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4 or 5 BC

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The year Jesus was born

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AD 64

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Burning of the city of Rome, intense persecution under Ceaser Nero; the first of the Ten Great Persecutions

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AD 70

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The fall of the city of Jerusalem, conquered by the Roman army under Emporer Vespasian, and led by his son Titus, and the destruction of the temple.

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c. AD 150-225

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Tertullian

  1. Trinatas - Invented the Latin term Trinitas (Trinity)
  2. New Testament - One of the first to use the term the New Testament.
  3. Infant baptism - He was against infant baptism
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AD 313

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Edict of Milan by Constantine
He and Licinius gave religious tolerance anad freedom to all, including Christians. This started the union of the church and the state/world (Pergamos). Donatists were followers of Donatus, and their opposing party, appealed to Constantine to decide who the rightful Bishop of Carthage was. The decision was against Donatus, and hence, Donatists became separatists.

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AD 397

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Council of Carthage

All 27 books of the New Testament were accepted as canonical

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AD 476

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Western Roman Empire ended
The beginning of the Middle Ages (Medieval Church) or the Dark Ages. Odovacar was elected king of the Germanic tribes in Italy, and promptly deposed Romulus Augustulus, the last Emporer of the West.

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AD 590

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Gregory I (the Great) became Pope
The Papal system of the Roman Catholic Church (Thyatira) was established.
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AD 622

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The birth of Islam - Dated from Mohammad’s flight to Medina.

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AD 1054

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The Great Schism

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AD 1095

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The first Crusade

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AD 1229

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Council of Toulouse

The Bible was forbidden to laity, except for the singing of the Latin Psalter.

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AD 1453

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The fall of Constantinople - captured by Muslim Turks, and hence the end of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) - The end of the Middle Ages, and continuation of the Renaissance which had begun in the 14th century.

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AD 1456

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Johann Gutenberg of Germany, printed the Latin Vulgate, the first Bible printed from moveable type, making it cheaper and more accessable.

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AD 1492

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Christopher Columbus discovered the New World

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AD 1494-1536

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William Tyndale
Translated the New Testament from Greek to English. He only translated part of the Old Testament as he was burned at the stake before he was able to complete the translation.

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AD 1517

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Martin Luther (1483-1546), he nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31st October. This was the beginning of the Reformation (Sardis). Luther recovered the truth regarding salvation by faith alone and the open Bible.

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AD 1522

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The Anabaptists began in Switzerland.

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AD 1529

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Diet of Spires - The Reformation party presented their protest. Hence, the term Protestant

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AD 1531

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Anglicanism - Henry VIII took steps to break with the Roman Catholic Church, resulting in a definite break in 1534 - the beginning of Anglicanism

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AD 1611

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King James I of England (James VI of Scotland), by his order, an Authorised Version also known as the King James Version was published

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1348-1351

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The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) killed 40 million people, about 1/3 of the population of Europe

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1642-1727

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Sir Isaac Newton

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1648-1717

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Madame Guyon - French Mystic. Mysticism could be traced generally from the 17th century.

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1700-1760

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Nicholas Zinzendorf - Founder of the Moravians (Moravian Brothers).

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1789-1793

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The French Revolution

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1792

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Evangelicals - The Baptist Missionary Society (initially called the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) was formed, the beginning of the modern mission, hence the beginning of the Evangelicals. William Carey became the first of the new Society’s missionaries. He took his wife Dorothy and four children, and sailed on a Danish vessel in June 1793 for India.

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1826

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Bretheren Movement - The beginning of the Bretheren Movement (Philadelphia) in Dublin, Ireland

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1830

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Mormons

Founded in Upstate New York

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1848

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Brethren Division - Open/Exclusive
The division among the Brethren Movement into, the Open Brethren (led by George Muller) and Exclusive Brethren (led by J.N. Darby)

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1859

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Darwin published Origin of the Species, and attach from the enemy of God

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1872

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Jehovah’s Witness founded
Charles T Russel
United States

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1922

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The beginning of the Present Recovery of the Lord (Philadelphia), through Watchman Nee in China

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1949

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The Communists took over mainland China, and Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee to Taiwan for the preservation and advance of the Lord’s recovery.

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1962

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Witness Lee moved to America thus bringing the recovery to the English-speaking world.

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1866-1930

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M.E. Barber, an Inner Life Christian, she rendered great help and perfection to Watchman Nee.

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1888-1971

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T. Austin Sparks, the last of the Inner Life teachers. He saw the principle of resurrection, and the New Jerusalem as a symbol not as a physical city.

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1900/1901

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Pentecostal Movement - Could be traced back to Charles F. Parham (1873-1929) in Topeka, Kansas, USA. Parham has been called the father of the Pentecostal movement

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1903-1972

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Watchman Nee: A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age

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1905-1997

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Witness Lee: A Minister of Christ to carry out hte Divine Revelation in the Present Age

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