| c. 4 BC |
Jesus and John the Baptist are
born (many believe Jesus was actually born BC because of a matter involving
the Roman Calendar, Lk. 1, 2). Herod dies and is succeeded by Archelaus.
|
| 6 AD |
Annas becomes High Priest.
Archelaus is deposed by Augustus and replaced by Herod Antipas. |
| 7 AD |
A young Jesus astounds the
priests in the Temple with his wisdom (Lk. 2). |
| 14 AD |
Augustus dies and is succeeded by
Tiberius as emperor. |
| 15 AD |
Annas is removed as High Priest
and son-in-law Caiaphas eventually succeeds him. |
| c. 26 AD |
John the Baptist begins ministry |
| c. 27 AD (beginning of the 70th
week) |
Jesus begins ministry |
| c. 30 AD (Middle of the 70th
week) (Jesus tells them that "this generation" will not pass before
destruction of Jerusalem and not one stone of the Temple will be left
standing upon another) |
Jesus is crucified and
resurrected from the dead. (This time table is based primarily on Jesus'
birth occurring at 4 BC. Hence, Jesus would have been 30 years of age when
crucified). |
| c. 34 ---3.5 yrs after Christ
(end of 70th week per Daniel 9 the Covenant was confirmed for 7 yrs to the
many) |
Conversion of Paul (Gospel goes
to the Gentiles) |
| c 33-36 AD |
Steven becomes the first martyr.
It appears that about this same year, Paul is mentioned as persecuting
Christians and later becoming a Christian himself (Acts 7, 9). ( 3-1/2 years
after Christ is Crucified and resurrected) |
| c. 44 |
Martyrdom of James |
| c. 46-48 |
Paul's first missionary journey |
| c. 49 |
Council of Jerusalem |
| c. 50-52 |
Paul's second missionary journey |
| c. 51-52 |
First and Second Thessalonians
written |
| c. 53-57 |
Paul's third missionary journey |
| c. 57 |
Letter to the Romans written |
| c. 59-62 |
Paul imprisoned in Rome. When
Paul finally arrived at Rome, the first thing he did was to summon "the
chief of the Jews together" (Acts 28:17) to whom he "expounded and testified
the kingdom of God" (Verse 23). But what is amazing is that these chief
Jewish elders claimed they knew very little even about the basic teachings
of Christ. All they knew was that ‘‘as concerning this sect, we know that
everywhere it is spoken against" (Verse 22). Then Paul began to explain to
them the basic teachings of Christ on the Kingdom of God. Some believed --
the majority didn’t. It is evident from this that Peter was not in Rome
prior to this. Paul is arrested and imprisoned in Caesarea for two years
(Acts 22-24). After the rejection of the Jewish elders, Paul remained in his
own hired house for two years. During that time he wrote Epistles to the
Ephesians, the Philippians, the Colossians, Philemon, and to the Hebrews.
And while Paul mentions others as being in Rome during that period, he
nowhere mentions Peter. The obvious reason is -- the Apostle to the
circumcision wasn’t there. |
| c. 60 |
Andrew martyred by crucifixion in
Achaia (Greece). |
| c. 66-67 |
Second Timothy written |
| c. 64-66 |
John exiled on island of Patmos -
Writing of Revelation |
| c. 68 |
Martyrdom of Paul |
| 70 (end of "this Generation") 40
years from the crucifixion |
Fall of Jerusalem |
| c. 96 |
Clement of Rome's Letter to the
Corinthians written |
| c 96-100 |
John is believed to have died in
Ephesus in 100 AD. With the death of the apostles, the age of inspiration
came to a close (see Jude 3). |
| c. 120 |
Didache written |
| 202 |
Christians persecuted under
Septimus Severus |
| 211 |
Christians tolerated under
Emperor Antoninus Caracalla |
| 222 |
Christians favored Emperor
Alexander Severus |
| 230 |
Origen's On First Principles |
| 235 |
Christians persecuted under
Emperor Maximin the Thracian |
| 238 |
Christians tolerated under
Emperor Gordian III |
| 244 |
Christians favored under Emperor
Philip the Arabian |
| 251 |
Cyprian's Unity of the Catholic
Church |
| 254 |
Death of Origen |
| 303 |
Diocletian orders burning of
Christian books and churches |
| 312 |
Emperor Constantine's conversion
to Christianity |
| 313 |
Edict of Milan establishes
official toleration of Christianity |
| 325 |
Council of Nicea |
| 336 |
Death of Constantine |
| 354 |
Birth of Augustine |
| 367 |
Athanasius lists all 27 books of
NT |
| 379 |
Basil the Great dies |
| 380 |
Christianity made official
religion of Roman Empire |
| 381 |
Council of Constantinople |
| 386 |
Augustine converts to
Christianity |
| 389 |
Gregory of Nazianzus dies |
| 395 |
Gregory of Nyssa dies |
| c. 400 |
Jerome's Vulgate (translation of
the Greek Bible into Latin) |
| 407 |
John Chrysostom dies |
| 411 |
Council of Carthage condemns
Donatists |
| 417 |
Pope Innocent I condemns
Pelagianism |
| 420 |
Death of Jerome |
| 430 |
Death of Augustine |
| 431 |
Council of Ephesus |
| 451 |
Council of Chalcedon |
| 787 |
Second Council of Nicea |
| 950 |
Olga of Russia converts to
Christianity |
| 1054 |
Great Schism between East and
West |
| 1093 |
Anselm becomes Archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1095 |
Council of Clermont: Pope Urban
II proclaims First Crusade |
| 1098 |
Crusaders take Antioch from Turks |
| 1099 |
Crusaders recapture Jerusalem
from Turks |
| 1122 |
Concordat of Worms |
| 1141 |
Peter Abelard condemned |
| 1144 |
Fall of Edessa (crusader state) |
| 1187 |
Fall of Jerusalem to Turks |
| 1215 |
Fourth Lateran Council |
| 1309 |
"Babylonian Captivity" (until
1377) |
| 1337 |
Hundred Years' War (until 1453) |
| 1378 |
Great Western Schism (until 1423) |
| 1409 |
Council of Pisa |
| 1413-14 |
Lollard rebellion |
| 1415 |
Council of Constance. Martyrdom
of Jan Hus. |
| 1420 |
Crusade against Hussites |
| 1431 |
Joan of Arc martyred |
| 1431-49 |
Council of Basel |
| 1438-45 |
Council of Ferrara-Florence |
| 1453 |
Fall of Constantinople to Turks |
| 1478 |
Spanish Inquisition founded by
Ferdinand and Isabella |
| 1483 |
Birth of Martin Luther |
| 1492 |
Expulsion of Jews from Spain by
Ferdinand and Isabella |
| 1505 |
Luther becomes a monk |
|
1517 |
Martin
Luther posts his 95 Theses to the Wittenburg Cathedral
door at Worms, Germany |
|
1519 |
Swiss Ulrich Zwingli spreads reform in Zurich |
|
1522 |
Luther
translates the New Testament into German |
|
1525 |
The
Anabaptist Movement begins |
|
1534 |
Act of Supremacy:
Henry VIII establishes the
Anglican Church |
|
1536 |
John Calvin publishes
his Institutes of the Christian Religion |
|
1540 |
Loyola founds Society of Jesus (Jesuits); evangelize
heathens |
| 1541 |
Colloquy of Regensburg |
|
1545 |
The
Counter-Reformation initiated by
the Council of
Trent |
| 1555 |
Peace of Augsburg |
| 1559 |
Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity |
|
1560 |
John Knox
returns to Scotland to establish Presbyterianism |
| 1590 |
Michelangelo completes the dome
of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome |
| 1603 |
Dutch Reformed
theologian Arminius emphasizes free will |
| 1610 |
John Smyth, an
Anglican bishop, is credited with starting the Baptist
movement in Holland after fleeing persecution in England. At his
death the Baptist movement ceased in Holland but the majority of
Baptists there returned to England. During this same time the
Particular Baptists (Calvinistic) began to grow in England and
both began to spread to the USA. |
| 1611 |
King James Version of Bible published |
| 1618 |
Dutch Reformed Synod
of Dort (TULIP) rejects Arminianism |
| 1636 |
Harvard College founded to provide New World with ministers |
| 1646 |
Westminster Confession becomes the definitive Reformed
standard for centuries, drafted in London |
| 1647 |
George Fox founds Quaker movement (the Society of Friends) |
| 1648 |
End 30 Years’ War between Catholics/Protestants |
| 1652 |
Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa founded |
| 1700 |
Slave trafficking from Africa increases dramatically |
| 1706 |
First
American presbytery founded in Philadelphia by Francis Makemie |
|
1720 |
First Great Awakening begins (Theodorus
Jacobus Frelinghuysen arrives in New Jersey) |
|
1726 |
Gilbert Tennent
adopts Frelinghuysen's emphasis on experience |
| 1729 |
US
Presbyterians adopt Westminster Confession --
Beginnings of Methodism, led by John Wesley |
|
1734 |
Jonathan Edwards joins the Great Awakening |
| 1738 |
John and Charles
Wesley have evangelical conversions, eventually founding Methodism
(John Wesley feels his "heart strangely
warmed" during a reading of Luther's preface to Romans on
Aldersgate Street in London) |
| 1740 |
The Great Awakening is at its height in America --
George Whitefield arrives; Great Awakening spreads |
| 1741 |
Presbyterians split Old Side/New Side; reunite 1758 |
|
1759 |
The first Baptist church in Georgia
was comprised of those who worshiped on Saturday. The Tuckaseeking
Baptist Church (Effingham County) existed only from 1759 to about
1763, when persecution forced its members out of Georgia. No other
Seventh-Day Baptist congregation was gathered in Georgia until 1938.
Since then, 2 small congregations have struggled for life, 1 of which
is extinct. In 1998, the remaining church, located in Paulding County,
contained 36 members. Recently it has organized a mission in DeKalb
County. Both are affiliated with the Seventh Day Baptist General
Conference founded in 1802 and headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin,
a national body sponsoring missionary, educational, and benevolent
ministries. |
| 1773 |
First independent Black Baptist Church in US |
|
1775-1778 |
The Brethren in Christ Church; origin was near the present
town of Marietta in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. For the most part,
our founding mothers and fathers had an
Anabaptist background and were deeply affected by the
revivals of the great awakening of the eighteenth century and the
Pietistic
movement, which was spread in America by the Moravians and
German Baptists. These revivals emphasized a personal,
heart-felt conversion experience. |
| 1775 |
American Wars of Independence
begin |
|
1777 |
The first all-Black congregation in the
province was the
First African
Baptist Church of Savannah. However, most African-American
Georgia Baptists prior to the Civil War were slaves forced to hold
membership in white-dominated churches. |
| 1780 |
Robert Raikes launches
Sunday School Movement |
| 1783 |
America wins independence from
Britain |
| 1793 |
William Carey sails for India launching modern Protestant missions
-- Louis XVI executed |
|
1791 |
Arminian Baptists
had an organized presence in Georgia in 1791 when the Hebron
Baptist Church (Elbert County) was founded. Two other Arminian
churches soon followed in Columbia and Hancock counties, the South
Carolina-Georgia General Baptist Association existed briefly, and the
whole enterprise in that part of the state disappeared about 1797 |
|
1794 |
Zoar United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, was founded in
1794 by eighteen free African-Americans, fifteen men and three women.
The founders had separated themselves from the white-dominated St.
George's Methodist Episcopal Church but chose to remain in Methodism
with its traditions of early opposition to slavery, evangelical style
of preaching, and ministering to social needs. The early members first
worshipped from house to house, then met in an abandoned butcher shop
at Brown and Fourth Streets in the Campingtown area of Philadelphia.
Originally known as African Zoar, a church was constructed near the
site and dedicated on August 4, 1796 by Bishop Francis Asbury. |
| 1795 |
Many American churches, beginning with the Baptists, begin
divisions over slavery |
| 1797 |
Second Awakening begins |
| 1798 |
Pope Pius VI is prisoner of
France |
| 1799 |
Schleiermacher writes Speeches |
| 1801 |
Cane Ridge Revival |
| 1804 |
Napoleon becomes emperor |
| 1807 |
Hegel writes Phenomenology of the
Spirit |
| 1808 |
French occupy Rome |
| 1810 |
Mexico wins independence |
| 1812-14 |
British-American War |
| 1814 |
Reorganization of the Jesuits |
| 1816 |
American Bible Society
established |
| 1822 |
Schleiermacher writes Christian
Faith |
| 1826 |
American Society for the
Promotion of Temperance founded |
| 1830 |
Joseph Smith produces Book of
Mormon |
| 1834 |
Spanish Inquisition officially
abolished |
| 1838 |
Abolition of slavery in the
British Caribbean |
| 1841 |
David Livingstone to Africa |
| 1845 |
Methodists and Baptists split
over the issue of slavery |
| 1846 |
Pope Pius IX (until 1878) |
| 1854 |
Dogma of Immaculate Conception of
Mary |
| 1859 |
Darwin publishes Origin of the
Species |
| 1861-65 |
American Civil War |
| 1861 |
Presbyterians divide over the
issue of slavery |
| 1869 |
First Vatican Council |
| 1870 |
Dogma of Papal Infallibility |
| 1872 |
Moody begins preaching |
| 1875 |
Mary Baker Eddy writes Science
and Health |
| 1882 |
Neitzsche declares "God is dead"
|
| 1895 |
Five Fundamentals |
| 1900 |
Freud's Interpretation of Dreams
|
| 1906 |
Azusa Street revival |
| 1908 |
Henry Ford introduces the Model T
|
| 1910 |
World Missionary Conference,
Edinburgh |
| 1914 |
Assemblies of God founded |
| 1914-18 |
World War I |
| 1917 |
Russian Revolution |
| 1919 |
Prohibition passed into law |
| 1925 |
Scopes "Monkey" trial |
| 1932 |
Barth's Church Dogmatics |
| 1939 |
Hitler invades Poland and sparks
WWII |
| 1945 |
Nag Hammadi Library discovered in
Egypt;
US drops atomic bombs on Japan |
| 1947 |
India wins independence from U.K.
|
| 1948 |
World Council of Churches founded |
| 1950 |
Papal encyclical Humani generis |
| 1956 |
First issue of Christianity Today |
| 1960 |
Birth control pill approved by
FDA |
| 1961 |
First human in space
Papal encyclical Mater et Magistra |
| 1962-65 |
Second Vatican Council |
| 1963 |
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 1968 |
Papal encyclical Humanae vitae |
| 1969 |
First man on the moon |
| 1971 |
Intel introduces the
microprocessor |
| 1973 |
Roe vs. Wade |
| 1987-88 |
Televangelist scandals |
| 1989 |
First woman ordained in an
apostolic-succession church (the Protestant Episcopal church). Fall of the
Berlin Wall. |
| 1997 |
Birth of the internet
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