From the Author
Introduction
Preface
Call of Abram
Israel Conquers Canaan
Captivities of the Jews
Jews Return to Canaan
Second Temple Built
Rise of the Greek Empire
Septuagint
Rise of the Roman Empire
Second Temple is Repaired
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9 Writings About Christ Before Christianity
Exploring the Centuries before Christianity
Jesus
After Jesus
Saul
Christianity Accepts Gentiles
Council of Jerusalem
Roman Persecution
Rome Destroys the Second Temple
The Tanakh
Death of John the Apostle
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 1st Century
Rome Destroys Jerusalem
The Canon Forms
Heresy
Marcion Creates His Own Bible
Justin Martyr Writes First Apology
Death of Polycarp
Tatian Writes a Harmony of the Gospels
Irenaeus Writes Against Heresies
The Roman Bishop Gains Power
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Exploring the 2nd Century
Origen
Tertullian Teaches of the Trinity
Rules of Faith
Roman Persecution
On the Unity of the Church
Growth of the Roman Church
Pope Claims Matthew 16
Veneration of Peter & Paul in Rome
Anthony Goes into the Desert
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Exploring the 3rd Century
Armenia Legalizes Christianity
Rome Persecutes Christianity [Again]
Rome Accepts Christianity
Council of Nicaea
Athanasius Writes The Life of St. Anthony
Athanasius Identifies the New Testament
Ambrose Defies the Roman Emperor
Jerome Creates the Vulgate
Augustine Becomes Bishop of Hippo
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 4th Century
Pope Innocent I
Death of John Chrysostom
Rome Falls
First Council of Ephesus
Patrick Brings Christianity to Ireland
The Bible is Translated into Armenian
Council of Chalcedon
Leo the Pope meets Attila the Hun
Last Western Emperor
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Exploring the 5th Century
Anno Domini
Justinian and Theodora
Rule of Benedict
Hagia Sophia Completed
Cross as a Christian Symbol
Second Council of Constantinople
Muhammad is Born
The Filioque
Gregory the Great
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Exploring the 6th Century
Iconography
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Eastern Emperor Honors Western Pope
Relic of the True Cross
Muhammad Conquers Mecca
Christianity in China
Synod of Whitby
Siege of Constantinople
The Veneration of Mary
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Exploring the 7th Century
Iconoclastic Controversy Begins
Pope Gregory III
Synod of Hieria
Second Council of Nicaea
Invaders
Monasteries
India, by Contrast
Timothy, Patriarch of the East
Charlemagne
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 8th Century
Triumph of Orthodoxy
On the Body and Blood of the Lord
False Decretals
Apostles to the Slavs
Boris of Bulgaria is Baptized
Death of Ansgar
Cadaver Synod
Alfred the Great
Organ Music
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Exploring the 9th Century
Abbey of Cluny
Normandy
Olga, the Queen of Kiev
Denmark
Mount Athos
Popes & Anti-Popes
Poland
Christianization of Rus
Iceland / Greenland
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 10th Century
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Rome Adopts the Filioque
Esteeming Virginity
Monastery of Caves in Kiev
The Great Schism
A Vision of the Virgin
Invasion of Armenia
Anselm
Papal Power in the Era of Crusades
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 11th Century
Knights Templar
Hospital of the Holy Spirit
Second Crusade
Guide for the Perplexed
Death of Thomas Becket
Lambeth & Winchester Bibles
Ad Abolendam
King Richard Battles Sultan Saladin
Holy Grail
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 12th Century
Fourth Crusade Invades Constantinople
Francis Founds the Franciscan Order
Fourth Lateran Council
Mongols!
Dominicans
Synod of Toulouse
At the Court of Kuyuk Khan in Karakorum
Thomas Aquinas
Year of Jubilee
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 13th Century
Unam Sanctum
Death & Pestilence
Meister Eckhart
Mongols Convert to Islam
Stations of the Cross
Indulgences
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Triumph of Islam
John Wycliffe’s English Bible
9 Reformation Motivations
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 14th Century
Council of Constance
Defenestration of Prague
Joan of Arc
Moscow: The Third Rome
Turks Capture Constantinople
Gutenberg’s Bible
Sistine Chapel
Columbus Discovers America (For Europe)
Art of the Italian Renaissance
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Exploring the 15th Century
St. Peter’s Indulgences
95 Theses of Martin Luther
67 Theses of Huldrych Zwingli
Tyndale Translates the New Testament
Protestants
Church of England
John Calvin in Geneva
Counter-Reformation
Religion Wars
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 16th Century
Multiplying through Divisions
King James Bible
Anticipating the Enlightenment
Russian Schism
Synod of Jerusalem
Deism
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Declaration of Indulgence
Salem Witchcraft Trials
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Exploring the 17th Century
Spiritual Regulation in Russia
Antioch Submits to Rome
John Wesley at Aldersgate
Great Awakenings
Sunday School
The Philokalia
Separation of Church and State
William Wilberforce
William Carey Goes to India
Meanwhile
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Exploring the 18th Century
End of the Holy Roman Empire
Variations on the Theme
Prejudice and the Church
Archaeology
Communist Manifesto
On the Origin of Species
Salvation Army
D.L. Moody & Ira Sankey in England
Toleration in Korea
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Exploring the 19th Century
Boxer Rebellion
Azusa Street
Scofield Study Bible
Russian Revolution
Scopes Monkey Trial
Hitler’s Protestant Reich Church
Second Vatican Council
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ordination of Women
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Exploring the 20th Century