Contents
Foreword – Tom Nettles ...... 9 Preface ...... 15 Introduction ...... 19
Events:
1. Th e Destruction of Jerusalem – 70 ...... 25
2. Th e Publication of Th e Didache – 100 ...... 31
3. Justin Martyr Writes an Early Defense of Christianity (Apology) – 150 ..37
4. Th e Great Persecution under Emperor Diocletian – c. 303 ...... 43
5. Constantine the Great Converts to Christianity – 312 ...... 49
6. Th e Edict of Milan – 313 ...... 55
7. Th e First Council of Nicaea – 325 ...... 61
8. Athanasius’s Easter Letter Defi nes the New Testament Books – 367 .....67
9. Christianity Becomes the State Religion of the Roman Empire – 380 ...73
10. Th e First Council of Constantinople – 381 ...... 79
11. Augustine Converts to Christianity – 386 ...... 85
12. Jerome and the Latin Vulgate – 405 ...... 91
13. Th e Council of Ephesus – 431 ...... 97
14. Th e Council of Chalcedon – 451 ...... 103
15. Th e Second Council of Constantinople – 553 ...... 109
5500 WWorldorld CChanginghanging EEvents_secondvents_second ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 5 66/8/2016/8/2016 22:49:31:49:31 PPMM 16. Th e First Universal Pope, Gregory the Great – 590 ...... 115
17. Th e Th ird Council of Constantinople – 680...... 121
18. Th e Battle of Tours – 732 ...... 127
19. Th e Second Council of Nicaea – 787 ...... 133
20. Charlemagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor – 800 ...... 139
21. Christianization of Russia – 988 ...... 145
22. Th e Great Schism – 1054 ...... 151
23. Th e First Crusade Launched – 1095 ...... 157
24. Th e Waldensian Movement – 1173 ...... 163
25. John Wycliff e and the Lollard Movement – 1381 ...... 169
26. Johann Gutenberg and the First Printed Bible – 1456 ...... 175
27. Erasmus Publishes Greek New Testament – 1516 ...... 181
28. Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-Five Th eses – 1517 ...... 187
29. Th e Diet of Worms – 1521 ...... 193
30. Th e Anabaptist Movement Begins – 1525 ...... 199
31. William Tyndale and the First English New Testament – 1526 ..... 205
32. John Calvin Publishes First Edition of Th e Institutes of the Christian Religion – 1536 ...... 211
33. Th e Council of Trent Convenes – 1545 ...... 217
34. Th e King James Version of the Bible – 1611 ...... 223
35. Th e Synod of Dort – 1618 ...... 229
36. John Bunyan Authors Th e Pilgrim’s Progress – 1678 ...... 235
37. Th e Apex of Protestant Confessionalism – 1689 ...... 241
5500 WWorldorld CChanginghanging EEvents_secondvents_second ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 6 66/8/2016/8/2016 22:49:31:49:31 PPMM 38. Th e Great Awakening Peaks – 1740 ...... 247
39. Robert Raikes Promotes Sunday School System – 1780 ...... 253
40. William Carey and the Modern Missionary Movement – 1793 ...... 259
41. William Wilberforce and the Abolition of British Slave Trade – 1807 .. 265
42. Charles Finney and Lectures on Revivals – 1835 ...... 271
43. Julius Wellhausen and the Documentary Hypothesis – 1885 ...... 277
44. Th e Azusa Street Revival – 1906 ...... 283
45. Th e Fundamentals and the Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy – 1910-1912...... 289
46. Camp Wycliff e Founded – 1934 ...... 295
47. World Council of Churches Organized – 1948 ...... 301
48. Th e Los Angeles Crusade and Billy Graham – 1949 ...... 307
49. Th e Emergence of Liberation Th eology – 1955 ...... 313
50. Th e Rise of Social Media – 1990 ...... 319
Conclusion – What’s Next? ...... 325 Appendices ...... 330 Select Bibliography ...... 334 Author Information ...... 336
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