What are the major events in Christianity history?

Answer 1

The Creation, God blessing Abraham, the Passover, God giving Moses the Laws, prophecies made about Jesus, Jesus coming to earth, Jesus' teachings, His death, and His resurrection, then Jesus ascending to heaven. Also Pentecost.

Answer 2

Answer:

EARLY CHURCH

Paul

Arguably, the conversion of Paul to Christianity had a major impact on the way early Christianity was practiced and on its spread to Gentile lands.

Jewish Temple

The destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE had a major impact on the early Christian Church. Not only did it change the way Christians practiced their faith and understood their relationship with mainstream Jews, it also led to dispersion of Jewish Christians out of Judea.

The final break with Judaism

The final break with Judaism meant that Christians could no longer worship in the synagogues and had to develop as a completely separate faith. As a Jewish sect, Christians were permitted not to worship the pagan gods of Rome, a privilege they had to earn on their own.

ESTABLISHED CHURCH

Council of Nicaea

Probably the one single event in the Christian Church to have the greatest impact on the way Christianity was practiced was the Council of Nicaea in 325. Emperor Constantine chaired and controlled the meeting, allowing the bishops themselves to decide the agenda and reach a consensus, and it appears that the bishop of Rome did not even attend the meeting. Thus began a long period in which the supreme authority in the Church was the Roman emperor.

The Council made a large number of crucial decisions, including that Christ was "of one being with God"; thereby rejecting the alternative that Jesus was not fully divine. This would lead within a few decades to adoption of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

The Council carved the Roman Empire up among 4 senior bishops or Metropolitans: Rome, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem. Provision was made for Constantinople and Carthage to be added later. In principle, no bishop could be appointed without the Metropolitan's permission. The ambiguity as to the authority of one Metropolitan over another was eventually to lead to the Great Schism, creating separate Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

State religion

Emperor Constantine gave the Christian Church state patronage, but did not make it the state religion. However, Christianity did become the state religion of the Roman Empire at the end of the fourth century. The greatest impact that this had on the practice of Christianity was that all Christian sects, other than the dominant "Catholic Orthodox" Church, were banned, gradually leading to a single, homogenous Christian Church.

SCHISM AND REFORM

The Great Schism

The Great Schism of 1054 resulted in separation of the Christian Church into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, with different rites and practices.

The Reform movement

The Reform movement of the sixteenth century greatly changed the way Christianity was practiced. In 1521, in Wittenberg's St Mary's Church, the first Protestant communion was celebrated, creating the breakaway Lutheran Church.

Answer 3

The Reformation would be the biggest, which was when the Protestant churches began to form. The Enlightenment and Great Awakening, which didn't so much change the religion in the beliefs but rather added equality into the mix.

Answer 4

Probably the single most significant event without which Christianity would not exist would have to be the actual physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

After this there is Jesus' Ascension into heaven, His earthly mission having been completed.

The day of Pentecost is what some regard as the actual birth date of the Christian faith, although it is obviously based on what came before. The giving of the Holy Spirit, exactly as Jesus promised resulted in the spread of Christianity, although it wasn't called that then.

The book of Acts details a number of other significant events in the early years of the Christian church such as the first martyr, Stephen (Acts 7), the conversion of Saul (Acts 9) the first Gentile convert Cornelius, (In Acts 10) and the first church council (Acts 15). In terms of the early church these were all major turning points and significant events.

Later church history brings such things as the conversion of Constantine (at least in name, since some would doubt his understanding of the Christian faith), the rise of the Papacy, and the Reformation.

Answer 5

The major turning point in early Christianity was Constantine's conversion to Christianity and making it the official religion of the Roman Empire in the 4th century. Next would be the Great Schism which divided the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in 1054 AD. Next would come the Protestant Reformation in 1517 which lessened the power of the Catholic Church, but diversified and eventually increased the reach of Christianity.

Answer 6

Well some of the most famous events are the Western Reformation when Martin Luther put up his 95 thesis in Germany, The Crusades are also a major event, The Inquisition, Salem Witch Trials and the Witch Trials of Europe, There is also the First and Second Great Awakenings which impacted Christians in the United States a lot. Also the fighting between the Spanish and the English although I am not sure if that would be considered in Christian history but it was a part of the Inquisition and when Protestants and Catholics in Europe were fighting with each other.




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Answer 7

The Reformation, The Counter-Reformation, The beginning of Christendom, The beginning of the Anglican Church, The Crusades, The Enlightenment, The Great Awakening, The Second Great Awakening, Vatican Council I, Vatican Council II.

Answer 8

The most important events in Christianity are Christ birth, death, and resurrection.

Answer 9

Baptismal!