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In the year before the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire when Theodosius I, emperor of the East, Gratian, emperor of the West, and Gratian's junior co-ruler Valentinian II issued the Edict of Thessalonica in 380, [1] which recognized the catholic orthodoxy [a] of Nicene Christians as the Roman Empire's state religion.
1640 – Piscataway (Roman Catholic Church) 1642 – Huron-Wendat Nation (Roman Catholic Church) 1650 – Kingdom of Larantuka (Roman Catholic Church) 1654 – Onondaga (Roman Catholic Church) 1663–1665 – Kingdom of Loango (briefly Roman Catholic) 1675 – Illinois Confederation (Roman Catholic Church) 1680 – Siau goes from Catholic to ...
According to Brown, the imperial laws, even though they were not enforced, did have a cumulative effect by 425. They set in place the religious order of Roman society: there was the Catholic church, heresies hostile to the 'true faith', and the two great 'outsiders': Judaism and all of polytheism which was jointly called 'paganism'. [483]
1960: Senator John F. Kennedy is elected, the first Roman Catholic president in United States history. March 28, 1960: Rufino Santos became the First Filipino Cardinal and became the 29th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Manila in the Philippines. October 11, 1962: Pope John XXIII opens the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council.
The power of Rome was transferred to Byzantium which later, in 330 became Constantinople and today is Istanbul. [ 12 ] The " Donation of Constantine ", an 8th-century forgery used to enhance the prestige and authority of popes, places the pope more centrally in the narrative of Constantinian Christianity .
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; [1] the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples of Jesus.
[10] [11] [12] Europe has a rich Christian culture, especially as numerous saints and martyrs and almost all the popes were European themselves. All of the Roman Catholic popes from 741 to 2013 were from Europe. [13] Europe brought together many of the Christian holy sites and heritage and religious centers. [14]
The Roman Catholic Church became increasingly centralized, conservative, and focused on loyalty to the Pope. [458] In 1925, Protestant fundamentalism participated in the Scopes trial [further explanation needed], however, by 1930, the movement appeared to be dying.