33 Pentecost (A.D: 29 is thought to be more accurate).
49 Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15) establishes precedent for addressing
Church disputes in Council. James presides as bishop. 69 Bishop Ignatius
consecrated in Antioch in heart of New Testament era--St. Peter had been
the
first bishop there. Other early bishops include James, Polycarp, and
Clement.
95 Book of Revelation written, probably the last of the New Testament
books.
150 St. Justin Martyr describe's the liturgical wor****p of the Church,
centered in the Eucharist. Liturgical wor****p is rooted in both the Old
and
New Testament.
325 The Nicene Creed is established. The Council of Nicea settles the
major
heretical challenge to the Christian faith when the heretic Arius asserts
Christ was created by the Father. St. Athanasius defends the eternality of
the Son of God. The Arians continue their assault on true Christianity for
years. Nicea is the first of Seven E***enical (Church-wide) Councils.
451 Council of Chalcedon affirms apostolic doctrine of two natures in
Christ.
589 In a synod in Toledo, Spain, the filioque, asserting that the Holy
Spirit procedes from the Father and the Son is added to the Nicene Creed.
This error is later adopted by Rome.
787 The era of E***enical Councils ends at Nicea, with the Seventh Council
bringing the centuries-old use of icons back into the Church.
988 Conversion of Russia begins. "We knew not whether we were in heaven or
on earth, for surely there is no such splendour or beauty anywhere upon
earth. We cannot describe it to you: only this we know, that God dwells
there among men, and that their service surp***** the wor****p of all other
places. For we cannot forget that beauty." - Envoys of the Russian Prince
Vladimir, after experiencing the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Hagia
Sophia in Constantinople in the year 987.
1054 The Great Schism occurs. Two major issues include Rome's claim to a
universal papal supremacy and her addition of the filioque clause to the
Nicene Creed. The Photian schism (880) further complicated the debate.
1095 The Crusades begun by the Roman Church. The Sack of Constantinople by
Rome (1204) adds to the estrangement between East and West.
1333 St. Gregory Palamas defends the Orthodox practice of hesychast
spirituality and the use of the Jesus prayer.
1453 Turks overrun Constantinople; Byzantine Empire ends.
1517 Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the Roman Church in
Wittenberg, starting the Protestant Reformation. 1529 Church of England
begins pulling away from Rome.
1794 Missionaries arrive on Kodiak Island in Alaska; Orthodoxy introduced
to
North America.
1854 Rome establishes the Immaculate Conception dogma.
1870 Papal Infallibility becomes Roman dogma.
1988 One thousand years of Orthodoxy in Russia, as Orthodox Church
world-wide maintains fulness of the Apostolic faith.
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