HISTORY OF<christianity

Early Christianity

ApostolicPost

Apostolic/ Ante-Nicene

Union with Roman Empire

Medieval Christianity

1-100 AD 100-325 AD 325-800 AD 800-1300 AD

Who was the last apostle todie and when?

Judas Iscariot 31 AD Hung himselfJames, Son of Zebedee

44-45 AD Beheaded by Herod Agrippa I

Philip 54 AD CrucifiedMatthew 60-70 AD Beheaded in EthiopiaJames, Son of Alpheus

63 AD Stoned / Clubbed

Peter 64-68 AD Inverted crucifixionPaul 67 AD BeheadedAndrew 70 AD CrucifiedBartholomew 70 AD Flayed / CrucifiedThomas 70 AD SpearedMatthias 70 AD Stoned /CrucifiedJude 72 AD Beaten with sticksSimon 74 AD CrucifiedJohn 95 AD Old age

Great Fire of Rome64 AD

PersecutionsPersecution ofChristians

ΙΧΘΥΣΙησους Iesous JesusΧριστóς Xristos Christ,Θεοῦ Theou God’sΥἱός Yios Son,Σωτήρ Sotare Saviour

ἰχθύς ichthys fish

Great Persecution303-311 AD

What does BC and AD mean?

BCAD

Before Christ

Anno DominiIn the year of the Lord

Constantine the Great

Early Church• Emergence of leadership

structure– Episkopos, presbyters,

deacons• Heresies and apologists– Gnostics, Ebionites, Nazarenes

• Iconography• Monasticism– Desert hermit-monks The Good Shepherd

3rd century

Gnosticism

Ambrose Jerome Augustine Gregory the Great

Western ChurchEastern Church

Basil Athanasius Gregory of Nazianzus

John Chrysostom

Apostles’ CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.Amen.

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; from thence he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. In one holy catholic and apostolic Church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Nicene Creed

First Seven Ecumenical Councils

381 ADConstantinople (1st)

325 ADNicaea (1st)

431 ADEphesus

451 ADChalcedon

553 ADConstantinople (2nd)

680 ADConstantinople (3rd)

787 ADNicaea (2nd)

Nicene CreedDate of Easter

Add Holy Spirit toNicene Creed

Mary is Motherof God

Jesus hastwo natures

Venerated holy images

Jesus hastwo wills

Address heresies

Nicene Creed

HERETICSPunching them won’t stop people believing their lies, but it feels so good

Ambrose Jerome Augustine Gregory the Great

Western ChurchEastern Church

Basil Athanasius Gregory of Nazianzus

John Chrysostom

St Augustine of Hippo• Salvation through grace• Original sin• Baptisms are conferred by Christ (not priest)• Baptism necessary for salvation• Children are tainted by original sin and thus

baptism is allowable, and necessary• Damnation of unbaptised infants• Predestination• Just war theory

Ambrose Jerome Augustine Gregory the Great

Western ChurchEastern Church

Basil Athanasius Gregory of Nazianzus

John Chrysostom

Catholic

Protestant

Eastern OrthodoxOriental Orthodox

Restorationism

Church of the East

Denominations

DenominationsCatholic 1.2 billionProtestant 600-800 millionEastern Orthodox 280 millionOriental Orthodox 82 millionRestorationism 49 millionChurch of the East 0.6 million

Great Schism• Disputes with:– Filioque in Nicene Creed

• Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father (and the Son)

– Papal supremacy– Original sin– Immaculate conception– Purgatory

• Excommunications withdrawn in 1995

Oriental OrthodoxEthiopian Orthodox 48 millionCoptic Orthodox 15.5 millionArmenian Apostolic 9.5 millionErtrean Orthodox 2.5 millionMalankara Orthodox 2 millionSyriac Orthodox 1 millionJacobite Syrian Christian 1.2 million

Eastern OrthodoxRussian 125 millionRomanian 23 millionGreek 18.6 millionUkrainian 13.7 millionSerbian 11.5 millionBulgarian 10 millionGeorgian 5 million

ProtestantismPentecostal 130 millionBaptist 100 millionAnglican 85 millionNondenominational 80 millionLutheran 75 millionMethodist 75 millionReformed 75 millionAfrican 40 millionSeventh-day Adventist 17 million

RestorationismLatter Day Saints 15.1 millionIglesia ni Cristo 10 millionNew Apostolic Church 10 millionJehovah’s Witnesses 7.7 millionChurch of Christ, Scientist 0.4 millionFriends of Man 0.07 millionChristadelphians 0.06 million

St. Thomas Christians

2M

1.1M

35k

3.8M

0.5M

1.2M

50k

Ambrose Jerome Augustine Gregory the Great

Western ChurchEastern Church

Basil Athanasius Gregory of Nazianzus

John Chrysostom

St. Thomas Christians

2M

1.1M

35k

3.8M

0.5M

1.2M

50k