The document outlines the early Christian community's practices and significant historical milestones in church history, focusing on key concepts such as kerygma, koinonia, diakonia, and leitourgia. It highlights important events like the conversion of Saul, the Council of Jerusalem, and the Edict of Milan issued by Constantine, which established Christianity as a legitimate religion in the Roman Empire. Additionally, it details the evolution of church authority and significant theological developments from the early church to the Counter-Reformation.

1. Early
Christian
Community
PREPARED BY: MANNY CAGATA

2. The life exemplified by the early
Christian community showed certain
patterns that our Church in the history
tried to follow.

3. Kerygma
(Proclamation)
The Apostles spoke so
much with intensity,
like Jesus, the good
news of salvation that
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THE LIFE OF EARLY
CHURCH

4. Koinonia
(Community)
The early Christians
gathered themselves
together and formed
into a community of
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THE LIFE OF EARLY
CHURCH

5. Diakonia
(Service)
Faith in Jesus was a
matter of deeds, not
merely of words.
They lived out Jesus’
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THE LIFE OF EARLY
CHURCH

6. Leitourgia
(Worship)
The early Christians
always celebrated the
breaking of the bread as a
form of worship that Jesus
had bequeathed them as
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THE LIFE OF EARLY
CHURCH

7. SIGNIFICANT DATES IN CHURCH
HISTORY
c. 67 Persecution of church by Nero
c. 30 Jesus is crucified by the Romans; the Holy Spirit
descends upon the apostles.
c. 36 The conversion of Saul (Paul) of Tarsus. Christianity’s
first great thinker and missionary
c. 50 The Council of Jerusalem; apostles meet in Jerusalem
and free the Gentile Christians from the demand of
circumcision.
cc. 70 Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus

8. SIGNIFICANT DATES IN CHURCH
HISTORY
c. 325 Nicea: the first great “ecumenical” council affirms the
divinity of Jesus against the heresy of Arianism
c. 70 – 100 Writing of the Gospels
c. 95 – 312 Various persecution of the church by different
Roman emperorsc. 312 The conversion of the emperor Constantine;
Christianity is granted legitimate status by the Edict of Milan
c. 400 Jerome translates the Bible into Latin (called the
Vulgate)c. 431 Death of Agustine of Hippo, one of the most influential
thinkers in the history of the church

9. SIGNIFICANT DATES IN CHURCH
HISTORY
c. 590-604 Pope Gregory the Great establishes the power of
the pope as a model for the next seven hundred years
c. 451 The council of Chalcedon declares that Jesus is the
Second person of the Trinity with
both a human and divine nature
c. 529 Benedict establishes a monastery at Monte Cassino and
begins the influence of
monasticism in the west
c. 800 Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor of the Holy
Roman Empirec. 1054 Schism between Constantinople (Orthodox) and Rome
reaches final climaxc. 1231 Pope Gregory IX authorizes the papal inquisition as a
means of dealing with heresy

10. SIGNIFICANT DATES IN CHURCH
HISTORY
c. 1545-63 The Council of Trent begins a new era in the
history of the Catholic Church called the counter-reformation
c. 1309-77 The popes live in Avignon, France both a human
and divine naturec. 1517 Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the
Witttenberg church; beginning the protestant reformation
c. 1789 The French revolution marks the beginning of the end of the
privileged church in
Europe and the new era of enlightenment.c. 1869-70 The First Vatican Council declares the infallibility
of the popec. 1891 Pope Leo XIII issues the encyclical Rerum Novarum
defending the rights of workers in the midst of the industrial

11. Emperor Constantine and
the Edict of Milan

12. Emperor Constantine
The first emperor who adhere to
Christianity
A former worshipper a pagan
god the Unconquered Sun
One of the greatest Roman
Emperors.
Born: 27 Feb. 272 AD,
Father: Flavius Mother: Helena
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13. He saw a vision of the Cross in the Roman sky with the
words In Hoc Signo Vinces emblazoned (In this sign you
will conquer) and understood their meaning when Our
Lord appeared to him.
He ordered the construction of a new standard
bearing the Cross and the Chi-ro (PX) in the shields
of his soldiers which assured him later of his victory
at the Milvian Bridge.
He later reunited both the East and West Roman
Empires.

14. In 313 AD, Emperor Constantine issued
his famous Edict of Milan (Liccet esse
Christianos) or the Edict of Tolerance.
Through the Edict of Milan 313, he
granted Christianity the legal status
CHRISTIANITY became the symbol of
power
CHRISTIANITY became the religion of
the state
It guaranteed the right of religious
freedom
within his domain.

15. Eliminated paganism in 380 AD.
Made Christianity the only official
religion of the Roman Empire.
Destroyed anything that had to do with
paganism and made it forbidden.
The Church became more involved in
politics, had started to assume an
imperial character and became more
involved in philosophical exposition of
Christianity