Church History Master Timeline, 0 AD - 1049 AD0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100
Major Events
Persecutions
● Battle of Tours732 AD
● Hagia Sophia built537 AD
● Justinian closes the Academy529 AD
● Second Council of Nicea787 AD
Third Council of Constantinople680 AD - 681 AD
● Second Council of Constantinople553 AD
Bar Kokhba Revolt132 AD - 136 AD
Kitos War115 AD - 117 AD
The Great Revolt66 AD - 73 AD
● Fall of Western Roman Empire476 AD
● Council of Chalcedon451 AD
● First Council of Ephesus431 AD
● First Council of Constantinople381 AD
● Destruction of Jerusalem70 AD
● First Council of Nicea325 AD
● Edict of Milan313 Ad
● Battle of the Milvian Bridge312 AD
● Crucifixion of Christ33 AD
● The Tenth Persecution under Diocletian303 AD
● The Sixth Persecution under Maximus235 AD
● The Fourth Persecution under Marcus Aurelius162 AD
● The Fifth Persecution under Severus192 AD
● The Third Persecution under Trajan108 AD
● The Second Persecution under Domitian81 AD
● The First Persecution under Nero67 AD
Famous Christians
● The Ninth Persecution under Aurelian274 AD
● The Eighth Persecution under Valerian257 AD
● The Seventh Persecution under Decius249 AD
Gottschalk of Orbais808 AD - 867 AD
Paschasius Radbertus785 AD - 865 AD
Alcuin of YorkApprox. 735 AD - 804 AD
John of DamascusApprox. 675 AD - 749 AD
Boniface675 AD - 754 AD
Venerable BedeApprox. 673 AD - 735 AD
John ClimacusApprox. 579 AD - 649 AD
Maximus the Confessor580 AD - 662 AD
Isadore of SevilleApprox. 560 AD - 636 AD
Gregory I540 AD - 604 AD
Dionysius the Pseudo-AreopagiteApprox. 500 AD - Approx. 550 AD
Benedict of Nursia480 AD - Approx. 543 AD
Boethius480 AD - 524 AD
Leo the Great400 AD - 461 AD
Gregory of NazianzusApprox. 329 AD - 390 AD
Gregory of NyssaApprox. 335 AD - Approx. 395 AD
Basil of CaesareaApprox. 329 AD - 379 AD
John ChrysostomApprox. 347 AD - 407 AD
Jerome347 AD - 420 AD
AmbroseApprox. 340 AD - 397 AD
Athanasius of AlexandriaApprox. 298 AD - 373 AD
Macrina the Younger324 AD - 379 AD
Hippolytus of RomeApprox. 170 AD - Approx. 235 AD
OrigenApprox. 185 AD - Approx. 254
Tertullian160 AD - 225 AD
Papias of HierapolisApprox. 70 AD - 155 AD
Polycarp69 AD - 155 AD
Clement of RomeApprox. 50 AD - Approx. 101 AD
Ignatius of AntiochApprox. 35 AD - Approx. 108 AD
IrenaeusApprox. 130 AD - Approx. 202 AD
Athenagoras of AthensApprox. 133 AD - Approx. 190 AD
Aristides of AthensApprox. 80 AD - Approx. 133 AD
Quadratus of AthensApprox. 80 AD - 129 AD
Justin Martyr103 AD - 165 AD
Tatian the AssyrianApprox. 120 AD - Approx. 180 AD
Heresy and Heretics
Augustine of Hippo354 AD - 430 AD
Anthony of Egypt251 AD - 357 AD
Cyprian200 AD - 258 AD
Monothelitism638 AD - 681 AD
PelagianismApprox. 400 AD - 418 AD
PelagiusApprox. 360 AD - Approx. 418 AD
DonatismApprox. 311 - Approx. 412
Dontus MagnusApprox. 300 AD - 355 AD
Apollinaris of LaodiceaApprox. 310 AD - Approx. 390 AD
Eutyches380 AD - 456 AD
Marcion of Sinope85 AD - 160 AD
Nestorius
NovatianismApprox. 251 AD - Approx. 350 AD
NovatianApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 258 AD
ArianismApprox. 300 AD - 500 AD
AriusApprox. 250 AD - Approx. 336 AD
SabellianismApprox. 220 AD - Approx. 300 AD
SabelliusApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD
NoetusApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD
MarcionismApprox. 145 AD - Approx. 500 AD
MontanismApprox. 156 - Approx. 200
GnosticismApprox. 75 AD - Approx. 275 AD
Church Ages
Missions
386 AD - 450 AD
The Church Among the Barbarians590 AD - 1049 AD
Nicene Age313 AD - 590 AD
The Ante-Nicene AgeApprox. 100 AD - 313 AD
The Apostolic AgeApprox. 1 AD - Approx. 100 AD
● Conversion of Vladimir I988 AD
Ansgar801 AD - 865 AD
● Alopen enters China635 AD
Aidan of Lindisfarne590 AD - 651 AD
Saint GallApprox. 550 AD - Approx. 646 AD
Columba521 AD - 597 AD
Augustine of CanterburyApprox. 530 AD - 604 AD
Columbanus543 AD - 615 AD
● Conversion of Clovis496 AD
PatrickApprox. 425 AD - Approx. 490 AD
Paul the ApostleApprox. 5 AD - 67 AD
UlfilasApprox. 311 AD - 383 AD
Legend
The Seven Ecumenical Councils
Major Events
First Jewish-Roman War
Second Jewish-Roman War
Third Jewish-Roman War
Drew up Nicene Creed, opposed Arianism
Condemned Apollinarianism
Opposed Nestorianism
Opposed Monophysitism (Eutyches), described Hypostatic Union,adopted Chalcedonian Creed
Crucifixion of Christ33 AD
The Great Revolt66 AD - 73 AD
Destruction of Jerusalem70 AD
Kitos War115 AD - 117 AD
Bar Kokhba Revolt132 AD - 136 AD
Battle of the Milvian Bridge312 AD
Edict of Milan313 Ad
First Council of Nicea325 AD
First Council of Constantinople381 AD
First Council of Ephesus431 AD
Council of Chalcedon451 AD
Platonic school of paganism in Athens closed. Symbolic end of antiquity.
Seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople
Condemned Nestorianism
Condemned monothelitism
Charles Martel defeats Umayyad forces, marking end of Islamicexpansion in western Europe
Restored the veneration of icons
Persecutions
Fall of Western Roman Empire476 AD
Justinian closes the Academy529 AD
Hagia Sophia built537 AD
Second Council of Constantinople553 AD
Third Council of Constantinople680 AD - 681 AD
Battle of Tours732 AD
Second Council of Nicea787 AD
The First Persecution under Nero67 AD
The Second Persecution under Domitian81 AD
The Third Persecution under Trajan108 AD
The Fourth Persecution under Marcus Aurelius162 AD
Famous Christians
Bishop of Antioch
Bishop of Rome, author of 1 Clement
Bishop of Smyrna, martyr
Bishop of Hierapolis, author of Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord
Bishop of Athens, apologist
The Fifth Persecution under Severus192 AD
The Sixth Persecution under Maximus235 AD
The Seventh Persecution under Decius249 AD
The Eighth Persecution under Valerian257 AD
The Ninth Persecution under Aurelian274 AD
The Tenth Persecution under Diocletian303 AD
Ignatius of AntiochApprox. 35 AD - Approx. 108 AD
Clement of RomeApprox. 50 AD - Approx. 101 AD
Polycarp69 AD - 155 AD
Papias of HierapolisApprox. 70 AD - 155 AD
Quadratus of AthensApprox. 80 AD - 129 AD
Philosopher, author of Apology of Aristides
Philosopher, apologist
Composer of the Diatessaron
Bishop of Lugdunum, apologist, author of Against Heresies
Philosopher, apologist
Author, "Father of Latin Christianity"
Controversialist, martyr
Controversial theologian
Bishop of Carthage
Monk in the Egyptian desert
Bishop of Alexandria, theologian, opponent of Arius,
Nun, 'Life of Macrina' written by Gregory of Nyssa
Aristides of AthensApprox. 80 AD - Approx. 133 AD
Justin Martyr103 AD - 165 AD
Tatian the AssyrianApprox. 120 AD - Approx. 180 AD
IrenaeusApprox. 130 AD - Approx. 202 AD
Athenagoras of AthensApprox. 133 AD - Approx. 190 AD
Tertullian160 AD - 225 AD
Hippolytus of RomeApprox. 170 AD - Approx. 235 AD
OrigenApprox. 185 AD - Approx. 254
Cyprian200 AD - 258 AD
Anthony of Egypt251 AD - 357 AD
Athanasius of AlexandriaApprox. 298 AD - 373 AD
Macrina the Younger324 AD - 379 AD
Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca, 'Cappadocian Father'
Archbishop of Constantinople, theologian, 'Cappadocian Father'
Bishop of Nyssa, theologian, 'Cappadocian Father'
Bishop of Milan, opponent of Arius
Theologian, translated the Vulgate
Archbishop of Constantinople, preacher
Bishop of Hippo, philosopher, theologian, author of 'The City of God' and'Confessions,' opponent of Pelagius
Pope, theologian, turned Huns away from Rome
Theologian, philosopher, author
Founder of western Christian monasticism
Mystical theologian and philosopher, writing under pen-name
Pope, authorized the 'Gregorian Mission' to convert Anglo-Saxons,considered the last 'good' pope by John Calvin
Basil of CaesareaApprox. 329 AD - 379 AD
Gregory of NazianzusApprox. 329 AD - 390 AD
Gregory of NyssaApprox. 335 AD - Approx. 395 AD
AmbroseApprox. 340 AD - 397 AD
Jerome347 AD - 420 AD
John ChrysostomApprox. 347 AD - 407 AD
Augustine of Hippo354 AD - 430 AD
Leo the Great400 AD - 461 AD
Boethius480 AD - 524 AD
Benedict of Nursia480 AD - Approx. 543 AD
Dionysius the Pseudo-AreopagiteApprox. 500 AD - Approx. 550 AD
Gregory I540 AD - 604 AD
Archbishop of Seville, involved in conversion of Visigoths, scholar, authorof 'Etymologiae'
Monk of Mt. Sinai, author of 'Ladder of Divine Ascent'
Monk, theologian, scholar
English monk, scholar, author of 'Ecclesiastical History of the EnglishPeople'
Missionary to Germanic areas of Frankish Empire, martyr
Syrian monk, scholar
Scholar, clergyman, teacher, Abbot of Tours
Theologian, abbot of Corbie, defended transubstantiation
Saxon theologian, monk, advocate of double predestination
Heresy and Heretics
Duality and 'higher knowledge,' combat between good and evil deities
Ditheistic, considered Old and New Testaments to have different gods
Isadore of SevilleApprox. 560 AD - 636 AD
John ClimacusApprox. 579 AD - 649 AD
Maximus the Confessor580 AD - 662 AD
Venerable BedeApprox. 673 AD - 735 AD
Boniface675 AD - 754 AD
John of DamascusApprox. 675 AD - 749 AD
Alcuin of YorkApprox. 735 AD - 804 AD
Paschasius Radbertus785 AD - 865 AD
Gottschalk of Orbais808 AD - 867 AD
GnosticismApprox. 75 AD - Approx. 275 AD
Marcion of Sinope85 AD - 160 AD
Gnostic-type duality
Theologically orthodox with increased emphasis on the Holy Spirit
Proto-Sabellian
Modalistic Monarchianism
Novationist
Mondalistic Monarchianism
Arian
Theologically orthodox, refused readmission into church following lapseinto paganism
Christ as created, non-eternal being
Founder of Donatism
Denied Christ's rational human soul
Theologically orthodox, refused to re-accept clergy who had oncehanded over Scriptures to authorities. Donatists lingered until 600s-700sAD
MarcionismApprox. 145 AD - Approx. 500 AD
MontanismApprox. 156 - Approx. 200
NoetusApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD
SabelliusApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 230 AD
NovatianApprox. 200 AD - Approx. 258 AD
SabellianismApprox. 220 AD - Approx. 300 AD
AriusApprox. 250 AD - Approx. 336 AD
NovatianismApprox. 251 AD - Approx. 350 AD
ArianismApprox. 300 AD - 500 AD
Dontus MagnusApprox. 300 AD - 355 AD
Apollinaris of LaodiceaApprox. 310 AD - Approx. 390 AD
DonatismApprox. 311 - Approx. 412
Denied original sin, advocated free will, insisted law could be fulfilledwithout divine aid
Opposed Nestorius, monophysite view of Christ's nature
Controversially anathematized, opposed term 'theotokos,' human anddivine persons of Christ are separate
Denies original sin, advocates free will
Teaching that Christ has two natures but only one will
Church Ages
313 - 590 AD
Missions
PelagiusApprox. 360 AD - Approx. 418 AD
Eutyches380 AD - 456 AD
Nestorius386 AD - 450 AD
PelagianismApprox. 400 AD - 418 AD
Monothelitism638 AD - 681 AD
The Apostolic AgeApprox. 1 AD - Approx. 100 AD
The Ante-Nicene AgeApprox. 100 AD - 313 AD
Nicene Age313 AD - 590 AD
The Church Among the Barbarians590 AD - 1049 AD
Paul the ApostleApprox. 5 AD - 67 AD
Arian missionary, translated Bible into Gothic
Missionary to Ireland
Irish abbot, missionary to Scotland
Benedictine monk, archbishop of Canterbury, missionary to England
Irish missionary to Gaul
Companion of St. Columbanus, missionary to Gaul
Irish monk, missionary to Northumbria
First known missionary to China
Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, mission to northern Europe, 'Apostle ofthe North'
Christianization of Kievan Rus
UlfilasApprox. 311 AD - 383 AD
PatrickApprox. 425 AD - Approx. 490 AD
Conversion of Clovis496 AD
Columba521 AD - 597 AD
Augustine of CanterburyApprox. 530 AD - 604 AD
Columbanus543 AD - 615 AD
Saint GallApprox. 550 AD - Approx. 646 AD
Aidan of Lindisfarne590 AD - 651 AD
Alopen enters China635 AD
Ansgar801 AD - 865 AD
Conversion of Vladimir I988 AD
Church History Master Timeline, 1049 AD - 1517 AD1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550
Major Events
Famous Christians
● Columbus discovers America1492 AD
Black Death1348 AD - 1350 AD
● Fall of Constantinople1453 AD
Papal Schism1378 AD - 1417 AD
Avignon Papacy1309 AD - 1376 AD
● 'Unum Sanctum' Issued1302 AD
● Aquinas completes 'Summa Theologica'1272 AD
● Children's Crusade1212 AD
Albigensian Crusade1209 AD - 1229 AD
Ninth Crusade1271 AD - 1272 AD
● Eighth Crusade1270 AD
Seventh Crusade1248 AD - 1254 AD
Sixth Crusade1228 AD - 1229 AD
Fifth Crusade1217 AD - 1221 AD
Fourth Crusade1202 AD - 1204 AD
Third Crusade1189 AD - 1192 AD
Second Crusade1147 AD - 1149 AD
First Crusade1095 AD - 1099 AD
● East-West Schism1054 AD
Girolamo Savonarola1452 AD - 1498 AD
Gabriel Biel1420 AD - 1495 AD
Thomas a Kempis1380 AD - 1471 AD
Geert Groote1340 AD - 1384 AD
Gregory Palamas1296 AD - 1359 AD
Gregory of Remini1300 AD - 1358 AD
William of Ockham1287 AD - 1347 AD
Jan Hus1369 AD - 1415 AD
John WycliffeApprox. 1320 AD - 1384 AD
Boniface VIII1230 AD - 1303 AD
Meister Eckhart1260 AD - 1327 AD
Louis IX1214 AD - 1270 AD
Albertus Magnus1200 AD - 1280 AD
Francis of Assisi1182 AD - 1226 AD
Peter Waldo1140 AD - 1205 AD
Stephen Langton1150 AD - 1228 AD
Dominic1170 AD - 1221 AD
Thomas Becket1119 AD - 1170 AD
Peter Abelard1079 AD - 1142 AD
Peter Lombard1096 AD - 1160 AD
Bernard of Clairvaux1090 AD - 1153 AD
Anselm of Canterbury1033 AD - 1109 AD
Gregory VII1015 AD - 1085 AD
Missions
Catherine of Siena1347 AD - 1380 AD
Walter Hilton1340 AD - 1396 AD
Julian of Norwich1342 AD - 1416 AD
Thomas Bradwardine1300 AD - 1349 AD
John Duns Scotus1266 AD - 1308 AD
Dante Alighieri1265 AD - 1321 AD
Johannes Tauler1300 AD - 1361 AD
Bonaventure1221 AD - 1274 AD
Thomas Aquinas1225 AD - 1274 AD
Raymond Llull1232 AD - 1315 AD
John of Montecorvino1247 AD - 1328 AD
Major Events
Elimination of Catharism in southern France
East-West Schism1054 AD
First Crusade1095 AD - 1099 AD
Second Crusade1147 AD - 1149 AD
Third Crusade1189 AD - 1192 AD
Fourth Crusade1202 AD - 1204 AD
Albigensian Crusade1209 AD - 1229 AD
Children's Crusade1212 AD
Fifth Crusade1217 AD - 1221 AD
Sixth Crusade1228 AD - 1229 AD
Seventh Crusade1248 AD - 1254 AD
Eighth Crusade1270 AD
Papal bull indicates that submission to Pope and Roman Catholic Churchis required for salvation
Papacy resides in Avignon, France
Three rival popes
End of Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
Famous Christians
Pope, involved in Investiture Controversy
Benedictine monk, Abbot, theologian, author of 'Cur Deus Homo'
French scholastic philosopher
Ninth Crusade1271 AD - 1272 AD
Aquinas completes 'Summa Theologica'1272 AD
'Unum Sanctum' Issued1302 AD
Avignon Papacy1309 AD - 1376 AD
Black Death1348 AD - 1350 AD
Papal Schism1378 AD - 1417 AD
Fall of Constantinople1453 AD
Columbus discovers America1492 AD
Gregory VII1015 AD - 1085 AD
Anselm of Canterbury1033 AD - 1109 AD
Peter Abelard1079 AD - 1142 AD
French abbot, reformer of Cistercian order, opponent of Peter Abelard
Scholastic theologian, Bishop of Paris
Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered on order of Henry II
Leader of Waldensian, pre-reformer
Archbishop of Canterbury, divided Bible into chapters, involved in crisisthat created Magna Carta
Castilian priest, founder of the Dominican order
Founder of Franciscan Order
German Dominican Friar, philosopher, theologian
King of France, ended Albigensian crusade, royal reformer, involved in7th and 8th crusades
Italian Franciscan, scholastic theologian, philosopher, author
Dominican Friar, philosopher, theologian, author of 'Summa Theologiae,'major contributor to Roman Catholic Theology
Pope, centralized power of the papacy
Bernard of Clairvaux1090 AD - 1153 AD
Peter Lombard1096 AD - 1160 AD
Thomas Becket1119 AD - 1170 AD
Peter Waldo1140 AD - 1205 AD
Stephen Langton1150 AD - 1228 AD
Dominic1170 AD - 1221 AD
Francis of Assisi1182 AD - 1226 AD
Albertus Magnus1200 AD - 1280 AD
Louis IX1214 AD - 1270 AD
Bonaventure1221 AD - 1274 AD
Thomas Aquinas1225 AD - 1274 AD
Boniface VIII1230 AD - 1303 AD
German theologian, philosopher, mystic
Italian poet, author of 'Divine Comedy'
Theologian, scholastic philosopher
Franciscan, scholastic philosopher, theologian, known of 'Occam's Razor'
Monk of Mount Athos, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Byzantine theologian
German mystic, theologian, Dominican, disciple of Meister Eckhart
Scholastic philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury
Scholastic philosopher and theologian
Theologian, Bible translator, pre-reformer, founder of Lollard movement,'morning star of the English reformation'
English Augustinian mystic
Founder of pietistic group 'Brethren of the Common Life,' influential inDevotio Moderna
English Anchoress, mystic, author of 'Revelations of Divine Love'
Meister Eckhart1260 AD - 1327 AD
Dante Alighieri1265 AD - 1321 AD
John Duns Scotus1266 AD - 1308 AD
William of Ockham1287 AD - 1347 AD
Gregory Palamas1296 AD - 1359 AD
Johannes Tauler1300 AD - 1361 AD
Thomas Bradwardine1300 AD - 1349 AD
Gregory of Remini1300 AD - 1358 AD
John WycliffeApprox. 1320 AD - 1384 AD
Walter Hilton1340 AD - 1396 AD
Geert Groote1340 AD - 1384 AD
Julian of Norwich1342 AD - 1416 AD
Dominican, scholastic philosopher and theologian, involved in briningback Avignon papacy
Czech theologian, priest, pre-reformer, founder of Hussites
Author of 'The Imitation of Christ'
Scholastic philosopher, related to Brethren of the Common Life
Italian Dominican, preacher, pre-Reformer, martyr
Missions
Franciscan, philosopher, logician, writer, worked for evangelization ofMuslims
Franciscan missionary to India and China
Catherine of Siena1347 AD - 1380 AD
Jan Hus1369 AD - 1415 AD
Thomas a Kempis1380 AD - 1471 AD
Gabriel Biel1420 AD - 1495 AD
Girolamo Savonarola1452 AD - 1498 AD
Raymond Llull1232 AD - 1315 AD
John of Montecorvino1247 AD - 1328 AD
Church History Master Timeline, 1517 AD - 2001 AD1450 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
Major Events
England
Charles Spurgeon1834 - 1892
J. C. Ryle1816 - 1900
John Henry Newman1801 - 1890
Thomas Coke
William Wilberforce1759 - 1833
Charles Simeon1759 - 1836
Benjamin Ingham1712 - 1772
Howell Harris1714 - 1773
Philip Doddridge1702 - 1751
Isaac Watts1674 - 1748
Daniel Rowland1711 - 1790
John Wesley1703 - 1791
Charles Wesley1707 - 1788
Selina Hastings1707 - 1791
George Whitfield1714 - 1770
Griffith Jones1684 - 1761
Isaac Newton
● Great Ejection1662
● 1689 London Baptist Confession1689
John Flavel1627 - 1691
Richard Baxter1615 - 1691
● Glorious Revolution1688
James Ussher1581 - 1656
William Laud1573 - 1645
Oliver Cromwell1599 - 1658
● Millenary Petition1603
George Herbert1593 - 1633
John Bunyan1628 - 1688
John Owen1616 - 1683
Richard Hooker1554 - 1600
Thomas Cartwright1535 - 1603
● Thirty-nine Articles of Religion1571
Lancelot Andrews1555 - 1626
● First English Book of Common Prayer1549
John Hooper1500 - 1555
Richard Cox1500 - 1581
John Bradford1510 - 1555
Myles Coverdale1488 - 1569
William Tyndale1494 - 1536
Hugh Latimer1487 - 1555
Henry VIII1491 - 1547
Thomas Cranmer1489 - 1556
Scotland
Switzerland
William Williams Pantycelyn1717 - 1791
1747 - 1814
John Berridge1716 - 1793
Henry Venn1725 - 1797
John Newton1725 - 1807
John Cennick1718 - 1755
William Romaine1714 - 1795
1642 - 1726
● Westminster Confession of Faith1646
William Robertson Smith1846 - 1894
Thomas Chalmers1780 - 1847
John Duncan1796 - 1870
Horatius Bonar1808 - 1889
Robert Murray M'Cheyne1813 - 1843
Andrew Bonar1810 - 1892
Willielma Campbell1741 - 1786
Thomas Boston1676 - 1732
Ralph Erskine1658 - 1752
Robert Haldane1764 - 1842
The Killing TimeApprox. 1680 - 1688
● Battle of Rullion Green1666
Henry Scougal1650 - 1678
Samuel Rutherford1600 - 1661
● Solemn League and Covenant1643
Alexander Henderson1583 - 1646
Andrew Melville1545 - 1622
● Scots Confession1560
John Knox1513 - 1572
Germany
Frederic Louis Godet1812 - 1900
Francis Turretin1623 - 1687
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne1794 - 1872
Thomas Erastus1524 - 1583
● Geneva Psalter of 15621562
Francis de Sales1567 - 1622
● Second Helvetic Confession1564
● First Helvetic Confession1536
Theodore Beza1519 - 1605
Michael Sattler1490 - 1527
● Schleitheim Confession1527
George Blaurock1491 - 1529
Conrad Grebel1498 - 1526
William Farel1489 - 1565
Heinrich Bullinger1504 - 1575
Ulrich Zwingli1484 - 1531
John Calvin1509 - 1563
Michael Servetus1511 - 1553
Adolf Schlatter1852 - 1938
Nicolaus Zinzendorf
August Hermann Francke1663 - 1727
Philipp Spener1635 - 1705
Abraham Calovius
● Peace of Augsburg1555
● Heidelberg Catechism1563
Martin Luther1483 - 1546
Thomas Muntzer
Andreas Karlstadt1486 - 1541
Holland / Belgium
America
1700 - 1760
Georg Calixtus1586 - 1656
1612 - 1686
Thirty Years' War1618 - 1648
Johann Gerhard1582 - 1637
● Formula of Conrod1577
Martin Chemnitz1522 - 1586
Martin Bucer1491 - 1551
1489 - 1525
Philip Melanchthon1497 - 1560
Munster Rebellion1534 - 1535
Abraham Kuyper1837 - 1920
Johannes Cocceius1603 - 1669
Hermann Witsius1636 - 1708
Cornelius Jansen1585 - 1638
Gisbertus Voetius1589 - 1676
Canons of Dort1618 - 1619
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus1466 - 1536
Jacobus Arminius1560 - 1609
William Ames1576 - 1633
● Belgic Confession1561
Menno Simons1496 - 1561
B. B. Warfield1851 - 1921
John Chavis1763 - 1838
Salem Witch Trials1692 - 1693
Alexander Whitaker1585 - 1616
Francis Schaeffer1912 - 1984
Billy Sunday1862 - 1935
Robert Lewis Dabney1820 - 1898
Dwight Moody1837 - 1899
Samuel Miller1769 - 1850
Theodore Wright1797 - 1847
Charles Hodge1797 - 1878
Lyman Beecher1775 - 1863
Philip Schaff1819 - 1893
John Williamson Nevin1803 - 1886
Asahel Nettleton1783 - 1844
Peter Cartwright1785 - 1872
● Andover Seminary founded1807
Charles Colcock Jones1804 - 1863
Andrew Bryan1737 - 1812
Timothy Dwight IV1752 - 1817
Francis Asbury1745 - 1816
Richard Allen1760 - 1831
Lemuel Haynes1753 - 1833
● Yale University Founded1701
John Witherspoon1722 - 1794
Samuel Davies1723 - 1761
Eleazar Wheelock1711 - 1779
David Brainerd1718 - 1747
Gilbert Tennent1703 - 1764
Jonathan Edwards1703 - 1758
John Woolman1720 - 1772
William Tennent1673 - 1746
Salem Witch Trials1692 - 1693
Cotton Mather1663 - 1728
● Half-Way Covenant1662
Solomon Stoddard1643 - 1729
Increase Mather1639 - 1723
Roger Williams1603 - 1683
John Cotton1585 - 1652
Thomas Hooker1586 - 1647
John Davenport1597 - 1670
● Founding of Harvard College1636
● Cambridge Platform1648
John Eliot1604 - 1690
Missions
Spain
France
● Princeton Seminary Founded1812
Daniel Payne1811 - 1893
Amy Carmichael1867 - 1951
Amy Carmichael1867 - 1951
John Stam1907 - 1934
Mary Slessor1848 - 1915
Hudson Taylor1832 - 1905
William Henry Sheppard1865 - 1927
John Paton1824 - 1907
Alexander Duff1806 - 1878
Adoniram Judson1788 - 1850
David Livingstone1813 - 1873
Henry Martyn1781 - 1812
George Lisle1750 - 1820
William Carey1761 - 1834
Francis Xavier1506 - 1552
John of the Cross1542 - 1591
Teresa of Avila1515 - 1582
John of God1495 - 1550
Ignatius of Loyola1491 - 1556
Italy
Adolphe Monad1802 - 1856
Madame Guyon1648 - 1717
Francois Fenelon1651 - 1715
Brother Lawrence1614 - 1691
Vincent de Paul1581 - 1660
Blaise Pascal1623 - 1662
Rene Descartes1596 - 1650
● Edict of Nantes1598
● St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreAugust 23, 1572
Vatican I1869 - 1870
Vatican II1962 - 1965
Council of Trent1545 - 1563
Robert Bellarmine1542 - 1621
Major Events
England
Anglican, martyr under Queen Mary
Bible translator, Bishop of Exeter
Leader of English Reformation, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled HenryVIII's marriage
King of England, separated Church of England from papal authority,instituted Anglican Church
Bible translator, martyr
Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Ely, reformer
Reformer, Bishop of Cloucester and Worcester, martyr
Reformer, martyr
Puritan
Hugh Latimer1487 - 1555
Myles Coverdale1488 - 1569
Thomas Cranmer1489 - 1556
Henry VIII1491 - 1547
William Tyndale1494 - 1536
Richard Cox1500 - 1581
John Hooper1500 - 1555
John Bradford1510 - 1555
Thomas Cartwright1535 - 1603
First English Book of Common Prayer1549
Theologian, influential in Anglican thinking as opposed to Puritanism
English bishop, oversaw translation of King James Version
Defined the doctrine of the Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury, opponent of puritanism
Church of Ireland Archbishop, chronologist, author of 'The Annals of theWorld'
Poet, Anglican priest
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, puritan,
Puritan petition to James I
Puritan, theologian, controversialist
Nonconformist theologian, academian, writer
presbyterian clergyman, puritan, author
Puritan, preacher, author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress'
Richard Hooker1554 - 1600
Lancelot Andrews1555 - 1626
Thirty-nine Articles of Religion1571
William Laud1573 - 1645
James Ussher1581 - 1656
George Herbert1593 - 1633
Oliver Cromwell1599 - 1658
Millenary Petition1603
Richard Baxter1615 - 1691
John Owen1616 - 1683
John Flavel1627 - 1691
John Bunyan1628 - 1688
mathematician, astronomer, theologian, physicist
Reformed confession of faith drawn up by Westminster assembly
Puritan ministers ejected from churches
Minister, hymn writer, theologian, logician
Welsh minister, education organizer
Leads to religious toleration
Nonconformist, educator, hymnwriter
Theologian, founder of Methodism, evangelist, influential in the GreatAwakening
Supporter of methodism, Countess of Huntingdon
Methodist founder, evangelist
Leader of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist revival, preacher
Isaac Newton1642 - 1726
Westminster Confession of Faith1646
Great Ejection1662
Isaac Watts1674 - 1748
Griffith Jones1684 - 1761
Glorious Revolution1688
1689 London Baptist Confession1689
Philip Doddridge1702 - 1751
John Wesley1703 - 1791
Selina Hastings1707 - 1791
Charles Wesley1707 - 1788
Daniel Rowland1711 - 1790
Minister, missionary in Georgia
Church of England minister
Anglican cleric, founder of Methodism, evangelist, influence in the greatawakening
Welsh Methodist, evangelist
Evangelist, hymnist
Hymn-writer, leader of the Welsh Methodist revival
Methodist, Moravian evangelist, hymnwriter
Clergyman, sailor, hymnwriter, author of 'Amazing Grace'
Minister, founder of the Clapham Sect (evangelical social reformers of theChurch of England)
Methodist bishop, 'father of methodist missions'
Clergyman, founder of the Church Missionary Society
Politician, reformer, evangelical, abolitionist
Benjamin Ingham1712 - 1772
William Romaine1714 - 1795
George Whitfield1714 - 1770
Howell Harris1714 - 1773
John Berridge1716 - 1793
William Williams Pantycelyn1717 - 1791
John Cennick1718 - 1755
John Newton1725 - 1807
Henry Venn1725 - 1797
Thomas Coke1747 - 1814
Charles Simeon1759 - 1836
William Wilberforce1759 - 1833
Anglican priest, Catholic cardinal, theologian
Anglican bishop
Baptist preacher, "Prince of Preachers"
Scotland
Minister, theologian, author,
Scholar, theologian, reformer
Protestant confession of presbyterian faith
Theologian, ecclesiastical stateman, reformer
Presbyterian pastor, theologian, author
Agreement between Scottish covenanters and leaders of the Englishparliamentarians during First English Civil War
Theologian, minister, author of 'The Life of God in the Soul of Man'
Minister
John Henry Newman1801 - 1890
J. C. Ryle1816 - 1900
Charles Spurgeon1834 - 1892
John Knox1513 - 1572
Andrew Melville1545 - 1622
Scots Confession1560
Alexander Henderson1583 - 1646
Samuel Rutherford1600 - 1661
Solemn League and Covenant1643
Henry Scougal1650 - 1678
Ralph Erskine1658 - 1752
Covenanters defeated by Royalist forces
Church leader, theologian, philosopher
Conflict between presbyterian covenanters and royalist forces
Scottish evangelical
Scottish churchman
minister, professor of theology
Minister, missionary to Hungarian Jews, professor of Hebrew
Scottish churchman, poet, hymn-writer
Minister of the Free Church of Scotland
Minister in the Church of Scotland
Orientalist, Old Testament scholar, minister
Switzerland
Battle of Rullion Green1666
Thomas Boston1676 - 1732
The Killing TimeApprox. 1680 - 1688
Willielma Campbell1741 - 1786
Robert Haldane1764 - 1842
Thomas Chalmers1780 - 1847
John Duncan1796 - 1870
Horatius Bonar1808 - 1889
Andrew Bonar1810 - 1892
Robert Murray M'Cheyne1813 - 1843
William Robertson Smith1846 - 1894
Reformer in Zurich
Evangelist, influence on John Calvin
Anabaptist leader, involved in Schleitheim Confession, martyr
Founder of anabaptist group Swiss Brethren
Founder of anabaptist group Swiss Brethren
Reformer, successor of Zwingli
Theologian, pastor, reformer in Geneva, described Calvinism, author of'Institutes of the Christian Religion'
Scholar, denied orthodox Trinity, burnt in Geneva
Theologian, scholar, student of John Calvin
Believed that the state, not the church, should punish Christian sins
statement of Anabaptist principles
Expression of Reformed belief in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli1484 - 1531
William Farel1489 - 1565
Michael Sattler1490 - 1527
George Blaurock1491 - 1529
Conrad Grebel1498 - 1526
Heinrich Bullinger1504 - 1575
John Calvin1509 - 1563
Michael Servetus1511 - 1553
Theodore Beza1519 - 1605
Thomas Erastus1524 - 1583
Schleitheim Confession1527
First Helvetic Confession1536
Expression of beliefs of Reformed churches of Switzerland
Roman Catholic Bishop in Geneva, writer
Reformed scholastic theologian
minister, historian of the reformation
Theologian
Germany
Monk, theologian, reformer, founder of Lutheranism, author of 95 Theses,excommunicated, touched off Protestant Reformation
Protestant theologian, clashed with Luther
Theologian, leader of the German peasant uprising 'German Peasant'sWar'
Reformer
Lutheran reformer
Geneva Psalter of 15621562
Second Helvetic Confession1564
Francis de Sales1567 - 1622
Francis Turretin1623 - 1687
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne1794 - 1872
Frederic Louis Godet1812 - 1900
Martin Luther1483 - 1546
Andreas Karlstadt1486 - 1541
Thomas Muntzer1489 - 1525
Martin Bucer1491 - 1551
Philip Melanchthon1497 - 1560
Lutheran theologian, reformer
Radical Anabaptist rebellion
Treaty ending religious struggle in Holy Roman Empire, rulers maychoose either Roman Catholicism or Lutheranism
One of the three forms of unity, reformed confession of doctrine
Lutheran statement of faith
Lutheran scholastic theologian
Lutheran theologian, ecumenicalist
Lutheran theologian
Lutheran theologian, "father of pietism"
Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar
Bishop of the Moravian church, missions pioneer, founder of theHerrnhuter Brudergemeine
Martin Chemnitz1522 - 1586
Munster Rebellion1534 - 1535
Peace of Augsburg1555
Heidelberg Catechism1563
Formula of Conrod1577
Johann Gerhard1582 - 1637
Georg Calixtus1586 - 1656
Abraham Calovius1612 - 1686
Thirty Years' War1618 - 1648
Philipp Spener1635 - 1705
August Hermann Francke1663 - 1727
Nicolaus Zinzendorf1700 - 1760
theologian, scholar
Holland / Belgium
Renaissance humanist, priest, scholar, linguist, writer
Anabaptist leader, founder of Mennonites
Professor of theology, challenged reformed viewpoints and started theArminian movement
One of the Three Forms of Unity of the Reformed Church
English theologian, opponent of Arminianism
Catholic bishop of Ypres, father of Jansenism (a theological movementemphasizing original sin, depravity, divine grace, and predestination,condemned as heretical by the Roman Catholic Church)
Calvinist theologian
Dutch theologian
Part of the three forms of unity, condemnation of Arminian theology
Adolf Schlatter1852 - 1938
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus1466 - 1536
Menno Simons1496 - 1561
Jacobus Arminius1560 - 1609
Belgic Confession1561
William Ames1576 - 1633
Cornelius Jansen1585 - 1638
Gisbertus Voetius1589 - 1676
Johannes Cocceius1603 - 1669
Canons of Dort1618 - 1619
Dutch theologian
Prime minister of the Netherlands, theologian
America
Anglican theologian who established churches in Jamestown colony,known as 'The Apostle of Virginia'
Minister and theologian of Massachusetts Bay Colony, puritan
Puritan colonial leader, founder of Connecticut
Puritan clergyman, co-founder of New Haven
Theologian, baptist, founder of Rhode Island
Puritan missionary to American indians, called 'the apostle to the indians'
Massachusetts minister
Congregationalist pastor, influential in the Half-Way Covenant
Hermann Witsius1636 - 1708
Abraham Kuyper1837 - 1920
Alexander Whitaker1585 - 1616
John Cotton1585 - 1652
Thomas Hooker1586 - 1647
John Davenport1597 - 1670
Roger Williams1603 - 1683
John Eliot1604 - 1690
Founding of Harvard College1636
Increase Mather1639 - 1723
Solomon Stoddard1643 - 1729
Doctrinal statement for the Puritan Congregational churches in colonialNew England
Form of partial church membership for the unregenerate
puritan minister, author
Founder of the Log College, predecessor of Princeton University
Preacher, philosopher, theologian
evangelist, leader of the Great Awakening
Congregational minister, educator, founder of Darmouth College
missionary to native Americans
Merchant, Quaker preacher, reformist
Cambridge Platform1648
Half-Way Covenant1662
Cotton Mather1663 - 1728
William Tennent1673 - 1746
Salem Witch Trials1692 - 1693
Salem Witch Trials1692 - 1693
Yale University Founded1701
Jonathan Edwards1703 - 1758
Gilbert Tennent1703 - 1764
Eleazar Wheelock1711 - 1779
David Brainerd1718 - 1747
John Woolman1720 - 1772
minister, American founding father, president of Princeton University
Evangelist, minister, missionary to slaves, author, President of PrincetonUniversity
Former slave, minister
Methodist bishop, involved in Second Great Awakening
Minister, theologian, author, president of Yale College, founder of theAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Minister, abolitionist
Minister, educator, writer, founder of the AME Church
Educator, minister
Presbyterian theologian
minister, founder of the American Temperance Society
Theologian, pastor, influence in the Second Great Awakening, opponentof Charles Finney
Methodist preacher, revivalist, circuit rider
John Witherspoon1722 - 1794
Samuel Davies1723 - 1761
Andrew Bryan1737 - 1812
Francis Asbury1745 - 1816
Timothy Dwight IV1752 - 1817
Lemuel Haynes1753 - 1833
Richard Allen1760 - 1831
John Chavis1763 - 1838
Samuel Miller1769 - 1850
Lyman Beecher1775 - 1863
Asahel Nettleton1783 - 1844
Peter Cartwright1785 - 1872
theologian
Abolitionist, minister
theologian
Presbyterian clergyman, educator, missionary to slaves, planter
Bishop of the AME
Theologian, church historian
Theologian, pastor
Evangelist
Seminarian, theologian
Athlete, evangelist
Charles Hodge1797 - 1878
Theodore Wright1797 - 1847
John Williamson Nevin1803 - 1886
Charles Colcock Jones1804 - 1863
Andover Seminary founded1807
Daniel Payne1811 - 1893
Princeton Seminary Founded1812
Philip Schaff1819 - 1893
Robert Lewis Dabney1820 - 1898
Dwight Moody1837 - 1899
B. B. Warfield1851 - 1921
Billy Sunday1862 - 1935
Theologian, philosopher, founder of L'Abri community
Missions
Jesuit missionary to India
Emancipated slave, pastor, first American missionary (to Jamaica)
Missionary to India, minister, translator
Anglican priest, missionary to India and Persia
American Baptist missionary to Burma
Missionary to India
Medical missionary to Africa, abolitionist
Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides
Missionary to China, founder of the China Inland Mission
Scottish missionary to Nigeria
Francis Schaeffer1912 - 1984
Francis Xavier1506 - 1552
George Lisle1750 - 1820
William Carey1761 - 1834
Henry Martyn1781 - 1812
Adoniram Judson1788 - 1850
Alexander Duff1806 - 1878
David Livingstone1813 - 1873
John Paton1824 - 1907
Hudson Taylor1832 - 1905
Mary Slessor1848 - 1915
Missionary to the Congo
Missionary to India
Missionary to India
Missionary to China, martyr
Spain
Founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
Nun, mystic, author, monastic reformer
Spanish mystic, friar, priest, figure in counter-reformation
France
Roman Catholic priest
William Henry Sheppard1865 - 1927
Amy Carmichael1867 - 1951
Amy Carmichael1867 - 1951
John Stam1907 - 1934
Ignatius of Loyola1491 - 1556
John of God1495 - 1550
Teresa of Avila1515 - 1582
John of the Cross1542 - 1591
St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreAugust 23, 1572
Vincent de Paul1581 - 1660
Philosopher, mathematician, scientist
Lay brother, author/originist of 'The Practice of the Presence of God'
Theologian, mathematician, inventor, writer, scientist
Catholic mystic
Archbishop, theologian
French Protestant preacher
Italy
Jesuit, Cardinal, important figure in counter-reformation
Roman Catholic council solidified Catholic doctrine and condemnedProtestant doctrine
Vatican council that decreed papal infallibility
Roman Catholic church council, resulted in church reforms
Rene Descartes1596 - 1650
Edict of Nantes1598
Brother Lawrence1614 - 1691
Blaise Pascal1623 - 1662
Madame Guyon1648 - 1717
Francois Fenelon1651 - 1715
Adolphe Monad1802 - 1856
Robert Bellarmine1542 - 1621
Council of Trent1545 - 1563
Vatican I1869 - 1870
Vatican II1962 - 1965