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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
28 ....... John the Baptist Beheaded
ca. 30 ....... Jesus
Shone Like the Sun
ca. 30 ....... Jesus
Loved Children (Glimpses)
30 ....... Possible
Date for Christ's Death
33 ....... Possible
Date for Christ's Resurrection
ca. 33ff ..... When Is
Easter? (Glimpses)
33 ....... Possible
Date for Christ's Ascension
33 - 100 . Whatever
Happened to the Twelve Apostles?
33 - 300 . A
Look at the Early Church (Glimpses)
33 - 300 . What
Were Early Christians Like? (Glimpses)
33 - 313 . The
Spread of the Early Church (Glimpses)
33 - 350 . Selection &
Preservation of Bible (Glimpses)
fl. 33 ....... The Blessed Virgin Mary
fl. 35 ....... St. Thomas
fl. 35 ....... St. Thomas
fl. 35 ....... St. Bartholomew
fl. 35 ....... James the Great
fl. 35 ....... St. Jude the Apostle
fl. 35 ....... St. Matthew
fl. 35 ....... Matthew, Christ's Biographer
fl. 35 ....... St. Matthias
fl. 35 ....... St. Peter
fl. 35 ....... St. Philip the Apostle
fl. 35 ....... St. Philip the Disciple
and Apostle
fl. 35 ....... St. Simon (Commonly
Called the Zealot)
fl. 50 ....... St. Barnabas
fl. 50 ....... John Mark
fl. 50 ....... St. Mark the Apostle
52ff ..... Asian Christianity (Glimpses)
58? ...... Paul
Sailed from Malta to Rome--Maybe
fl. 60 ....... Commemoration
of New Testament Women
fl. 60 ....... St. Luke the Evangelist
60 - 1600 Sing
and Make Melody to God (Glimpses)
64 ....... Nero
Unleashed First Wave of Terror
64 - 313 . Accusations
(Glimpses)
ca. 65 ....... In Remembrance
of "Dear Doctor Luke"
ca. 67 ....... Apostolic
Beheading; the Death of Paul
fl. 67 ....... Memorial
of Saints Timothy & Titus
fl. 67 ....... Clement
fl. 67 ....... Titus
fl. 67 ....... St. Timothy, Paul's
Associate
fl. 80 ....... St. John, the
Evangelist
ca. 85ff ..... New Testament Lists
Begin to Be Made
98 ....... Trajan
& the Christians
fl. 98 ....... Ignatius of Antioch
ca. 98 ....... Ignatius quote
ca. 98 ....... Clement of Rome's
1st Letter to Corinth
101 ....... St.
Clement, Pupil of Apostles, Martyred
ca. 101 ....... Clement of
Rome (Glimpses)
107 ....... Feast
of St. Simeon
107 ....... Ignatius
of Antioch Faced Wild Beasts
ca. 130 ....... Epistle of Diognetus quote
ca. 132ff ..... Justin Martyr:
1st Christian Philosopher(Glimpses)
ca. 150 ....... Justin Martyr quote
ca. 150 ....... The 1st Apology of Justin
Martyr
ca. 150ff ..... Tertullian (Glimpses)
155 ....... Old
Bishop Polycarp
155 ....... Polycarp
quote
155 ....... Polycarp
(Glimpses)
165 ....... Death of Justin
Martyr
177 ....... Remembering
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons
177 ....... Lyons
Crowd Roared for Blood
177 ....... Blandina's
Amazing Courage
177 ....... Blandina:
A Faithful Witness (Glimpses)
177 ....... Persecution & Martyrdoms of Lyons
177ff ..... Irenaeus:
John's Spiritual Grandson(Glimpses)
ca. 177 ....... Athenagoras Pleads
for Christians (Glimpses)
180 ....... 12
Carthage Christians Martyred
ca. 190 ....... Why Early Christians
Were Despised (Glimpses)
ca. 200ff ..... Cyprian (Glimpses)
202 ....... Perpetua
& Felicitas in the Arena
202 ....... Perpetua
quote
202 ....... Perpetua
(Glimpses)
202ff ..... Origen:
Gifted, Devout, Condemned (Glimpses)
209 ....... Alban,
1st Martyr in Britain
236 ....... Remains
of Hippolytus
246 ....... Cyprian
baptized in Carthage
249 ....... Was
Apolloinia's Martyrdom Suicide?
250 ....... Fabian,
the 1st Martyr under Decius
ca. 250ff ..... Gnosticism
254 ....... Origen
256 ....... Carthage
Dunking Rebaptized the Lapsed
257 ....... Saturninus
Dragged to Death
258 ....... St.
Lawrence Grilled by Greedy Official
269 ....... Martyrdom
of St. Valentine
270 ....... Gregory
Worked Wonders
283? ...... A
Sand Pit for Chrysanthus & Daria
286 ....... Saintly
Sebastian Shot Full of Arrows
ca. 287 ....... The Martyr
Legion from Thebes
298 ....... Cassian
Forfeited His Life from Fairness |
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