The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History
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The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History

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The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History

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Brush up on the people, places, and events every Christian should know about with this fascinating, accessible guide. Ideal for pastors and speakers.

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Information

Publisher
Revell
Year
1998
Print ISBN
9780800756444
eBook ISBN
9781585581290
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
World History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Dates With Destiny
  7. 64 The Fire in Rome
  8. 70 Titus Destroys Jerusalem
  9. Circa 150 Justin Martyr Writes His Apology
  10. Circa 156 The Martyrdom of Polycarp
  11. 177 Irenaeus Becomes Bishop of Lyons
  12. Circa 196 Tertullian Begins to Write Christian Books
  13. Circa 205 Origen Begins Writing
  14. 251 Cyprian Writes On the Unity of the Church
  15. 270 Anthony Begins His Life as a Hermit
  16. 312 The Conversion of Constantine
  17. 325 The Council of Nicea
  18. 367 Athanasius’s Letter Recognizes the New Testament Canon
  19. 385 Bishop Ambrose Defies the Empress
  20. 387 Conversion of Augustine
  21. 398 John Chrysostom Becomes Bishop of Constantinople
  22. 405 Jerome Completes the Vulgate
  23. 432 Patrick Goes as Missionary to Ireland
  24. 451 The Council of Chalcedon
  25. 529 Benedict of Nursia Establishes His Monastic Order
  26. 563 Columba Goes as a Missionary to Scotland
  27. 590 Gregory I Becomes Pope
  28. 664 Synod of Whitby
  29. 716 Boniface Sets Out as Missionary
  30. 731 The Venerable Bede Completes His Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
  31. 732 The Battle of Tours
  32. 800 Charlemagne Crowned Emperor
  33. 863 Cyril and Methodius Evangelize Slavs
  34. 909 Monastery Established at Cluny
  35. 988 Conversion of Vladimir, Prince of Russia
  36. 1054 The East-West Schism
  37. 1093 Anselm Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
  38. 1095 Pope Urban II Launches the First Crusade
  39. 1115 Bernard Founds the Monastery at Clairvaux
  40. Circa 1150 Universities of Paris and Oxford Founded
  41. 1173 Peter Waldo Founds the Waldensians
  42. 1206 Francis of Assisi Renounces Wealth
  43. 1215 The Fourth Lateran Council
  44. 1273 Thomas Aquinas Completes Work on Summa Theologica
  45. 1321 Dante Completes The Divine Comedy
  46. 1378 Catherine of Siena Goes to Rome to Heal the Great Schism
  47. Circa 1380 Wycliffe Oversees English Bible Translation
  48. 1415 John Hus Burned at the Stake
  49. 1456 Johann Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible
  50. 1478 Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition
  51. 1498 Savonarola Executed
  52. 1512 Michelangelo Completes the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  53. 1517 Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-five Theses
  54. 1523 Zwingli Leads Swiss Reformation
  55. 1525 Anabaptist Movement Begins
  56. 1534 Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy
  57. 1536 John Calvin Publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion
  58. 1540 The Pope Approves the Jesuits
  59. 1545 Opening of the Council of Trent
  60. 1549 Cranmer Produces the Book of Common Prayer
  61. 1559 John Knox Returns to Scotland to Lead Reform
  62. 1572 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
  63. 1608–1609 John Smyth Baptizes the First Baptists
  64. 1611 Publication of the King James Bible
  65. 1620 Pilgrims Sign the Mayflower Compact
  66. 1628 Comenius Driven From His Homeland
  67. 1646 The Westminster Confession of Faith
  68. 1648 George Fox Founds the Society of Friends
  69. 1662 Rembrandt Completes the Return of the Prodigal Son
  70. 1675 Philip Jacob Spener Publishes Pia Desideria
  71. 1678 John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress Published
  72. 1685 The Births of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel
  73. 1707 Publication of Isaac Watts’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs
  74. 1727 Awakening at Herrnhut Launches Moravian Brethren
  75. 1735 Great Awakening Under Jonathan Edwards
  76. 1738 John Wesley’s Conversion
  77. 1780 Robert Raikes Begins Sunday Schools
  78. 1793 William Carey Sails for India
  79. 1807 The British Parliament Votes to Abolish the Slave Trade
  80. 1811 The Campbells Begin the Disciples of Christ
  81. 1812 Adoniram and Ann Judson Sail for India
  82. 1816 Richard Allen Founds African Methodist Episcopal Church
  83. 1817 Elizabeth Fry Begins Ministry to Women in Prison
  84. 1830 Charles G. Finney’s Urban Revivals Begin
  85. Circa 1830 John Nelson Darby Helps Start Plymouth Brethren
  86. 1833 John Keble’s Sermon “National Apostasy” Initiates the Oxford Movement
  87. 1854 Hudson Taylor Arrives in China
  88. 1854 Søren Kierkegaard Publishes Attacks on Christendom
  89. 1854 Charles Haddon Spurgeon Becomes Pastor in London
  90. 1855 Dwight L. Moody’s Conversion
  91. 1857 David Livingstone Publishes Missionary Travels
  92. 1865 William Booth Founds the Salvation Army
  93. 1870 Pope Pius IX Proclaims the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility
  94. 1886 Student Volunteer Movement Begins
  95. 1906 Azusa Street Revival Launches Pentecostalism
  96. 1910–1915 Publication of The Fundamentals Launches Fundamentalist Movement
  97. 1919 Karl Barth’s Commentary on Romans Is Published
  98. 1921 First Christian Radio Broadcast
  99. 1934 Cameron Townsend Begins Summer Institute of Linguistics
  100. 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Executed by Nazis
  101. 1948 World Council of Churches Is Formed
  102. 1949 Billy Graham’s Los Angeles Crusade
  103. 1960 Beginnings of the Modern Charismatic Renewal
  104. 1962 Second Vatican Council Begins
  105. 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr., Leads March on Washington
  106. 1966–1976 Chinese Church Grows Despite Cultural Revolution
  107. Illustration Sources
  108. Index
  109. Back Cover