The History of the Church
Jewish Influences
| Period | Influencers | Influence |
|---|---|---|
| Before the Messiah | Jewish Era | Removal of God's name |
| At the Messiah | Jesus | The fulfilment of the messianic prophecies, teachings, and the crucifixion |
| After the Messiah | Messianic Era | Persecution and spreading of the Gospel |
Christian Influences
| Period | Influencers | Influence |
|---|---|---|
| 1st century | First Christians | The adoption of the name "Christian" |
| 1st century | Roman Imperial Cult | More intense persecution, changing calendar to honour Greek and Roman gods |
| 1st century | Gnosis | Various Gnostic "wisdom" that influenced Christianity |
| 156 AD | Montanism | Encouraged authoritative church roles and the canonisation of the bible |
| 206 AD | Tertullian | The invention of the Trinity theology, apostolic succession and Eucharist |
| 235 AD | The Crisis of the Third Century | The fall of "divine" emperors |
| 312 AD | Emperor Constantine | The Roman Catholic Church was institutionalised The sun god, Sol Invictus, was considered "Jesus Christ" |
| 325 AD | The first Nicaea Creed | Church authority was supported by the government Christians were obliged to confess Jesus' divinity Jewish feasts was replaced with "Christian" feasts Christianity became mixed with paganism |
| 337 AD | Constantius II and Bishop Ulfilas | Constantius II relaxed the church's creeds which allowed Bishop Ulfilas to spread Arianism in the Gothic regions |
| 363 AD | The Council of Laodicea | Sunday Rest was instituted and those who rest on a Sabbath were prosecuted |
| 379 AD | Theodosius I and the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed | Nicene Christianity became a state religion and other "heresies" like Arianism was criminalised |
| 382 AD | St. Jerome | The first Latin Christian bible, namely the Vulgate Bible, was biased towards the Nicene orthodoxy |
| 395 AD | The Dark Ages | All Arian nations fall in various wars, but Nicene Christianity survives |
| 494 AD | Pope Gelasius | Instituted Valentine's Day |
| 731 AD | Pope Gregory III | Instituted All Saint's Day which evolved later into Halloween |
| 800 AD | Holy Roman Empire | Pope Stephen II formed alliances which strengthen the papal involvement in politics Papal influence spread across Europe Suppress any religious practises against the Roman Catholic Church |
| 1074 AD | Pope Gregory VII | Prohibition of clerical marriages |
| 1095 AD | The Crusades | Various Christian crusades were attempted by the Byzantine Empire to regain territory occupied by Muslims Soldiers believed that salvation could be secured by participation in these wars |
| 1215 AD | Pope Innocent III | Decree 7 sacraments necessary for salvation Declared that nobody can be saved outside the church |
| 1229 AD | Council of Toulouse | Prohibition of Bible ownership |
| 1302 AD | Pope Boniface VIII | Declared submission under the authority of the Pope is necessary for salvation |
| 1382 AD | John Wycliffe | Translated the first English bible from the Latin Vulgate |