Events Flashcards

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In 1597, the Japanese government crucified 26 native Christians for their faith. Persecution continued until 1643. In 1859 and 1890, the Japanese government issued agreements that legalized Christianity again.

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Persecution of Japanese Christians (1596-1643):

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Dominican monks taught Chinese Christians neither to venerate their ancestors nor to partake in Confucian rites. Jesuit monks allowed both practices. The pope decided the Dominicans were correct. Severe oppression erupted against Catholics in China.

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Chinese Rites Controversy (1704):

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Theological and political disputes led to the removal of Jesuit priests from Portugal, Spain, and the Americas.

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Suppression of the Jesuits (1759-1767):

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Lucar, the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, embraced Calvinism and gave the king of England one of the earliest known copies of the New Testament, the Alexandrian Codex. Four Orthodox synods denounced Lucar’s Calvinist views.

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Cyril Lucar Befriended Protestants (1623-1637):

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Czar Peter (1721).

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Placed the Russian Orthodox Church Under the Government’s Control

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This religious revival began in the Congregational and Reformed churches of Massachusetts and New Jersey, emphasizing outward signs of conversion.

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The Great Awakening (1720s-1750s):

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The formation of the Methodist Conference paved the way for the Methodists to become a separate denomination.

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Methodist Conference Formed Within the Anglican Church (1784).

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Pope Pius VII (1814).

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Restored the Jesuit Order

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According to Immanuel Kant’s Critique, human reason can neither prove nor deny any spiritual reality, including the being of God.

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Publication of Critique of Pure Reason (1781):

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Richard Allen, a free Black, formed the AME
because some American Methodists refused to ordain African-American bishops.

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Formation of African Methodist Episcopal Church (1816).

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At a conference in Niagara the Evangelical Alliance, an association of conservative Christians, set forth five beliefs that they viewed as fundamental to their faith—the inerrancy of Scripture, and Jesus Christ’s unique deity, virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, and
future return.

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Five Fundamentals Declared (1895):

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A Chinese political party reacted violently against foreign interference in
China’s national and cultural affairs. Many missionaries were murdered.

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Boxer Rebellion (1901):

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William Seymour, a Black Holiness preacher, founded a mission on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. There, many people began to speak in “unknown tongues.” The Pentecostal
movement is still growing today.

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Azusa Street Revival (1906):

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More than 1,200 delegates gathered for this missions conference. The
gathering helped to trigger the modern ecumenical movement.

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Edinburgh Conference (1910):

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Cam Townsend founded this organization to translate the
Bible into other languages. By 1980, the Bible was translated into more than 1,600 languages.
Translation continues today.

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Wycliffe Bible Translators Organized (1934):

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A shepherd-boy found the earliest known copies of the Jewish
Scriptures at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The scrolls verified that modern copies of the Hebrew Bible
were nearly identical to ancient copies.

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Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered (1947):