History of the Church

This page is for my research purposes only.  In NO way is inclusive or complete.


70 C.E. - Destruction of the Second Temple (There was still Jewish activity in and around Jerusalem after the destruction of the Temple).  

132-135 C.E. - 2nd Jewish Revolt (Simeon Bar-Kokhba Revolt) "After this revolt Christianity became predominantly gentile in Palestine." (1)

132-135 C.E. - The church remained in Jerusalem after the Second Jewish Revolt and, in contrast to the earlier church, became predominantly gentile.  (2)

135 C.E. - Emperor Hadrian engaged in an "ethnic cleansing" in the area in and around Jerusalem.  Jewish life in the heartland was shattered.  Hadrian renamed the country (until then officially "Judea" in Roman nomenclature) as "Syria Palenstina" A complete administrative reorganization marked the ned of Jewish law as the operational legal system. (1)

160 C. E. - Justin Martyr understood that there was a Jewish curse against Christ and Christians used in the synagogues at this time.

A Curse:  And for apostates let there be no hope, and may the insolent/arrogant kingdom be uprooted speedily in our days.  May the Notsrim and the minim perish instantly; and may they be removed from the Book of Life, and may they not be written together with the righteous.  Blessed are you, Lord, who humbles the insolent/arrogant.

(requiring their removal or erasure implies a previous inclusion. (1))

"Jewish life overall was concentrated in Galilee, in the main towns of Diocaesarea and Tiberias and Galiean villages, in the Golan, in the south in the Idumean Negev and within increasingly cosmopolitan towns." (1)


192 C.E. - The Temple of Peace in Rome was destroyed, where the Menorah may or may not have been on display.


ichthus:  Iesous Christos Theou Huios Soter, "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior".


303 C.E. - Diocletian's edict which required Christians to make sacrifices to pagan gods.

313 A.D. - Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity, by the Roman Emporer Constantine.

324 C.E. - The conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity, as well as his gaining control of both halves of the Roman Empire anad bringing Palestine into his domain, constitutes a fundamental change in the history of the West. Palestine was deemed "the Holy Land". (2)

325 C.E. - Constantine's Council of Nicaea

335 C.E. - Joseph of Tiberias, built four churches in Jewish areas by the authority of the emperor Constantine order to help convert Jews.  These were built in:  Nazareth, Diocaesarea, Capernaum and Tiberias.

4th Century - The character of Christianity within Palestine as a whole because predominantly gentile by the time of Eusebius, in the early fourth century.


4th Century - Jewish-Christians are said to have lived in villages called Kochaba, near Karnaim and Ashtaroth south of Naveh.  Jewish-Christians are also attested later as living in Choba, near Damascus.  (1)


410 A.D. - Fall of Rome



451 A.D. - 1st Schism of the Christian Church (3)

The Coptic Church of Egypt, Ethiopic Church, Lebanese Church, Maronite Church, and Armenian Church continue to believe Christ had one nature, not two.

All the other churches came together, affirmed that Christ was fully God AND fully man... Two natures, in one body... and restrained themselves from going beyond that in explanation, so as to protect the message of the gospel for future generations.

1054 A.D. - 2nd Schism of the Christian Church (4)

The split was a result of severaly issues:
1) The Western church claimed that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son... the Eastern Orthodox church asserts that the Holy Spirit proceeded through the Son.
2) The Nicene Creed was changed without discussion, to include the wrod filioque, which means "and the son."
3)The Western church did not have a strong state to deal with, while the Eastern church had to contend with the Byzantine Empire.
4)Icons...  The church was worried about the use of icons becoming idolatry, and the inability of the people to distinquish, the use of icons versus the worship of icons.
5)The West spoke Latin, the East spoke Greek.
6) West focused on Christ's atonement, East focused on His incarnation.

Resulting in a split into the Western Church (Roman Catholic) and the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox.

Orthodox: adhering to traditional belief.





Seven Crusades:



The Great Papal Schism:
1309 - Pope Clement V moved papcy from Rome to Avignon, France.

1377 - Pope Gregory XI moved papacy back to Rome.

1377? - Pope Gregory XI dies, and Urban VI elected.

1377? - Urban VI abused power, the cardinals that elected him decided the election was invalid, conviened to replace him with Clement VII.

Urban VI would not step down.  Clement VII took the papacy to France.

1409 - At Pisa, the church decided that a "universal council" was needed to represent the whole church, and they elected John XXIII as Pope (making 3 in place at once).

Successors to Urban and Clement were elected as well.

1414 - The council elected Martin V, re-unifying the whole church.  (I am unclear from this study how the three became 1 again)  (2)




1546 Council of Trent

The Apocrypha - meaning "hidden" or "concealed" - is a group of ancient writings that often accompanied the recognized books of the Old Testament.  These texts were at one time included in teh Protestant Bible but in a separate section from the inspired books.  The Apocrypha was officially added to the Catholic Bible at the Council of Trent but later dropped from the Bible used by Protestants because its books lacked widespread support as being canonical.

The Apocrypha usually includes some or all of the following:
1 & 2 Esdras
Tobit
Judith
Additions to Esther
Wisdom of Solomon
Baruch
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Letters of Jeremiah
Prayer of Azariah and the Three Young Men
Susanna
Bel and the Dragon
Prayer of Manasseh
1 & 2 Maccabees.

Pseudepigrapha are a group of writings that were rejected from inclusion in the New Testament.

Apocalypse of Peter
Acts of Paul and Thecla
Acts of Pilate
Epistle to the Laodiceans
Gospel of the Hebrews
Gospel of Philip
Gospel of Thomas









































(1) Parting in Palestine by Joan Taylor
(2) Living Side by Side in Galilee by Eric M. Meyers
(3) IF: Anno Domini - The First 500 Years of the Church
(4) IF: Anno Domini - Middle Ages & The Reformation



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