|
Year
|
The
Church in History
|
|
33
|
After
the death and resurrection of Christ, the Church is established
through the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. |
|
101
|
The
death of the last of the Apostles, St. John the Evangelist,
occurs after his having written the book of Revelation. |
|
312
|
The
establishment of the first Christian society, the Byzantine
Empire, under the direction of St. Constantine the Great. |
|
356
|
With
the death of St. Anthony the Great, monasticism begins to be
spread throughout the world. |
|
787
|
The
last of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, which identified all
heresies and articulated the beliefs of the Christian Faith. |
|
988
|
The
conversion of Russia begins with the missionary labor of Saints
Cyril and Methodius. |
|
1054
|
The
Great Schism occurs with the breaking off of the Western Roman
Church from the Eastern Orthodox Church. |
|
1095
|
The
first of the Crusades begins, which weakens the Byzantine Empire
and contributes to its eventual fall. |
|
1453
|
The
Turks overrun Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire ends. |
|
1517
|
The
Protestant Reformation begins, which is a reaction against all
of the changes that took place in the Western Church after its
breaking away from the Eastern Church. |
|
1794
|
The
Russian mission establishes the Orthodox Christian Faith on
American soil. |
