100 Most Important Events in Christian History

by A. Kenneth Curtis; J. Stephen Lang; Randy Petersen

Publisher:

Revell

, 1998

Overview

From Nero's burning of Rome to the twentieth-century charismatic renewal, this book highlights in journalistic style Christian history's most significant events.

Key Features

• Lists 100 major events that have shaped Christianity
• Journals down the years in which these events took place
• Briefly explores the contexts for the way these happenings took place and their relevance in Christian history

Contents

• The Fire in Rome
• Titus Destroys Jerusalem
• Justin Martyr Writes His Apology
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Irenaeus Becomes Bishop of Lyons
• Tertullian Begins to Write Christian Books
• Origen Begins Writing
• Cyprian Writes One the Unity of the Church
• Anthony Begins His Life as a Hermit
• The Conversion of Constantine
• The Council of Nicea
• Athanasius's Letter Recognizes the New Testament Canon
• Bishop Ambrose Defies the Empress
• Conversion of Augustine
• John Chrysostom Becomes Bishop of Constantinople
• Jerome Completes the Vulgate
• Patrick Goes as Missionary to Ireland
• The Council of Chalcedon
• Benedict of Nursia Establishes His Monastic Order
• Columba Goes as a Missionary to Scotland
• Gregory I Becomes Pope
• Synod of Whitby
• Boniface Sets Out as Missionary
• The Venerable Bede Completes His Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
• The Battle of Tours
• Charlemagne Crowned Emperor
• Cyril and Methodius Evangelize Slavs
• Monastery Established at Cluny
• Conversion of Vladimir, Prince of Russia
• The East-West Schism
• Anselm Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
• Pope Urban II Launches the First Crusade
• Bernard Founds the Monastery at Clairvaux
• Universities of Paris and Oxford Founded
• Peter Waldo Founds the Waldensians
• Francis of Assisi Renounces Wealth
• The Fourth Lateran Council
• Thomas Aquinas Completes Work on Summa Theologica
• Dante Completes The Divine Comedy
• Catherine of Siena Goes to Rome to Heal the Great Schism
• Wycliffe Oversees English Bible Translation
• John Hus Burned at the Stake
• Johann Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible
• Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition
• Savanarola Executed
• Michelangelo Completes the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
• Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-Five Theses
• Zwingli Leads Swiss Reformation
• Anabaptist Movement Begins
• Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy
• John Calvin Publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion
• The Pope Approves the Jesuits
• Opening of the Council of Trent
• Cranmer Produces the Book of Common Prayer
• John Smyth Baptizes the First Baptists
• Publication of the King James Bible
• Pilgrims Sign the Mayflower Compact
• Comenius Driven From His Homeland
• The Westminster Confession of Faith
• George Fox Founds the Society of Friends
• Rembrandt Completes the The Return of the Prodigal Son
• Philip Jacob Spener Publishes Pia Desideria
• John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress Published
• The Births of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel
• Awakening at Herrnhut Launches Moravian Brethren
• Great Awakening Under Jonathan Edwards
• John Wesley's Conversion
• Robert Raiker Begins Sunday Schools
• William Carey Sails for India
• The British Parliament Votes to Abolish the Slave Trade
• The Campbells Begin the Disciples of Christ
• Adoniram and Ann Judson Sail for India
• Richard Allen Founds African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Elizabeth Fry Begins Ministry to Women in Prison
• Charles G. Finney's Urban Revivals Begin
• John Nelson Darby Helps Start Plymouth Brethren
• John Keble's Sermon "National Apostasy" Initiates the Oxford Movement
• Hudson Taylor Arrives in China
• Soren Kierkagaard Publishes Attacks on Christendom
• Charles Haddon Spurgeon Becomes Pastor in London
• Dwight L. Moody's Conversion
• David Livingstone Publishes Missionary Travels
• William Booth Founds the Salvation Army
• Pope Pius IX Proclaims the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility
• Student Volunteer Movement Begins
• Azusa Street Revival Launches Pentecostalism
• Publication of The Fundamentals Launches Fundamentalist Movement
• Karl Barth's Commentary on Romans Is Published
• First Christian Radio Broadcast
• Cameron Townsend Begins Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer Executed by Nazis
• World Council of Churches is Formed
• Billy Graham's Los Angeles Crusade
• Beginnings of the Modern Charismatic Renewal
• Second Vatican Council Begins
• Martin Luther King Jr. Leads March on Washington
• Chinese Church Grows Despite Cultural Revolution

Top Highlights

“The Vatican Council addressed the issue of the role the pope played in the church. Pius sought to establish two things: that the pope, the Vicar of Christ, has full, direct power over the entire church and its hierarchy; and that when he speaks ex cathedra (‘from the chair,’ in his capacity as pope), he is infallible. In spite of the liberalism in the church, the pope won the day at the First Vatican Council. Both were made doctrines of the church.” (source)

“But Savonarola had attacked the pope, as well as the rest of the worldly clergy. Pope Alexander VI was particularly scandalous and had fathered a number of illegitimate children.” (source)

“In 1869, the beleaguered pope called the First Vatican Council. The liberal philosophies and increased nationalism had encouraged freer thinking in the church. Many priests and bishops had begun to question the pope’s power. In a world that was no longer uniformly Catholic, the papacy had also lost political influence. The church needed to address itself to the challenges of liberal thought and the undermining of the importance of tradition in the church.” (source)

“Gregory’s Dialogues was an early attempt at hagiography, ‘writing about the saints,’ which emphasized the fantastic and miraculous, turning the saints into sort of superheroes. During his papacy, veneration of the body parts, clothing, and so on of saints was encouraged; it would become a major feature of medieval piety. For centuries no church could be established without the relic of a saint to be placed in it.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History
• Authors: A. Kenneth Curtis, J. Stephen Lang, Randy Petersen
• Publisher: Revell
• Print Publication Date: 1998
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781585581290, 1585581291
• Resource ID: LLS:9781585581290
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:54:29Z