown within a wide range
ca. means "circa," or "about"
ff means "and following"
fl. means flourished
302 . . . Andrew
the Martyr
303 . . . Yield
or Suffer Said Diocletian
303 . . . Procopius;
1st of the Palestine Martyrs
304 . . . Remembering
Agnes, a Girl Who Glorified Christ
306ff . . Constantine:
Christian or Opportunist? (Glimpses)
306ff . . Helena,
1st Christian Archaeologist (Glimpses)
309 . . . Pamphilius
Beheaded for Faith
309 . . . Pope Eusebius
Began Short Reign
311 . . . Emperor
Galerius Issues Edict of Toleration
312 . . . Constantine
Triumphed under Sign of Cross
312 . . . In Hoc
Signo Vinces
312 . . . Constantine
(Glimpses)
313 . . . Licinius'
Edict Relieved Christians
314 . . . Donatists
Dug in Heels in North Africa
314 . . . Melchiades
Bishop of Rome
320 . . . 40
Men Died on Ice for Christ
320 . . . 40 Martyrs of Sevaste (Glimpses)
325 . . . Nicea
Ruling on Easter Day
325 . . . God
or Man? Asks Nicea Council
325 . . . Is Jesus God? (Glimpses)
325ff . . Eusebius Saved Our Family Story (Glimpses)
326 . . . Alexandria
Lost Notable Alexander
328 . . . Death
of Helena, 1st Christian Archaeologist
ca. 330ff . . An Incredible 4th
Century Family (Glimpses)
332 . . . Gregory
the Illuminator & 1st Christian State
ca. 331ff . . Augustine Couldn't
Outrun Mother's Prayers (Glimpses)
336 . . . Mysterious
Pope St. Mark
336 . . . The
1st Recorded Celebration of Christmas
339 . . . Eusebius,
1st Church Historian
340 . . . Eusebius, Vercelli's Bold Bishop
ca. 340 . . . Macrina Passed
Her Faith to Grandchildren
345 . . . The
Body of St. Nicholas Lay in Myra
350 . . . Celebrate Christmas, But When and How? (Glimpses)
354ff . . Augustine,
Millennial Man (Glimpses)
356 . . . Antony
Gave Big Push to Monastacism
356 . . . Athanasius
Exiled Again
356 . . . Athanasius
& the Creed of Christ (Glimpses)
359 . . . Semi-Arians
Ridiculed for "Dated" Creed
362 . . . Timid
Gregory Nazianzus Is Honored
363 . . . Julian
the Apostate Couldn't Defeat Christ
366 . . . Rivals
Battled in a Sanctuary to Be Pope
367 . . . Athanasius
Listed Writings with Power to Help
ca. 367 . . . Bishop Frumentius,
Apostle to Ethiopia
ca. 371 . . . Feast Day of
Martin of Tours
373 . . . Ephrem
the Syrian
374 . . . Rioters
Demanded Ambrose as Pastor
374 . . . Ambrose (Glimpses)
378ff . . Jerome's Bible Legacy (Glimpses)
379 . . . Innovative
St. Basil
380 . . . Theodosius
Issued an Edict
381ff . . Egeria's
Pilgrimage Blessed the Ages (Glimpses)
ca. 385ff . . Patrick: Making
of a Missionary (Glimpses)
387 . . . Augustine
of Hippo Raised to New Life
ca. 389 . . . Patrick (Glimpses)
fl. 390 . . . Lutherans Honor
Gregory Nyssa
390-1517 Pre-Reformation
Bible Pioneers (Glimpses)
397 . . . Death
of Stalwart Bishop Ambrose
ca. 397 . . . Augustine's Confessions (Glimpses)
398 . . . John
Chrysostom, Golden Tongue
407 . . . John
Chrysostom Died on Forced March
410 . . . Generous
Marcella Tortured for Money
410 . . . Rome
Fell but a Christian Classic Arose
417 . . . Pope
Innocent I Condemned Pelagius
420 . . . Fall
& Rise of Jerome
ca. 422 . . . Genevieve
428 . . . The Nestorian Controversy
431 . . . Painful Council Met at Ephesus
439 . . . Melania
Breathed Her Last
ca. 440 . . . Alipius, Pal
of Augustine
441 . . . Celebrating
the Memory of Armenia's Mesrob
451 . . . 1st
Meeting of the Council of Chalcedon
ca. 455 . . . Arsenius, Desert
Father, Went Terrified to Death
468 . . . Simplicius
Against the Monophysites
482 . . . Severinus'
Heroic Evangelism in Austria
496 . . . King
Clovis Took to the Water
523 . . . Arabian
Christians Massacred
524 . . . Boethius
Executed for Treason
526 . . . Pope
John I a Pawn of Powers
529 . . . Synod of Orange Struggled with Choice
535 . . . Remigius Imparted Authority to Rheims
537 . . . Consecration
of Hagia Sophia
ca. 543 . . . Scholastica Prayed Her
Brother to Stay
547 . . . Monastic Innovator, Benedict of Nursia
553 . . . 2d
Council of Constantinople
565 . . . Columba Encountered Loch Ness Monster
570 . . . Gildas
Blamed Celtic Collapse on Sin
583 . . . Brendan the Navigator
590 . . . Gregory
Was a Reluctant Pontiff
600? . . Devenick,
Veiled Figure of Scottish Christianity
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