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Christian History Project Online Version of the 12-Volume Popular History Series The Christians : Their First Two Thousand Years, Sponsored by the Society to Explore and Record Christian History; Flavius Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, earlyjewishwritings.com; Flavius Josephus: Early Jewish Writings- The Wars Of The Jews, earlyjewishwritings.com
Arianism – third to fourth century – Jesus, while not merely mortal, was not eternally divine and was of some lesser status than God the Father. [note 1] In the middle of the second century, the Christian communities of Rome, for example, were divided between followers of Marcion, Montanism, and the gnostic teachings of Valentinus.
This is a timeline showing the dates when countries or polities made Christianity the official state religion, generally accompanying the baptism of the governing monarch. Adoptions of Christianity to AD 1450
Christianity reached Roman Britain by the third century of the Christian era, the first recorded martyrs in Britain being St. Alban of Verulamium and Julius and Aaron of Caerleon, during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).
Christianity was present in Roman Britain from at least the 3rd century. In 313, the Edict of Milan legalised Christianity, and it quickly became the major religion in the Roman Empire . [ 1 ] The following year the Council of Arles was attended by three bishops from Eboracum (York), Londinium (London) and either Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) or ...
The gradual rise of Germanic Christianity was, at times, voluntary, particularly amongst groups associated with the Roman Empire. From the 6th century AD, Germanic tribes were converted (and re-converted) by missionaries of the Catholic Church. [citation needed] Many Goths converted to Christianity as individuals outside the Roman Empire.
1723 – Robert Millar publishes A History of the Propagation of Christianity and the Overthrow of Paganism advocating prayer as the primary means of converting non-Christians [173] 1724 – Yongzheng Emperor bans missionary activities outside the Beijing area; 1725 – Knud Leem arrives as a missionary to the Sami people of Finnmark (Norwegian ...
Christianity in the 3rd century – defining Scripture, development of monasticism, ante-Nicene fathers, various heresies, spread of Christianity, persecution; Christianity in the 4th century – Constantine, council of Nicaea, Nicene and post-Nicene fathers, Scripture, Bishops, controversies, heresies, spread of Christianity, persecutions ...