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Church History Master Timeline, 0 AD - 1049 AD

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Major Events ● of ● Battle of the Milvian Bridge ● Justinian closes the Academy ● Second Council of Nicea 33 AD 312 AD 529 AD 787 AD

The Great Revolt ● Edict of Milan ● First Council of Third Council of Constantinople 66 AD - 73 AD 313 Ad 431 AD 680 AD - 681 AD

● Destruction of Jerusalem ● First Council of Nicea ● Hagia built ● Battle of Tours 70 AD 325 AD 537 AD 732 AD

Kitos War ● First Council of Constantinople 115 AD - 117 AD 381 AD

Bar Kokhba Revolt ● 132 AD - 136 AD 451 AD

● Fall of Western 476 AD

● Second Council of Constantinople 553 AD

Persecutions ● The First Persecution under Nero ● The Tenth Persecution under 67 AD 303 AD

● The Second Persecution under Domitian 81 AD

● The Third Persecution under Trajan 108 AD

● The Fourth Persecution under Aurelius 162 AD

● The Fifth Persecution under Severus 192 AD

● The Sixth Persecution under Maximus 235 AD ● The Seventh Persecution under Decius 249 AD

● The Eighth Persecution under Valerian 257 AD

● The Ninth Persecution under Aurelian 274 AD

Famous

Ignatius of Macrina the Younger Gregory I Venerable Approx. 35 AD - Approx. 108 AD 324 AD - 379 AD 540 AD - 604 AD Approx. 673 AD - 735 AD Clement of Isadore of Seville Gottschalk of Orbais Approx. 50 AD - Approx. 101 AD Approx. 298 AD - 373 AD Approx. 560 AD - 636 AD 808 AD - 867 AD

Polycarp of 69 AD - 155 AD Approx. 170 AD - Approx. 235 AD 480 AD - Approx. 543 AD Approx. 735 AD - 804 AD Approx. 70 AD - 155 AD Approx. 329 AD - 379 AD Approx. 579 AD - 649 AD

Aristides of Boniface Approx. 80 AD - Approx. 133 AD Approx. 335 AD - Approx. 395 AD 675 AD - 754 AD 785 AD - 865 AD Maximus the Approx. 80 AD - 129 AD Approx. 329 AD - 390 AD 580 AD - 662 AD

Justin Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite 103 AD - 165 AD Approx. 340 AD - 397 AD Approx. 500 AD - Approx. 550 AD the Assyrian Leo the Great Approx. 120 AD - Approx. 180 AD 400 AD - 461 AD Approx. 675 AD - 749 AD

Irenaeus Approx. 130 AD - Approx. 202 AD 347 AD - 420 AD 480 AD - 524 AD Athenagoras of Athens Approx. 133 AD - Approx. 190 AD

Tertullian 160 AD - 225 AD Approx. 347 AD - 407 AD Approx. 185 AD - Approx. 254 200 AD - 258 AD 354 AD - 430 AD Anthony of 251 AD - 357 AD

Heresy and Heretics

Gnosticism Approx. 75 AD - Approx. 275 AD Approx. 300 AD - 500 AD 638 AD - 681 AD Dontus Magnus 85 AD - 160 AD Approx. 300 AD - 355 AD

Marcionism Approx. 145 AD - Approx. 500 AD Eutyches Approx. 156 - Approx. 200 380 AD - 456 AD Noetus Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD

Novatian Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 258 AD Approx. 400 AD - 418 AD Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD

Sabellianism Approx. 220 AD - Approx. 300 AD Approx. 250 AD - Approx. 336 AD Approx. 251 AD - Approx. 350 AD Apollinaris of Laodicea Approx. 310 AD - Approx. 390 AD

Donatism Approx. 311 - Approx. 412 Approx. 360 AD - Approx. 418 AD Nestorius 386 AD - 450 AD Ages

The Apostolic Age Nicene Age Approx. 1 AD - Approx. 100 AD 313 AD - 590 AD The Ante-Nicene Age The Church Among the Barbarians Approx. 100 AD - 313 AD 590 AD - 1049 AD Missions Ulfilas ● Conversion of Clovis Ansgar ● Conversion of Vladimir I Approx. 5 AD - 67 AD Approx. 311 AD - 383 AD 496 AD 801 AD - 865 AD 988 AD Patrick ● Alopen enters China Approx. 425 AD - Approx. 490 AD 635 AD Columba 521 AD - 597 AD Approx. 530 AD - 604 AD

Columbanus 543 AD - 615 AD

Saint Gall Approx. 550 AD - Approx. 646 AD Aidan of Lindisfarne 590 AD - 651 AD

Legend The Seven Ecumenical Councils Major Events

Crucifixion of Christ 33 AD

The Great Revolt First Jewish-Roman War 66 AD - 73 AD

Destruction of Jerusalem 70 AD

Kitos War Second Jewish-Roman War 115 AD - 117 AD

Bar Kokhba Revolt Third Jewish-Roman War 132 AD - 136 AD

Battle of the Milvian Bridge 312 AD

Edict of Milan 313 Ad

First Council of Nicea Drew up Nicene , opposed Arianism 325 AD

First Council of Constantinople Condemned Apollinarianism 381 AD

First Opposed 431 AD

Council of Chalcedon Opposed (Eutyches), described , 451 AD adopted Chalcedonian Creed Fall of Western Roman Empire 476 AD

Justinian closes the Academy Platonic school of in Athens closed. Symbolic end of antiquity. 529 AD

Hagia Sophia built Seat of the of Constantinople 537 AD

Second Council of Constantinople Condemned Nestorianism 553 AD

Third Council of Constantinople Condemned monothelitism 680 AD - 681 AD

Battle of Tours Charles Martel defeats Umayyad forces, marking end of Islamic 732 AD expansion in western

Second Council of Nicea Restored the of 787 AD

Persecutions

The First Persecution under Nero 67 AD

The Second Persecution under Domitian 81 AD

The Third Persecution under Trajan 108 AD

The Fourth Persecution under Marcus Aurelius 162 AD The Fifth Persecution under Severus 192 AD

The Sixth Persecution under Maximus 235 AD

The Seventh Persecution under Decius 249 AD

The Eighth Persecution under Valerian 257 AD

The Ninth Persecution under Aurelian 274 AD

The Tenth Persecution under Diocletian 303 AD

Famous Christians

Ignatius of Antioch of Antioch Approx. 35 AD - Approx. 108 AD

Clement of Rome Bishop of Rome, author of 1 Clement Approx. 50 AD - Approx. 101 AD

Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna, martyr 69 AD - 155 AD

Papias of Hierapolis Bishop of Hierapolis, author of Exposition of the Sayings of Approx. 70 AD - 155 AD

Quadratus of Athens Bishop of Athens, apologist Approx. 80 AD - 129 AD

Aristides of Athens Philosopher, author of Approx. 80 AD - Approx. 133 AD

Justin Martyr Philosopher, apologist 103 AD - 165 AD

Tatian the Assyrian Composer of the Diatessaron Approx. 120 AD - Approx. 180 AD

Irenaeus Bishop of Lugdunum, apologist, author of Against Approx. 130 AD - Approx. 202 AD

Athenagoras of Athens Philosopher, apologist Approx. 133 AD - Approx. 190 AD

Tertullian Author, "Father of " 160 AD - 225 AD

Hippolytus of Rome Controversialist, martyr Approx. 170 AD - Approx. 235 AD

Origen Controversial theologian Approx. 185 AD - Approx. 254

Cyprian Bishop of 200 AD - 258 AD

Anthony of Egypt in the Egyptian desert 251 AD - 357 AD

Athanasius of Alexandria Bishop of Alexandria, theologian, opponent of Arius, Approx. 298 AD - 373 AD

Macrina the Younger , 'Life of Macrina' written by Gregory of Nyssa 324 AD - 379 AD

Basil of Caesarea Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca, 'Cappadocian Father' Approx. 329 AD - 379 AD

Gregory of Nazianzus of Constantinople, theologian, 'Cappadocian Father' Approx. 329 AD - 390 AD

Gregory of Nyssa Bishop of Nyssa, theologian, 'Cappadocian Father' Approx. 335 AD - Approx. 395 AD

Ambrose Bishop of Milan, opponent of Arius Approx. 340 AD - 397 AD

Jerome Theologian, translated the 347 AD - 420 AD

John Chrysostom Archbishop of Constantinople, Approx. 347 AD - 407 AD

Augustine of Hippo Bishop of Hippo, philosopher, theologian, author of 'The City of ' and 354 AD - 430 AD ',' opponent of Pelagius

Leo the Great , theologian, turned Huns away from Rome 400 AD - 461 AD

Boethius Theologian, philosopher, author 480 AD - 524 AD

Benedict of Nursia Founder of western Christian 480 AD - Approx. 543 AD

Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite Mystical theologian and philosopher, writing under pen-name Approx. 500 AD - Approx. 550 AD

Gregory I Pope, authorized the 'Gregorian Mission' to convert Anglo-Saxons, 540 AD - 604 AD considered the last 'good' pope by

Isadore of Seville Archbishop of Seville, involved in conversion of Visigoths, scholar, author Approx. 560 AD - 636 AD of 'Etymologiae'

John Climacus Monk of Mt. Sinai, author of 'Ladder of Divine Ascent' Approx. 579 AD - 649 AD

Maximus the Confessor Monk, theologian, scholar 580 AD - 662 AD

Venerable Bede English monk, scholar, author of 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Approx. 673 AD - 735 AD People'

Boniface to Germanic areas of Frankish Empire, martyr 675 AD - 754 AD

John of Damascus Syrian monk, scholar Approx. 675 AD - 749 AD

Alcuin of York Scholar, clergyman, teacher, of Tours Approx. 735 AD - 804 AD

Paschasius Radbertus Theologian, abbot of Corbie, defended 785 AD - 865 AD

Gottschalk of Orbais Saxon theologian, monk, advocate of double 808 AD - 867 AD

Heresy and Heretics

Gnosticism Duality and 'higher knowledge,' combat between good and deities Approx. 75 AD - Approx. 275 AD

Marcion of Sinope Ditheistic, considered Old and New Testaments to have different 85 AD - 160 AD

Marcionism Gnostic-type duality Approx. 145 AD - Approx. 500 AD

Montanism Theologically orthodox with increased emphasis on the Approx. 156 - Approx. 200

Noetus Proto-Sabellian Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD

Sabellius Modalistic Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD

Novatian Novationist Approx. 200 AD - Approx. 258 AD

Sabellianism Mondalistic Monarchianism Approx. 220 AD - Approx. 300 AD

Arius Arian Approx. 250 AD - Approx. 336 AD

Novatianism Theologically orthodox, refused readmission into church following lapse Approx. 251 AD - Approx. 350 AD into paganism

Arianism Christ as created, non-eternal being Approx. 300 AD - 500 AD

Dontus Magnus Founder of Approx. 300 AD - 355 AD

Apollinaris of Laodicea Denied Christ's rational human Approx. 310 AD - Approx. 390 AD

Donatism Theologically orthodox, refused to re-accept who had once Approx. 311 - Approx. 412 handed over Scriptures to authorities. Donatists lingered until 600s-700s AD

Pelagius Denied original , advocated , insisted law could be fulfilled Approx. 360 AD - Approx. 418 AD without divine aid

Eutyches Opposed Nestorius, monophysite view of Christ's nature 380 AD - 456 AD

Nestorius Controversially anathematized, opposed term ',' human and 386 AD - 450 AD divine persons of Christ are separate

Pelagianism Denies , advocates free will Approx. 400 AD - 418 AD

Monothelitism Teaching that Christ has two natures but only one will 638 AD - 681 AD

Church Ages

The Apostolic Age Approx. 1 AD - Approx. 100 AD

The Ante-Nicene Age Approx. 100 AD - 313 AD

Nicene Age 313 - 590 AD 313 AD - 590 AD

The Church Among the Barbarians 590 AD - 1049 AD

Missions

Paul the Apostle Approx. 5 AD - 67 AD

Ulfilas Arian missionary, translated into Gothic Approx. 311 AD - 383 AD

Patrick Missionary to Ireland Approx. 425 AD - Approx. 490 AD

Conversion of Clovis 496 AD

Columba Irish abbot, missionary to 521 AD - 597 AD

Augustine of Canterbury Benedictine monk, archbishop of Canterbury, missionary to Approx. 530 AD - 604 AD

Columbanus Irish missionary to Gaul 543 AD - 615 AD

Saint Gall Companion of St. Columbanus, missionary to Gaul Approx. 550 AD - Approx. 646 AD

Aidan of Lindisfarne Irish monk, missionary to Northumbria 590 AD - 651 AD

Alopen enters China First known missionary to China 635 AD

Ansgar Archbishop of -, mission to northern Europe, 'Apostle of 801 AD - 865 AD the North'

Conversion of Vladimir I of Kievan Rus 988 AD Church History Master Timeline, 1049 AD - 1517 AD

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Major Events ● East-West Second Crusade Fifth Crusade ● 'Unum Sanctum' Issued ● 1054 AD 1147 AD - 1149 AD 1217 AD - 1221 AD 1302 AD 1453 AD

First Crusade Third Crusade ● Eighth Crusade ● Columbus discovers America 1095 AD - 1099 AD 1189 AD - 1192 AD 1270 AD 1348 AD - 1350 AD 1492 AD

Fourth Crusade Ninth Crusade Papal Schism 1202 AD - 1204 AD 1271 AD - 1272 AD 1378 AD - 1417 AD

Albigensian Crusade Avignon Papacy 1209 AD - 1229 AD 1309 AD - 1376 AD ● Children's Crusade 1212 AD

Sixth Crusade 1228 AD - 1229 AD

Seventh Crusade 1248 AD - 1254 AD

● Aquinas completes '' 1272 AD

Famous Christians

Gregory VII Dominic Boniface VIII Biel 1015 AD - 1085 AD 1090 AD - 1153 AD 1170 AD - 1221 AD 1230 AD - 1303 AD Approx. 1320 AD - 1384 AD 1420 AD - 1495 AD 1033 AD - 1109 AD 1119 AD - 1170 AD 1182 AD - 1226 AD 1296 AD - 1359 AD 1369 AD - 1415 AD 1452 AD - 1498 AD Stephen Langton 1079 AD - 1142 AD 1150 AD - 1228 AD 1260 AD - 1327 AD 1340 AD - 1384 AD Thomas a Kempis 1096 AD - 1160 AD 1200 AD - 1280 AD 1287 AD - 1347 AD 1380 AD - 1471 AD Peter Waldo Louis IX Gregory of Remini 1140 AD - 1205 AD 1214 AD - 1270 AD 1300 AD - 1358 AD 1221 AD - 1274 AD 1300 AD - 1361 AD 1225 AD - 1274 AD 1340 AD - 1396 AD of 1265 AD - 1321 AD 1342 AD - 1416 AD John 1266 AD - 1308 AD

Thomas Bradwardine 1300 AD - 1349 AD

Catherine of Siena 1347 AD - 1380 AD

Missions

Raymond Llull 1232 AD - 1315 AD John of Montecorvino 1247 AD - 1328 AD Major Events

East-West Schism 1054 AD

First Crusade 1095 AD - 1099 AD

Second Crusade 1147 AD - 1149 AD

Third Crusade 1189 AD - 1192 AD

Fourth Crusade 1202 AD - 1204 AD

Albigensian Crusade Elimination of in southern 1209 AD - 1229 AD

Children's Crusade 1212 AD

Fifth Crusade 1217 AD - 1221 AD

Sixth Crusade 1228 AD - 1229 AD

Seventh Crusade 1248 AD - 1254 AD

Eighth Crusade 1270 AD Ninth Crusade 1271 AD - 1272 AD

Aquinas completes 'Summa Theologica' 1272 AD

'Unum Sanctum' Issued indicates that submission to Pope and Roman Church 1302 AD is required for

Avignon Papacy Papacy resides in Avignon, France 1309 AD - 1376 AD

Black Death 1348 AD - 1350 AD

Papal Schism Three rival 1378 AD - 1417 AD

Fall of Constantinople End of Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) 1453 AD

Columbus discovers America 1492 AD

Famous Christians

Gregory VII Pope, involved in 1015 AD - 1085 AD

Anselm of Canterbury Benedictine monk, Abbot, theologian, author of 'Cur Deus Homo' 1033 AD - 1109 AD

Peter Abelard French scholastic philosopher 1079 AD - 1142 AD

Bernard of Clairvaux French abbot, reformer of Cistercian order, opponent of Peter Abelard 1090 AD - 1153 AD

Peter Lombard Scholastic theologian, Bishop of 1096 AD - 1160 AD

Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered on order of Henry II 1119 AD - 1170 AD

Peter Waldo Leader of Waldensian, pre-reformer 1140 AD - 1205 AD

Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury, divided Bible into chapters, involved in crisis 1150 AD - 1228 AD that created Magna Carta

Dominic Castilian , founder of the 1170 AD - 1221 AD

Francis of Assisi Founder of Franciscan Order 1182 AD - 1226 AD

Albertus Magnus German Dominican , philosopher, theologian 1200 AD - 1280 AD

Louis IX King of France, ended Albigensian crusade, royal reformer, involved in 1214 AD - 1270 AD 7th and 8th

Bonaventure Italian Franciscan, scholastic theologian, philosopher, author 1221 AD - 1274 AD

Thomas Aquinas Dominican Friar, philosopher, theologian, author of 'Summa Theologiae,' 1225 AD - 1274 AD major contributor to

Boniface VIII Pope, centralized power of the papacy 1230 AD - 1303 AD

Meister Eckhart German theologian, philosopher, mystic 1260 AD - 1327 AD

Dante Alighieri Italian poet, author of '' 1265 AD - 1321 AD

John Duns Scotus Theologian, scholastic philosopher 1266 AD - 1308 AD

William of Ockham Franciscan, scholastic philosopher, theologian, known of 'Occam's Razor' 1287 AD - 1347 AD

Gregory Palamas Monk of , Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Byzantine theologian 1296 AD - 1359 AD

Johannes Tauler German mystic, theologian, Dominican, of Meister Eckhart 1300 AD - 1361 AD

Thomas Bradwardine Scholastic philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury 1300 AD - 1349 AD

Gregory of Remini Scholastic philosopher and theologian 1300 AD - 1358 AD

John Wycliffe Theologian, Bible translator, pre-reformer, founder of Lollard movement, Approx. 1320 AD - 1384 AD 'morning star of the English '

Walter Hilton English Augustinian mystic 1340 AD - 1396 AD

Geert Groote Founder of pietistic group 'Brethren of the Common Life,' influential in 1340 AD - 1384 AD

Julian of Norwich English Anchoress, mystic, author of ' of Divine Love' 1342 AD - 1416 AD

Catherine of Siena Dominican, scholastic philosopher and theologian, involved in brining 1347 AD - 1380 AD back Avignon papacy

Jan Hus Czech theologian, priest, pre-reformer, founder of 1369 AD - 1415 AD

Thomas a Kempis Author of 'The ' 1380 AD - 1471 AD

Gabriel Biel Scholastic philosopher, related to Brethren of the Common Life 1420 AD - 1495 AD

Girolamo Savonarola Italian Dominican, preacher, pre-Reformer, martyr 1452 AD - 1498 AD

Missions

Raymond Llull Franciscan, philosopher, logician, writer, worked for evangelization of 1232 AD - 1315 AD

John of Montecorvino Franciscan missionary to India and China 1247 AD - 1328 AD Church History Master Timeline, 1517 AD - 2001 AD

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Major Events

England Hugh Latimer ● Thirty-nine Articles of Watts Charles 1487 - 1555 1571 1674 - 1748 1759 - 1836 Myles Coverdale William Laud ● George Whitfield 1488 - 1569 1573 - 1645 1662 1714 - 1770 1801 - 1890 James Ussher Griffith Jones J. C. Ryle 1489 - 1556 1581 - 1656 1684 - 1761 1816 - 1900 Henry VIII Richard Hooker ● Glorious Revolution 1491 - 1547 1554 - 1600 1688 1759 - 1833 1834 - 1892 ● 1689 Baptist 1494 - 1536 1599 - 1658 1689 John Hooper George Herbert Philip Doddridge 1500 - 1555 1593 - 1633 1702 - 1751 Richard Cox ● Millenary Petition 1500 - 1581 1603 1703 - 1791 John Richard Baxter 1510 - 1555 1615 - 1691 1707 - 1788 Thomas Cartwright Selina Hastings 1535 - 1603 1616 - 1683 1707 - 1791 ● First English Book of Common Rowland 1549 1711 - 1790 Lancelot Andrews John Flavel 1555 - 1626 1627 - 1691 1712 - 1772 1628 - 1688 1714 - 1773 1642 - 1726 1747 - 1814 ● Westminster Confession of 1646

William Romaine 1714 - 1795 John Berridge 1716 - 1793 William Williams Pantycelyn 1717 - 1791

John Cennick 1718 - 1755

Henry Venn 1725 - 1797 1725 - 1807 Scotland

John Knox Alexander Henderson Willielma Campbell 1513 - 1572 1583 - 1646 1741 - 1786 ● Solemn League and Robert Haldane William Robertson Smith 1545 - 1622 1643 1764 - 1842 1846 - 1894 ● Scots Confession Henry Scougal Thomas Chalmers 1560 1650 - 1678 1780 - 1847 Rutherford Thomas John Duncan 1600 - 1661 1676 - 1732 1796 - 1870 Ralph Erskine Horatius Bonar 1658 - 1752 1808 - 1889 ● Andrew Bonar 1666 1810 - 1892 Robert Murray M'Cheyne Approx. 1680 - 1688 1813 - 1843

Switzerland Ulrich Zwingli Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne 1484 - 1531 ● G15e6n2eva of 1562 1794 - 1872 Francis Turretin Frederic Louis Godet 1489 - 1565 1567 - 1622 1623 - 1687 1812 - 1900 Sattler 1490 - 1527

George Blaurock 1491 - 1529

Conrad Grebel 1498 - 1526

Heinrich Bullinger 1504 - 1575 John Calvin 1509 - 1563 Michael Servetus 1511 - 1553

Theodore Beza 1519 - 1605 Thomas Erastus 1524 - 1583 ● 1527

● First Helvetic Confession 1536

● Second Helvetic Confession 1564

Germany ● Peace of Augsburg Adolf Schlatter 1483 - 1546 1555 1635 - 1705 1852 - 1938 ● Heidelberg 1486 - 1541 1563 1663 - 1727 Thomas Muntzer Calovius 1489 - 1525 1612 - 1686 1700 - 1760 ● Formula of Conrod 1491 - 1551 1577 1497 - 1560 1582 - 1637 Thirty Years' War 1522 - 1586 1618 - 1648 Munster Rebellion 1534 - 1535

Georg Calixtus 1586 - 1656 Holland / Belgium

Desiderius Roterodamus Abraham Kuyper 1466 - 1536 1837 - 1920 William Ames Hermann Witsius 1496 - 1561 1576 - 1633 1636 - 1708 1560 - 1609

● Belgic Confession 1561

Cornelius Jansen 1585 - 1638

Gisbertus Voetius 1589 - 1676 Johannes Cocceius 1603 - 1669 1618 - 1619

America

Alexander Whitaker John Chavis B. B. Warfield 1585 - 1616 1692 - 1693 1763 - 1838 1851 - 1921 Andrew Bryan Philip Schaff Francis Schaeffer 1585 - 1652 ● H16a6l2f-Way Covenant 1737 - 1812 1819 - 1893 1912 - 1984 Thomas Hooker Robert Lewis Dabney 1586 - 1647 1663 - 1728 1745 - 1816 1820 - 1898 John Davenport William Tennent Timothy Dwight IV Dwight Moody 1597 - 1670 1673 - 1746 1752 - 1817 1837 - 1899 Salem Witch Trials Samuel Miller Billy Sunday 1603 - 1683 1692 - 1693 1769 - 1850 1862 - 1935 John Eliot ● Yale University Founded Peter Cartwright 1604 - 1690 1701 1785 - 1872 ● Founding of Harvard College Lemuel Haynes 1636 1753 - 1833 1639 - 1723 1760 - 1831 Solomon Stoddard Lyman Beecher 1643 - 1729 1775 - 1863 ● Platform Brainerd Charles Colcock Jones 1648 1718 - 1747 1804 - 1863

Gilbert Tennent Asahel Nettleton 1703 - 1764 1783 - 1844 Jonathan Edwards 1703 - 1758

Eleazar Wheelock Charles Hodge 1711 - 1779 1797 - 1878 John Woolman Theodore Wright 1720 - 1772 1797 - 1847 John Witherspoon John Williamson Nevin 1722 - 1794 1803 - 1886 Samuel Davies 1723 - 1761

● Andover Seminary founded 1807 1811 - 1893 ● Princeton Seminary Founded 1812

Missions

Francis Xavier George Lisle 1506 - 1552 1750 - 1820 1824 - 1907 Mary Slessor 1761 - 1834 1848 - 1915 Henry Martyn 1781 - 1812 1865 - 1927

Adoniram Judson Amy Carmichael 1788 - 1850 1867 - 1951 Alexander Duff John Stam 1806 - 1878 1907 - 1934 1813 - 1873 1832 - 1905 Amy Carmichael 1867 - 1951

Ignatius of Loyola 1491 - 1556 John of God 1495 - 1550 Teresa of Avila 1515 - 1582 1542 - 1591

France Adolphe ● SAtu.g Buastr t2h3o, l1o5m72ew's Day Massacre 1802 - 1856 Vincent de Paul 1581 - 1660 Rene Descartes Francois Fenelon 1596 - 1650 1651 - 1715 ● 1598

Brother Lawrence 1614 - 1691 1623 - 1662

Madame Guyon 1648 - 1717

Robert Bellarmine Vatican I Vatican II 1542 - 1621 1869 - 1870 1962 - 1965 1545 - 1563 Major Events

England

Hugh Latimer Anglican, martyr under Queen Mary 1487 - 1555

Myles translator, 1488 - 1569

Thomas Cranmer Leader of , Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry 1489 - 1556 VIII's

Henry VIII King of England, separated from papal authority, 1491 - 1547 instituted Anglican Church

William translator, martyr 1494 - 1536

Richard Cox of Westminster, Bishop of Ely, reformer 1500 - 1581

John Hooper Reformer, Bishop of Cloucester and Worcester, martyr 1500 - 1555

John Bradford Reformer, martyr 1510 - 1555

Thomas Cartwright Puritan 1535 - 1603

First English 1549

Richard Hooker Theologian, influential in Anglican thinking as opposed to Puritanism 1554 - 1600

Lancelot Andrews English bishop, oversaw of 1555 - 1626

Thirty-nine Articles of Religion Defined the of the Church of England 1571

William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury, opponent of puritanism 1573 - 1645

James Ussher Church of Ireland Archbishop, chronologist, author of 'The Annals of the 1581 - 1656 World'

George Herbert Poet, Anglican priest 1593 - 1633

Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, puritan, 1599 - 1658

Millenary Petition Puritan petition to James I 1603

Richard Baxter Puritan, theologian, controversialist 1615 - 1691

John Owen Nonconformist theologian, academian, writer 1616 - 1683

John Flavel presbyterian clergyman, puritan, author 1627 - 1691

John Bunyan Puritan, preacher, author of 'The Pilgrim's ' 1628 - 1688

Isaac Newton mathematician, astronomer, theologian, physicist 1642 - 1726

Westminster Confession of Faith Reformed confession of faith drawn up by 1646

Great Ejection Puritan ministers ejected from churches 1662

Isaac Watts , writer, theologian, logician 1674 - 1748

Griffith Jones Welsh minister, education organizer 1684 - 1761

Glorious Revolution Leads to religious 1688

1689 London Baptist Confession 1689

Philip Doddridge Nonconformist, educator, 1702 - 1751

John Wesley Theologian, founder of , evangelist, influential in the Great 1703 - 1791 Awakening

Selina Hastings Supporter of methodism, Countess of Huntingdon 1707 - 1791

Charles Wesley Methodist founder, evangelist 1707 - 1788

Daniel Rowland Leader of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist revival, preacher 1711 - 1790

Benjamin Ingham Minister, missionary in Georgia 1712 - 1772

William Romaine Church of England minister 1714 - 1795

George Whitfield Anglican cleric, founder of Methodism, evangelist, influence in the great 1714 - 1770 awakening

Howell Harris Welsh Methodist, evangelist 1714 - 1773

John Berridge Evangelist, hymnist 1716 - 1793

William Williams Pantycelyn Hymn-writer, leader of the Welsh Methodist revival 1717 - 1791

John Cennick Methodist, Moravian evangelist, hymnwriter 1718 - 1755

John Newton Clergyman, sailor, hymnwriter, author of '' 1725 - 1807

Henry Venn Minister, founder of the Clapham (evangelical social reformers of the 1725 - 1797 Church of England)

Thomas Coke Methodist bishop, 'father of methodist missions' 1747 - 1814

Charles Simeon Clergyman, founder of the Church Missionary Society 1759 - 1836

William Wilberforce Politician, reformer, evangelical, abolitionist 1759 - 1833

John Henry Newman Anglican priest, Catholic cardinal, theologian 1801 - 1890

J. C. Ryle Anglican bishop 1816 - 1900

Charles Spurgeon Baptist preacher, "Prince of " 1834 - 1892

Scotland

John Knox Minister, theologian, author, 1513 - 1572

Andrew Melville Scholar, theologian, reformer 1545 - 1622

Scots Confession Protestant confession of presbyterian faith 1560

Alexander Henderson Theologian, ecclesiastical stateman, reformer 1583 - 1646

Samuel Rutherford Presbyterian , theologian, author 1600 - 1661

Solemn League and Covenant Agreement between Scottish and leaders of the English 1643 parliamentarians during First

Henry Scougal Theologian, minister, author of 'The Life of God in the Soul of Man' 1650 - 1678

Ralph Erskine Minister 1658 - 1752

Battle of Rullion Green Covenanters defeated by Royalist forces 1666

Thomas Boston Church leader, theologian, philosopher 1676 - 1732

The Killing Time Conflict between presbyterian covenanters and royalist forces Approx. 1680 - 1688

Willielma Campbell Scottish evangelical 1741 - 1786

Robert Haldane Scottish churchman 1764 - 1842

Thomas Chalmers minister, professor of theology 1780 - 1847

John Duncan Minister, missionary to Hungarian , professor of Hebrew 1796 - 1870

Horatius Bonar Scottish churchman, poet, hymn-writer 1808 - 1889

Andrew Bonar Minister of the of Scotland 1810 - 1892

Robert Murray M'Cheyne Minister in the 1813 - 1843

William Robertson Smith Orientalist, scholar, minister 1846 - 1894

Switzerland

Ulrich Zwingli Reformer in Zurich 1484 - 1531

William Farel Evangelist, influence on John Calvin 1489 - 1565

Michael Sattler Anabaptist leader, involved in Schleitheim Confession, martyr 1490 - 1527

George Blaurock Founder of anabaptist group 1491 - 1529

Conrad Grebel Founder of anabaptist group Swiss Brethren 1498 - 1526

Heinrich Bullinger Reformer, successor of Zwingli 1504 - 1575

John Calvin Theologian, pastor, reformer in , described , author of 1509 - 1563 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'

Michael Servetus Scholar, denied orthodox , burnt in Geneva 1511 - 1553

Theodore Beza Theologian, scholar, student of John Calvin 1519 - 1605

Thomas Erastus Believed that the , not the church, should punish Christian 1524 - 1583

Schleitheim Confession statement of Anabaptist principles 1527

First Helvetic Confession Expression of Reformed in Switzerland 1536 Geneva Psalter of 1562 1562

Second Helvetic Confession Expression of beliefs of Reformed churches of Switzerland 1564

Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Bishop in Geneva, writer 1567 - 1622

Francis Turretin Reformed scholastic theologian 1623 - 1687

Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne minister, historian of the reformation 1794 - 1872

Frederic Louis Godet Theologian 1812 - 1900

Germany

Martin Luther Monk, theologian, reformer, founder of , author of 95 Theses, 1483 - 1546 excommunicated, touched off Protestant Reformation

Andreas Karlstadt Protestant theologian, clashed with Luther 1486 - 1541

Thomas Muntzer Theologian, leader of the German peasant uprising 'German Peasant's 1489 - 1525 War'

Martin Bucer Reformer 1491 - 1551

Philip Melanchthon Lutheran reformer 1497 - 1560

Martin Chemnitz Lutheran theologian, reformer 1522 - 1586

Munster Rebellion Radical Anabaptist rebellion 1534 - 1535

Peace of Augsburg Treaty ending religious struggle in , rulers 1555 choose either Roman Catholicism or Lutheranism

Heidelberg Catechism One of the , reformed confession of doctrine 1563

Formula of Conrod Lutheran statement of faith 1577

Johann Gerhard Lutheran scholastic theologian 1582 - 1637

Georg Calixtus Lutheran theologian, ecumenicalist 1586 - 1656

Abraham Calovius Lutheran theologian 1612 - 1686

Thirty Years' War 1618 - 1648

Philipp Spener Lutheran theologian, "father of " 1635 - 1705

August Hermann Francke Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar 1663 - 1727

Nicolaus Zinzendorf Bishop of the , missions pioneer, founder of the 1700 - 1760 Herrnhuter Brudergemeine

Adolf Schlatter theologian, scholar 1852 - 1938

Holland / Belgium

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus humanist, priest, scholar, linguist, writer 1466 - 1536

Menno Simons Anabaptist leader, founder of 1496 - 1561

Jacobus Arminius Professor of theology, challenged reformed viewpoints and started the 1560 - 1609 Arminian movement

Belgic Confession One of the Three Forms of Unity of the Reformed Church 1561

William Ames English theologian, opponent of 1576 - 1633

Cornelius Jansen Catholic bishop of , father of (a theological movement 1585 - 1638 emphasizing original sin, depravity, , and predestination, condemned as heretical by the Roman )

Gisbertus Voetius Calvinist theologian 1589 - 1676

Johannes Cocceius Dutch theologian 1603 - 1669

Canons of Dort Part of the three forms of unity, condemnation of Arminian theology 1618 - 1619

Hermann Witsius Dutch theologian 1636 - 1708

Abraham Kuyper minister of the , theologian 1837 - 1920

America

Alexander Whitaker Anglican theologian who established churches in Jamestown colony, 1585 - 1616 known as 'The Apostle of '

John Cotton Minister and theologian of , puritan 1585 - 1652

Thomas Hooker Puritan colonial leader, founder of Connecticut 1586 - 1647

John Davenport Puritan clergyman, co-founder of New Haven 1597 - 1670

Roger Williams Theologian, baptist, founder of Rhode Island 1603 - 1683

John Eliot Puritan missionary to American indians, called 'the apostle to the indians' 1604 - 1690

Founding of Harvard College 1636

Increase Mather Massachusetts minister 1639 - 1723

Solomon Stoddard Congregationalist pastor, influential in the Half-Way Covenant 1643 - 1729

Cambridge Platform Doctrinal statement for the Puritan Congregational churches in colonial 1648

Half-Way Covenant Form of partial for the unregenerate 1662

Cotton Mather puritan minister, author 1663 - 1728

William Tennent Founder of the Log College, predecessor of Princeton University 1673 - 1746

Salem Witch Trials 1692 - 1693

Salem Witch Trials 1692 - 1693

Yale University Founded 1701

Jonathan Edwards Preacher, philosopher, theologian 1703 - 1758

Gilbert Tennent evangelist, leader of the 1703 - 1764

Eleazar Wheelock Congregational minister, educator, founder of Darmouth College 1711 - 1779

David Brainerd missionary to native Americans 1718 - 1747

John Woolman Merchant, Quaker preacher, reformist 1720 - 1772

John Witherspoon minister, American founding father, president of Princeton University 1722 - 1794

Samuel Davies Evangelist, minister, missionary to slaves, author, President of Princeton 1723 - 1761 University

Andrew Bryan Former slave, minister 1737 - 1812

Francis Asbury Methodist bishop, involved in 1745 - 1816

Timothy Dwight IV Minister, theologian, author, president of Yale College, founder of the 1752 - 1817 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Lemuel Haynes Minister, abolitionist 1753 - 1833

Richard Allen Minister, educator, writer, founder of the AME Church 1760 - 1831

John Chavis Educator, minister 1763 - 1838

Samuel Miller Presbyterian theologian 1769 - 1850

Lyman Beecher minister, founder of the American Society 1775 - 1863

Asahel Nettleton Theologian, pastor, influence in the Second Great Awakening, opponent 1783 - 1844 of Charles Finney

Peter Cartwright Methodist preacher, revivalist, circuit rider 1785 - 1872

Charles Hodge theologian 1797 - 1878

Theodore Wright Abolitionist, minister 1797 - 1847

John Williamson Nevin theologian 1803 - 1886

Charles Colcock Jones Presbyterian clergyman, educator, missionary to slaves, planter 1804 - 1863

Andover Seminary founded 1807

Daniel Payne Bishop of the AME 1811 - 1893

Princeton Seminary Founded 1812

Philip Schaff Theologian, church historian 1819 - 1893

Robert Lewis Dabney Theologian, pastor 1820 - 1898

Dwight Moody Evangelist 1837 - 1899

B. B. Warfield Seminarian, theologian 1851 - 1921

Billy Sunday Athlete, evangelist 1862 - 1935

Francis Schaeffer Theologian, philosopher, founder of L'Abri community 1912 - 1984

Missions

Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India 1506 - 1552

George Lisle Emancipated slave, pastor, first American missionary (to ) 1750 - 1820

William Carey Missionary to India, minister, translator 1761 - 1834

Henry Martyn Anglican priest, missionary to India and Persia 1781 - 1812

Adoniram Judson American Baptist missionary to Burma 1788 - 1850

Alexander Duff Missionary to India 1806 - 1878

David Livingstone Medical missionary to , abolitionist 1813 - 1873

John Paton Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides 1824 - 1907

Hudson Taylor Missionary to China, founder of the China Inland Mission 1832 - 1905

Mary Slessor Scottish missionary to 1848 - 1915

William Henry Sheppard Missionary to the Congo 1865 - 1927

Amy Carmichael Missionary to India 1867 - 1951

Amy Carmichael Missionary to India 1867 - 1951

John Stam Missionary to China, martyr 1907 - 1934

Spain

Ignatius of Loyola Founded Society of (Jesuits) 1491 - 1556

John of God Formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God 1495 - 1550

Teresa of Avila Nun, mystic, author, monastic reformer 1515 - 1582

John of the Cross Spanish mystic, friar, priest, figure in counter-reformation 1542 - 1591

France

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre August 23, 1572

Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic priest 1581 - 1660

Rene Descartes Philosopher, mathematician, scientist 1596 - 1650

Edict of Nantes 1598

Brother Lawrence Lay brother, author/originist of 'The Practice of the Presence of God' 1614 - 1691

Blaise Pascal Theologian, mathematician, inventor, writer, scientist 1623 - 1662

Madame Guyon Catholic mystic 1648 - 1717

Francois Fenelon Archbishop, theologian 1651 - 1715

Adolphe Monad French Protestant preacher 1802 - 1856

Italy

Robert Bellarmine Jesuit, Cardinal, important figure in counter-reformation 1542 - 1621

Council of Trent Roman Catholic council solidified Catholic doctrine and condemned 1545 - 1563 Protestant doctrine

Vatican I Vatican council that decreed 1869 - 1870

Vatican II Roman Catholic church council, resulted in church reforms 1962 - 1965