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Hey all,

I’m working on a project and am trying to define the 10 most important or defining moments in the church history. The list would begin with Pentacost and continue through to today (not that today is a defining moment, of course).

If some of you wanted to give your 2 cents as to what would be on this list, it would be a helpful way for me to have a check and balance to what I’ve developed, which I’ll keep to myself for the sake of a clean slate in this thread.

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
Peter’s inclusion of the Gentiles in the Covenant. (Acts 9)

The Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)

The Destruction of the Temple in 70AD.

The Council of Nicea
 
A few I can think of would be:

The Council of Jerusalem in 50 B.C.
First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea - May 20, 325
Vatican II
Pope John Paul II’s reign (and death).

A wonderful time line can be found here.
 
The Councils of Hippo and Carthage, which helped us form the Scriptural Canons should rank up there.
 
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  1. Pentecost.
  2. Peter’s inclusion of the Gentiles in the Covenant. (Acts 9)
  3. The Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
-]4. The Destruction of the Temple in 70AD./-]
  1. The Council of Nicea
  2. The Definition of the Canon of Scripture by Pope Damasus in 382 AD after the Council of Rome.
  3. The schism of 1045 AD
  4. The Reformation &
  5. Council of Trent
  6. Vatican II
  7. Pope John Paul II’s reign (and death).
 
Even though it technically preceds the founding of the Church, I think you have to include the life, ministry, Passion and Resurrection of Jesus.
 
I think that one of the most important facts about the church is that some things just don’t change.

The times change but the church does not.
 
Church_Militant said:
  1. Pope John Paul II’s reign (and death).
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A great list – I agree with it, except I question #10. I have to wonder if JPII’s reign will hold up through the long course of history. Don’t get me wrong, I think he was a great pope, but there have been other great popes in the Church’s history too. Is he on this list because he is a standout amongst all popes, or is he on this list because you are influenced by your experience of him living during your lifetime?
 
jpjd said:
A great list – I agree with it, except I question #10. I have to wonder if JPII’s reign will hold up through the long course of history. Don’t get me wrong, I think he was a great pope, but there have been other great popes in the Church’s history too. Is he on this list because he is a standout amongst all popes, or is he on this list because you are influenced by your experience of him living during your lifetime?
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Because it is the defining moment at that point in time in history.
 
Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses in 1517…for better or for worse.
 
rr1213 said:
Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses in 1517…for better or for worse.
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I think for better and for worse.

For one, it high-lighted a problem in the Church (well, maybe a couple of problems…), that could then be resolved.

But on the other hand, instead of sticking around to help fix it, it caused a break up among the faithful. (Sigh)
 
1.)The First Councils (please note the plural spelling) at Nicea and Constantinople, which affirmed and expanded the Creed that we recite every Sunday at Holy Mass.

2.) The Council of Trent.

3.) Spain’s Reconquista.

4.) The Introduction of the GREGORIAN Calendar.

5.) Publication of The Syllabus of Errors (?).

6.) Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum.

[SIGN]Oh, well. I guess six out of ten isn’t all bad.[/SIGN]
 
Church_Militant said:
  1. Pentecost.
  2. Peter’s inclusion of the Gentiles in the Covenant. (Acts 9)
  3. The Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
-]4. The Destruction of the Temple in 70AD./-]
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Why did you strike out the temple? Doesn’t that mark the true end of the Old Covenant? Israel has been judged.
 
Here’s my two cents:

Constantine’s establishment of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire.

After that there were no more major persecutions of Christians and Christianity could come out from the underground and assume a more public and prominent role.

ChadS
 
ChadS said:
Here’s my two cents:

Constantine’s establishment of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire.

After that there were no more major persecutions of Christians and Christianity could come out from the underground and assume a more public and prominent role.

ChadS
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Constantine did NOT make Christianity the “religion of the Roman Empire”. He just made it a legal religion, among the numerous other legal religions, such as Mithraism.

And Constantine’s son, renewed the persecutions, as well as a few more successive emperors. For a while, the legal status of Christianity was like a yoyo, bouncing between legal and rogue.

But your main point, Constantine’s approval, did allow the emergence of the public presence of the Church.
 
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