EARLY CHURCH
 EVENTS IN THE CHURCH
 Pentecost                        Edict of Religious Tolerance
 Peter                             Council of Nicaea
 Martyrdom of Stephen                Beginning of Basilica Worship
 Paul                                    Ambrose
                                             Augustine
                                                          Aegeria’s Trip
                                                                           Council of Ephesus
       CHRISTIAN PERSECUTIONS                                                  Council of Chalcedon




 100               200    300                               400                                       500

                                ROMAN EMPIRE

                                                                  EASTERN (BYZANTINE) EMPIRE

                                                BARBARIAN INVASIONS


                                                           Division of Empire
                            Constantine                                                     Fall of Rome
                                                             East and West

 EVENTS IN SOCIETY
MIDDLE AGES
                                                              Abbey of Citeaux
                                                                                                       Joan of Arc
EVENTS IN THE CHURCH                                                                                   Catherine of Siena
                                                                            Bernard of Clairvaux
                                                                                                       Synod of Toulouse
                                                                                 Pope Eugenius III
                                                                                                                Avignon Papacy
                                                                                   U. Of Paris Founded
        Alcuin & Carolingian Renaissance
                                                                                                                            Great Schism
                                                                                        Francis of Assisi
Benedict’s
                                                     Peace of God
Monastic Rule                                                                                               INQUISITION
                                    Abbey of Cluny
                                                                                              Dominic
                                                          Truce of God                          Thomas Aquinas
                                                                EASTERN SCHISM
                               HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

500      600      700         800        900         1000                1100            1200                1300                 1400

                EASTERN (BYZANTINE) EMPIRE



                                            FEUDALISM
                                                                                                                            RENAISSANCE
                Charlemagne                                                                                           HUNDRED YEARS’
                                                                                 CRUSADES                                       WAR
                    Einhard
                                                                                          GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE


   EVENTS IN SOCIETY
                                                                                                                        Black Death
REFORMATION
    EVENTS IN THE CHURCH
                 Pope Julius II   Martin Luther
                                  Erasmus                                                     Bishop John Carroll
                                     John Calvin
                                       Ignatius Loyola
                                         Council of Trent

                                     Counter-Reformation
                                     REFORMATION

                     INQUISITION
             HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

1400                  1500                        1600                              1700                            1800
E. EMPIRE

             RENAISSANCE




                                     VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY                                  Charles Carroll

                      Michelangelo
Printing Press
                                                                                           Declaration of Independence
                                                              Plymouth Settlement
EVENTS IN SOCIETY                                  Jamestown Settlement
MODERN CHURCH
                                                                   Dorothy Day
EVENTS IN THE CHURCH                                                          Pius XII’s Divino Alfiante Spiritu

                                                                                   Thomas Merton
       Rise in Liberalism
                                                                                         Pope John XXIII
                                                                                                                   Church of the 3rd Advent
                                                                                            Vatican II
                   Pius IX                                                                           John Paul II
                                            Modernist Crisis                                                  Pope Benedict XVI

                              Vatican I                                                                   ECUMENISM


                                                     LITURGICAL RENEWAL
1800                                       1900                                                                      2000


                                                                                                     SPACE AGE

                                                                                                     COMPUTER AGE
                     Franco-Prussian War

                                                                                 Vietnam War
                                                               World War II
                                             World War I
                                                                                                THIRD WORLD EMERGENCE



 EVENTS IN SOCIETY
                                                                          Adapted From The Story of Church by Fr.
                                                                          Alfred McBride, O. Praem.

Church history chart

  • 1.
    EARLY CHURCH EVENTSIN THE CHURCH Pentecost Edict of Religious Tolerance Peter Council of Nicaea Martyrdom of Stephen Beginning of Basilica Worship Paul Ambrose Augustine Aegeria’s Trip Council of Ephesus CHRISTIAN PERSECUTIONS Council of Chalcedon 100 200 300 400 500 ROMAN EMPIRE EASTERN (BYZANTINE) EMPIRE BARBARIAN INVASIONS Division of Empire Constantine Fall of Rome East and West EVENTS IN SOCIETY
  • 2.
    MIDDLE AGES Abbey of Citeaux Joan of Arc EVENTS IN THE CHURCH Catherine of Siena Bernard of Clairvaux Synod of Toulouse Pope Eugenius III Avignon Papacy U. Of Paris Founded Alcuin & Carolingian Renaissance Great Schism Francis of Assisi Benedict’s Peace of God Monastic Rule INQUISITION Abbey of Cluny Dominic Truce of God Thomas Aquinas EASTERN SCHISM HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 EASTERN (BYZANTINE) EMPIRE FEUDALISM RENAISSANCE Charlemagne HUNDRED YEARS’ CRUSADES WAR Einhard GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE EVENTS IN SOCIETY Black Death
  • 3.
    REFORMATION EVENTS IN THE CHURCH Pope Julius II Martin Luther Erasmus Bishop John Carroll John Calvin Ignatius Loyola Council of Trent Counter-Reformation REFORMATION INQUISITION HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 E. EMPIRE RENAISSANCE VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY Charles Carroll Michelangelo Printing Press Declaration of Independence Plymouth Settlement EVENTS IN SOCIETY Jamestown Settlement
  • 4.
    MODERN CHURCH Dorothy Day EVENTS IN THE CHURCH Pius XII’s Divino Alfiante Spiritu Thomas Merton Rise in Liberalism Pope John XXIII Church of the 3rd Advent Vatican II Pius IX John Paul II Modernist Crisis Pope Benedict XVI Vatican I ECUMENISM LITURGICAL RENEWAL 1800 1900 2000 SPACE AGE COMPUTER AGE Franco-Prussian War Vietnam War World War II World War I THIRD WORLD EMERGENCE EVENTS IN SOCIETY Adapted From The Story of Church by Fr. Alfred McBride, O. Praem.