Nicea to Ephesus Teaching Grid

Nicea to Ephesus Teaching on God’s Transcendence Grid – Nov. 2024 version

		Legend for Cells
Gt1. There is only One True God Mk 12:29; Jms 2:19	Gt11. Majesty/glory of God Ps 19:1; Zech2:5; Jn2:14;17:5	W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching
Gt2. The Living God Dt 5:26; Ps 42:2; Hos 1:10; Mt 16:26	Gi37. God is a jealous God Ex 20:5; Dt 6:15; Josh 24:19	I = Implied this is true or opposite is false
Gt3. God / Jesus before birth was incorporeal	Gi38. Genesis 1:26 refers to the Father and Son	N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed
Gt4. God is holy, good, or pure 1 Pet1:17;2:23; Hab1:13	Gt12. God is Light. Jn 1:4-9; 8:12; 2 Cor 4:6; 1 Jn 1:5	M = Mixed: some agree, others would not
Gt5. God does not speak lies/is Truth.Hb6:18;Nm 23:19	Gt13. The God of Jesus/Christ Eph1:3,17;1Pet1:3;Heb1:9	P = partial ex: Irenaeus: Gnostics wrong to say Savior not killed since impassible
Gt6. God is a Father Mt 6:9; Mk14:36; Lk10:22-23; Jn15:26	Gt14. God’s Holy Name
Gt7. The Trinity: 1 God in 3 “Persons” (partial) Mt 28:19	Gt15. The Godhead Acts 17:29; Rom 1:20; Col 2:9	- = no reference found (so far)
Gt8. Father of all [things]	Gt16. God is a consuming fire Dt 4:24; 9:3; Heb 12:29	X = Disagree
Gt9. God/The Father is perfect	Gt17. God is blessed	blank = not researched yet
Gt10. Sun / beam / ray analogy of the Trinity	Gt18. God is Spirit Jn 4:24a	Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s

Rows: blue=Bible manuscript, white=Christian writer, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, yellow=foreign missions, red=Christians persecuted, purple=Roman Catholics persecuting, brown=Christians persecuting

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Date A.D.

Muslim conquests against non-Muslims

634-

Muslims invaded from Syria to France, and from Persia to India

Alopen brings Nestorian Christianity to China

635

Isidore of Seville, scholar Etymologiae

601-636

5th Council of Toledo, Spain

636

Monothelite-leaning Pope Honorius of Rome

625-638

Anathematized as a heretic by 3rd Council of Constantinople in 680

6th Council of Toledo, Spain (53 bishops)

Jan, 638

Against Jews. Excommunicate Traitors; bishops abroad against emperor penitents until death

Sahdone/Sahdona (=Martyrius) (On Psalms)

c.635-640

Chronicle of Alexandria

640

7th Council of Toledo, Spain (41 bishops)

Nov, 646

Same as 5th Council. Against Jews

Lateran Council condemns monothelitism (150 bishops)

649

Oecumenius (sinlessness of Mary)

550-650

Syriac Peshita (SyrP)

600/650

Constantine of Mananalis, started Paulicans

mid 7th cent.

Also called Euchites, they were ascetic, vegetarian Gnostics

Andreas

7th century

Apocalypse of pseudo-Methodius

7th century

Modestus of Jerusalem (Mary the new Eve)

7th century

pseudo-Athanasius

7th century

p31, p34, 096, 097, 098, 099, 0102, 0106/0119, 0107, 0108, 0109, 0111, 0145, 0167, 0183, 0204, 0209, 0210, 0239, 0262, 0275

7th century

0303

7th century?

Braulio of Saragossa Life of St. Aemilianus

631-651

Maximus Confessor of Constantinople Chalcedonian

c.638-658

Letter of Columbanus to Gregory

before 664

Synod of Whitby to fix the date of Easter

664

Ildefonsus of Toledo. The Perpetual Virginity of Mary

c.650-667

John Climacus (John of the Ladder)

before 670

Monothelites, orthodox/monophysite compromise

633-680

Pope Agatho to the 3rd Council of Constant.

6.5

Nov 15, 680

3rd council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical)

680-681

Julian of Toledo. Wrote on messianic prophecies and persecuting Jews

c.670-690

John of Nikiu: Copt historian. Islam was God’s punishment against Chalcedonians

c.680-690

Quinisext Council (=Council in Trullo)

692

Arian Visigoths persecute Jews in Spain

623-693

Jews were killed, forced to convert, or expelled from Toledo & Spain

John of Nikiou, Egypt (wrote against Islam)

696

Isaac of Nineveh (=the Syrian) (Nestorian) ascetic wrote on the inner life

c.700/7th century

p43, 0277, 0281, 0291

7/8th century

0289

7/8th century?

The Avenging of the Savior (Legend of Veronica)

7/8th century

Anastasius of Antioch (= of Sinaita)

died c.700

Buddhist Empress Wu Zetian persecutes Nestorians

698-705

Burned Nestorian churches and monasteries in China

Judaism outlawed in Constantinople

722

Judaism illegal in the capital

Roman Pope Gregory III (defender of icons)

Condemns iconoclasm and supports icons

Bede the Venerable, English historian. Finished translating John on his deathbed in 735.

731-735

Andrew of Crete, hymn writer. He was the first to claim Luke draw a secret picture of Jesus.

712-726/740

Anastasius Abba

740

Fabricius

740-742

Leontius of Neapolis Life of Symeon

mid 7th cent.

John of Damascus (defender of icons & relics)

706-749

Codex Amiatinus (No 1 Jn 5:7)

700-750

Hesychius, Pros Theodoulon

c.750?

Council of Hieria (300+ bishops against icons)

754

"the unlawful art of painting living creatures blasphemed the fundamental doctrine of our salvation--namely, the Incarnation of Christ, and contradicted the six holy synods

Aduius and the Audians of Mesopotamia

706-749

Epiphanius wrote against them. Accepted the Gnostic Apocryphon of John.

L(e)

8th century

p42, 095, 0101, 0126, 0127, 0146, 0148, 0161, 0229, 0234, 0238

8th century

John the Elder of Mt. Qardu, N. Iraq (monk)

8th century

Synod of Hiereia (=Council of Constantinople V) (333 bishops against icons)

754

"the unlawful art of painting living creatures blasphemed the fundamental doctrine of our salvation--namely, the Incarnation of Christ, & contradicted the six holy synods”

Uighurs convert from Nestorianism to Manichaeism

762

In central Asia/western China, Uighurs abandon Nestorian Christian roots.

Lateran Synod

769

Catholic synod condemns the Council of Hieria

Nestorian Ta-ch'in-ching-chiao stele in Xian

781

Charlemagne kills Saxon who don’t convert

787

After defeating the Saxons, Charlemagne killed 14K who would not convert

2nd Council of Nicea (7th ecumenical)

787

Both Catholics and Orthodox condemn Adoptionism, and the Council of Hieria

Georgius Syncellus Chronicle

790

Beatus

798

0279, 0298

8/9th century

Beatus of Liebana, Spain. Commentary on the Apocalypse. Compiled words of prior Christians

776-c.800

Alcuin of York (scholar under Charlemagne)

782-804

Muslim caliph Harun al-Rashid tears down churches

807

Benedict of Aniane, France

780-821

Timothy I, Nestorian Patriarch. Apology for Christianity

780-823

Theodore Abu Qurrah, an Arabian Chalcedonian who debated Monophysites

813-820/825

Theodore the Studite/Stoudite (Orthodox, icons)

759-826

Claudius of Turin, iconoclast, all bishops equal

810-827

Nicephorus I of Constantinople

806-828

Isho Ben Nun (Nestorian) Select Questions

823-828

Abd al-Masih ibn Isaq al-Kindi (court official who wrote to convert a Muslim)

830

Georgius Monachus (Hamartolos) chronicler against iconoclasts

after 842

Buddhists, Nestorians, others persecuted in China

845

Non-violent persecution. Much land was tied up by Buddhist monasteries.

Amulo of Lyons Against the Jews to King Charles

ca.847

Council of Mainz

848

Condemned Gottschalk for double predestination. Imprisoned him for 20 years

Amalarius of Metz (= of Symphosius) liturgist

c.780-850

Muslim caliph al-Mutawakkil persecutes Christians

849/850

Muslims invaded from Syria to France, and from Persia to India

Kerala copper plates give details of Christians in India

c.850

Rabanus Maurus of Mainz, Bible commentator

c.776-856

Photian Schism under Photius patriarch of Constantinople

857

Constantinople and Rome divide over Roman Pope supreme and adding the Holy Spirit sent "and the Son" after "by the Father"

False Decretals, probably by Isidore Mercator. Know to be fake by 1100 A.D. (100 letters)

847-859

Paschasius Radbertus

786-865

Rudolf of Fulda, Hesse. Important writer

died 865

Gottschalk of Orbais (against Rabanus Maurus)

840-866

Taught double predestination before Calvinists. Imprisoned for 20 years, where he became mentally deranged.

“Genuine” Acts of Peter of Alexandria

7 ½

c.600-867

Paschasius Ratremus of Corbie On the Eucharist

744-868

John Scotus Eirugena (Irish-born), Neo-Platonist theologian who succeeded Alcuin under Charlemagne. Believed in pre-existence of souls

c.848-c.877

Byzantine Lectionaries

9th century-

Codex Vallicellianus (written in Tours)

9th century

Codex Cavensis (has 1 Jn 5:7)

9th century

Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning Chastisements

5 ½

9th century?

Sedulius Scotus (Suadbar) of Ireland. Bible commentator, logician, 90 poems

9th century

Pseudo-Zephyrinus of Rome. Two Letters

9th century

John Malela Chronicles

c.850

Anastasius Bibliothecarius (librarian, historian)

858-878

Photius I (the Great) of Constantinople

c.858-891

Cadaver Synod condemns Pope Formosus

Jan. 897

Roman Pope Stephen (VI) VII convicts dead Roman Pope Formosus.

Regino of Prum Chronicon (Chronicler)

892-915

Moses Bar Kepha

died 903

Jewish Aleppo Codex of the Old Testament

c.920

Arethas of Caesarea. commentaries on the Apocalypse and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

fl.932

Saadya Gaon makes the 1st Arabic translation of the Pentateuch

892-942

Suidas

980

Jesus Sutras of Mogao cave near Dunhuang blended Nestorian, Buddhist, and Taoist thought

635-1000 A.D.

Jewish Leningrad Codex of the Old Testament

c.1008

Caliph Hakim persecutes Christians & Jews

1004-1012

Fatimid Caliph Hakim terrorizes pilgrims & desecrates Jerusalem in 1009

Symeon the New Theologian

979-1022

Burchard of Worms, wrote a canon law

c.1000-1025

Antoninus Melissa Loci Communes. Collection of sentences

11th century

Great Schism of the Catholic & Orthodox churches

1054

After Orthodox closed all Catholic Churches in their lands, the two sides met, and excommunicated each other. Both sides repealed this in 1964.

Cedranus Compendium of History

1060

Theophylact

1080

Berengar of Tours (against transubstantiation)

1050-1088

Miketa of Stethatos, disciple of Symeon

c.1025-c.1090

Guitmund of Aversa, Normandy

1060-1095

Norman invasion was wrong. Defended transubstantiation against Berengar. The decay of the elements is only a deception of our senses.

Over 12,000 Jews killed in Germany

1096

During the 1st Crusade, Jews said to be worst enemies after Muslims

Apocalypse of Sedrach

5 ½

900-1100

Glycus Annals

1120

John Zonaras (commented on Peter of Alex.)

1120

Peter Alfonsi. Shield of the Trinity diagram

fl.1120

Born a Jew in Muslim Spain, he became an apologist against Judaism and Islam

Jews expelled from Flanders (Belgium)

1121

Jews told they had to repent of killing Christ

Eadmer of Canterbury, disciple of Anselm. champion of the immaculate conception

died c.1123-1126

Rupert of Deutz (=Rupert Tuitiensis) Benedictine

1080-1129

Hildebert de Lavardin of Tours

d.1133 A.D.

Robert Pullus. Wrote the main theological textbook until Peter Lombard's Sentences

c.1133-c.1147

2nd Crusade: French monk Rudolph says kill all Jews

1146-1148

Jews are protected by Emperor Conrad & the monk Bernard of Clairvaux

Liturgy of Mark (used at Alexandria)

ms. 1100-1200

Kabbalah Jewish mysticism

12th century -

Peter Lombard. Wrote Sentences. Used by many, including Luther and Calvin

1142-1160

Gerhoh of Reichersberg

1119-1169

Gotfridus Viterbiensis

1170

Hildegard of Bingen, mystic nun, Gospel commentator, scientist, moralist, musician

c.1142-1174

Petrus Comestor, Bible historian

c.1148-c.1178

King Philip expels all Jews from France

1181-1188

Philip recalls the Jews back 7 years later

Coronation of Richard the Lion-hearted in England

1189

Many Jews killed, houses burned, crown confiscated over 8 million marks

Cretian of Troyes created Holy Grail story

1190

At one point 18 churches at the same time had the relic of the Holy Grail.

Theodore Balsamon of Antioch (commented on Peter of Alex.)

1183-1195

Michael, Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox church

1166-1199

Constantine Stilbes

1150-1200

Radulfus Ardens, wrote Universal Mirror

died c.1200

Joachim of Fiore, mystic

1174-1201

Condemned by Aquinas for postulation Age of the Father, Age of the Son, and Age of the Holy Spirit.

Alain de Lille. French theologian and poet. Mystic against scholasticism.

c.1150-1203

Adam of Dryburgh, wrote many sermons

c.1184-c.1212

Peter of Poitiers. Wrote on Ex, Lev, Num, Ps

c.1179-c.1215

4th Lateran Council

1215

Issues restrictions against the Jews

Stephen Langton. Write on almost all books of the Old Testament

1207-1228

Council of Toulouse

1229

Hunt heretics. Old and New Testament forbidden except a psalter or breviary

Alexander of Hales. Aristotelian scholastic

1220-1245

Pondered: would Christ have been incarnated if people had never sinned?

John of la Rochelle . Wrote on the soul

c.1238-1245

Serapion of Vladimir (near Kiev) 5 Sermons

c.1240-1245

Mongol invasion was God's punishment for people's sins

Robert Grossetest of England. theologian, poet, bishop, wrote on the scientific method

c.1220-1253

Testament of Abraham (present form of long version)

8 ½

13th century

Thomas of Celano (Franciscan hymnist)

1225-1265

Nine Crusades

1189-1272

To retake Israel (& capture Constantinople), gain land & money

Ulrich of Strasburg. Disciple of Albert Magnus. Summa de Bono

1265-1272

Thomas Aquinas - Aristotelian theologian

1248-1274

Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza)

c.1253-1274

2nd Council of Lyons

1274

Jacobus de Voraigne of Genoa

1275

Albert Magnus of Cologne, Germany

1245-1280

Aristotelian theologian. Also wrote on science, astrology, law. Preached the 8th crusade. He influenced Thomas Aquinas.

Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury. alphabetical summary of Church fathers. Opposed Aristotelianism,

1272-1279

John Pecham, Archibishop of Canterbury, Opposed Aristotelianism; debated Aquinas twice

1279-1292

Henry of Ghent (Doctor Solemnis)

1276-1293

Mechthild of Magdeburg, mystic nun

c.1230-1294

Pope Boniface VII Clericis Laicos

1296

Excommunicates clergy who pay secular taxes. and English King Edward outlaws priests in England

Hugh of Balma (Hugh of Dorche)

c.1250-c.1297

Nestorian work The Pearl (The Marganitha)

1298

Peter John Olivi. Franciscan extreme poverty. Invented papal infallibility on official statements

c.1279-1298

Peter Quesnel, Franciscan in Norwich, England

died 1299?

Boniface VII's papal bull Unam Sanctam.

1302

French king Philip captures and tortures Pope Boniface VII for heresy. Others free him, but he dies a month later. The next pope, Benedict XI, dies mysteriously after a month. The next pope, Clement V, is France's puppet.

Roger Marston, pupil of John Pecham

-c.1303

King Philip the Fair expels Jews from France

1306

100,000 Jews banished

John Duns Scotus, pupil of Roger Marston. Com-mentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary

1300-1308

James of Viterbo

died 1308

Muslims massacre Christians in Arbela

1310

Ramon Llull. Inspired by Francis of Assisi, mathematician who influenced Leibnitz, Catalan writer, missionary to Muslims, started schools to train missionaries to Muslims

1263-1315

Last Nestorian Persian Synod Elects Timothy II as Patriarch

1318

Over 5,000 Jews burned in Guienne, France

1321

Accused of having wells poisoned

Pope John XXII, who was against Franciscans, issued the bull Qui quorundam.

1324

In the bull Qui quorundam he says papal infallibility is “the work of the devil.” He was pope for 18 years after that. Some Catholics consider this pope a heretic.

French king Louis deposes Pope John XXII for heresy

1328

The next pope, Nicholas V was deposed in 1329 when Louis left Rome.

Marsilius of Padua, later archbishop of Milan, persecutes catholic clergy loyal to John XXII

1328-

Meister Eckhart. strange mystical views

c.1294-c.1328

Durandus of Saint-Pourcain

c.1313-1332

Wrote commentaries on Peter Lombard's Sentences

Thomas Waleys, Dominican friar

1333

Imprisoned for saying saints and purified souls see God immediately after death.

Muslims massacre Christians in Almaliq

1339

Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro. Commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences

c.1300-1342

Marsiglio of Padua. Italian scholar and doctor who argued against the Pope’s supremacy

1320-1342

Gregory Akindos (against Ascetic Hesychasts)

-c.1347

Barlaam of Seminara – against Hesychasm

1323-1348

Over 11,000 Jews burned to death in Germany

1348

Jews blamed for the Black Plague

Thomas Bradwardine, mathematician, astronomer, archbishop of Canterbury

1321-1349

Wrote against Pelagianism. Thought stars had an influence on people's character.

Gregory Palamas, defender of Hesychasm (senseless prayer)

1335-1359

Richard FitzRalph of Armagh - dominion doctrine

1328-1360

Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus Ecclesiastical History. Poem on the Gospels

ca.1320-1360

Johannes Tauler. Disciple of Meister Eckhart and universalist

1330-1361

Henry Suso. Disciple of Meister Eckhart

c.1327-1366

Catherine of Sienna

1347-1380

Macarius Chrysocephalus of Constantinople

1300-1382

John Wycliffe & the Lollards in England

1367-1382

Otto of Passau The 24 Elders, or the Golden Throne of Loving Souls

fl.1386

Henry of Langenstein, Germany. theologian, mathematician, wrote against astrology

1368-1397

The Cloud of Unknowing

1350-1400

Muslim Tamerlane sacks Baghdad

1401

Tamerlane massacres thousands of Muslims and Christians

Muslim Tamerlane killed 17 million, 5% world pop.

1360-1405

Slaughtered Hindus, fellow Muslims, and almost extinguished Nestorians

Nicholas Magni, disciple of Matthew of Krakow Tractatus de supersticionibus

1405

Henry of Kalkar. Theologian, musician, ascetic

c.1357-1408

The Bible in English is illegal in England

1408

Illegal to translate or read the Bible in English without the bishop's consent

Matthew of Krakow

1382-1410

Jean Petit, in the pay of Burgundy, justified killing those considered as tyrants

1408-1411

Jan Hus & the Hussites in Bohemia

1404-7/6/1415

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

Pages

Date A.D.

G10

G11

Gi37

Gi38

G12

G13

G14

G15

G16

G17

G18

Julian of Norwich, English Anchorite

1373-1416

Western Schism of dueling Catholic popes

1378-1417

Popes in both Rome and Avignon, France, ended by the Council of Constance

Council of Constance

1414-1418

Ends the great schism and burns Jan Hus at the stake.

Pope Martin V issues papal bull

Mar 17, 1420

Crusade to exterminate followers of Wycliffe, Huss, & other heretics

Jean Gerson. Against Jean Petit.

c.1395-1429

Major theologian at the council of Constance.

Hussite Wars

1419-1434

After Catholics executed Jan Hus, they invaded Bohemia

Matthew Doring helps depose Pope Eugene IV

1439

Synod of Florence

1439

Medieval Christians: Cath., Orthodox, Copts

c.500-c.1500

Muslim Qur’an or Sunni hadiths (5 collections)

c.609-

Some moderate Muslims

Peter Waldo & the Waldenses in It., Fr., Sp.

1175-1532

Hadmannus Schedelius Chronicle

1450

Albert Suho. wrote on theology and history from creation to 1452

1447-1452

Zinzendorf & the Moravian Brethren

1457-

Nicholas of Cusa. Theologian and astronomer

1434-1464

Matthew Doring. The Precious Blood of Wilsnack

1432-1469

Wrote on the primary of church councils over the pope. The communion wine miraculously survived when the church in Wilsnack burned down.

Thomas a Kempis The Imitation of Christ

1471

Trithenius, Abbot of Scripture

c.1480

Heinrich von Dissen. many commentaries & sermons

c.1437-1484

Portuguese forcibly convert Nestorians

1498

Portuguese force Nestorians to convert to Catholicism in India

Martin Luther nails 95 Theses to Wittenberg church door

Oct 31, 1517

Magnus Hundt

c.1487-1519

Man in the image of God. A founder of anthropology.

English king persecutes the Lollards

1413-1532

Not too many executed

Crusade against the Waldenses

1487-1545-

Pope Innocent VIII orders a crusade to exterminate the Waldenses

Sylvester Mazzolini, first theologian to publicly attack Martin Luther

1515-1527

Tetrapolitan Confession

1530

Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss Reformer, & Zwinglians

1454-1531

Cardinal Thomas Cajetan (opponent of Luther)

1494-1534

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (Catholic Bible scholar)

1469-1536

1st Helvetic Confession

1536

Heinrich Bullinger

fl.1539

Martin Luther, or conservative Lutherans

1483-1546

Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, Swiss Anabaptist

1521-1527-

Balthasar Hubmaier (Anabaptist)

1480-1528

Luther preaches to kill Jews & Anabaptists

1537-1546

Luther changed his view on killing Anabaptists in his last sermon.

Council of the 100 Chapters (Stoglav) Moscow (Orthodox, icons)

1551

Michael Servetus against the Trinity. Son created at conception. Unitarians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Oneness Pentecostals have all claimed him as like them.

1531-1553

Calvinists persecute Anabaptists

1527-1810

Switzerland repealed persecution laws against Anabaptists in 1810.

Confession of Czengar

1557

The Gallican Confession (De La Rochelle (Huguenot) (Reformed)

1559

Menno Simons, peaceful German Anabaptist, Mennonites

1536-1561

Belgic Confession (Reformed)

1561

Roman Catholic Council of Trent

1545-1563

John Calvin, a founder of Reformed theology

1536-1564

2nd Helvetic Confession

1566

John of Avila (6 volumes of writing)

1499-1569

Consensus of Sendomir, (Reformed in Poland)

1570

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 23, 1572

French Catholics treacherously kill 5-30K French Huguenots

Laurentius Surius (Carthusian monk historian)

1542-1578

Theresa of Avila, Carmelite nun, mystic. John of the Cross ministered under her.

1550-1582

Charles Borromeo of Milan. Persecuted Protestants in the counter-Reformation

1538-1584

John Foxe

1552-1587

John of the Cross. Spanish Carmelite, later tortured by other Carmelites for disobeying them, later made a saint

1542-1591

Richard Hooker Influential Anglican theologian. Scripture along, too many Popish rules, against extreme Puritanism

1577-1600

Jesus Luis de Molina (Molinists teach prevenient grace)

1588-1600

Unitarians (later because Unitarian Universalists)

1600-

Denied the deity of Christ and the virgin birth

William Perkins of Cambridge. A Founder of the Puritans

1558-1602

Jacobus Arminius

1588-1605

Creed of Metrophanes Critopulus

1625

Dutch Reformed Synod of Dort

1618

Developed the five points of Calvinism (TULIP) against the five points of Arminius

Cardinal Robert Bellarmine. Against Galileo. later made a saint and doctor of the church.

1567-1621

David Blondel, Protestant reformer

1628

Cyril Lucar (Loukaris) Greek orthodox patriarch follows Protestant reformers

1629-1631

Ottomans devise the Devsirme system

1383-1638

Required each Christian family to give up one son to be a Muslim Janissary

Galileo Galilei, Christian Astronomer

1564-1642

Jesuit Luis del Alcazar first to each Preterism. All but the last 3 chapters were fulfilled soon after John

1614

Orthodox Confession of Mogilas

1643

Westminster Shorter Catechism

1646-1647

Thirty Years War Catholics vs. Lutherans/France

1618-1648

About 1/4 of Germans perished. Many Protestants and Catholics were killed.

Puritans banish Baptists from Massachusetts

1649

They would banish all against baptism of infants

Bogomils, Manichaean/Gnostic

970-1650

Originating from Paulicans, they spread from Greece to France.

James Ussher, Protestant archbishop of Ireland

1581-1656

Polish Catholics kill Orthodox

-1656

Lelio Sozzini & Socinianism (became Unitarians later)

1550-1658

Denied the deity of Christ, and later the virgin birth

Waldensian Confession of Faith

1655

Blaise Pascal, Jensenist (a Calvinist Catholic)

1654-1662

Moses Amyraut. French founder of Amaryldian (4.5 point) Calvinist

1561-1664

Great Council of Moscow (Orthodox, icons)

1666-1667

Synod of Jerusalem

1672

Francois Combefis (Dominican monk historian)

1640-1679

John Owen, influential Puritan

1637-1683

Richard Baxter. Puritan who believed in universal atonement and the importance of faith in getting saved

1641-1691

Synod of Constantinople

1672,1691

Jakob Ammann & the Amish (no modernity)

1693-

Benjamin Keach. English Particular Baptist, hymn writer. Wrote 43 works

1658-1704

Early covenant theologians: Heinrich Bullinger, Caspar Alerianus, Johannes Oecolampadius, Zacharius Ursinus, Robbert Rollock, Herman Witsius

1536-1708

George Bull. Anglican priest who wrote on the Trinity and justification

1655-1710

Isaac Chauncy, Neonomian and medical doctor

1660-1712

Roman Catholic Papal bulls against Jansenists

1653, 1713

Synod of the Russian Church (Orthodox, icons)

1722

Isaac Newton (denied the Trinity, liked Arians)

1642-1727

Benedictine Antoin Calmet

1707-1742

Archbishop Hugh Boulter of Ireland

1724-1742

Forbade Catholic lawyers, judges, voters. During famine brought food to Ulster

Isaac Watts, theologian and logician. 750 hymns

1690-1748

George Whitfield (Great Awakening preacher)

1714-1770

Emmanuel Swedenborg (Last Judgment in 1757, Oneness)

1744-1770

Christian August Crusius

1744-1775

Synod of Constantinople (Orthodox, icons)

1776

Christianity spreads in Korea, then is wiped out

1785

John Wesley, Arminian, Methodism's founder

1738-1791

Robert Morrison translates Bible into Chinese

1807

Gr. Orthodox: Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain Pedalion (The Rudder)

1775-1809

Richard Allen & the African Methodist Episcopal Church

1816

Calvinistic Methodists

1823

Primitive Baptists (reformed, believer’s baptism, no mission societies, ~110K members)

1827-

Heretic Friedrich Schliermacher

1830

God is within humanity, not above it.

Joseph Smith & Mormonism (Latter Day Saints)

1830-

Spanish Inquisition

1478-1834

Tortured & executed Jews, Muslims, Protestants, & even many Catholics

William Carey, started Baptist Missionary Society

1761-1834

John Rippon, hymnist

1771-1836

Kurds massacre 10,000 Nestorians

1846

Pope Pius IX of Rome restores Jewish restrictions

1846-1848

All previous restrictions on Jews enforced in the Vatican

Christadelphians deny the Trinity, and H.S. Satan as beings

1849-

Medieval Inquisition in France & Europe

1184-mid 19th century

Tortured & executed Anabaptists, Protestants, & a few Catholics

Babis

1844-1850

Azalis & Baha'is, offshoots of Islam

1850 & 1863-

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod split from LCMS. They believe the papacy is the antichrist. ~300K members.

1850-

Tokugawa Shoguns persecute Christians in Japan

1629-1856

Those who refused to trample pictures of Jesus or Mary tortured & killed. Many thousands killed

Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

1828-1861

Killed half of the people of Madagascar (2.5 million), especially Christians

Ellen G. White & Seventh Day Adventists

1863-

St. Ignaty Brianchaninov (Orthodox, icons)

1807-1867

The First Vatican Council in Roman Catholicism

1870

Insider Movement to Hindus (founded by Kali Chan Banurji)

1870-

Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watchtower)

1872-

French Declaration of Faith (Reformed)

1872

David Livingstone, missionary to Africa

1813-1873

Charles Finney (Arminian revivalist)

1825-1875

Salvation Army founded by William Booth and his wife Catherine Munford

1878-

Liberal Protestant, Episcopalian

19th century

Mary Baker Eddy & Christian Science

1875/1879-

Julius Mueller. Protestant theologian, pre-existence of souls

1839-1878

Charles Spurgeon. almost 3,600 sermons

49 vols.

1854-1892

The Fundamentals of Protestant fundamentalism

1895

Turks kill 300,000 Armenians

1895

Armenians tried to be independent like the Balkans, so Turks killed most of them

Unity Church (Charles Fillmore a founder)

1899-

Pentecostal Movement, Assemblies of God stared in Topeka, Kansas

1900

Hudson and Maria Taylor, missionaries to China

1832-1905

Lottie Moon Baptist missionary to China

-1913

Highly educated. Works in a small village. Dies of malnourishment (only 50 pounds) after helping villager after the Yellow River floods

Oneness Pentecostalism (denies the Trinity)

1914-

Karl Barth

1919

Roman Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons

1868-1921

Communist persecutions

1922-

Persecution of Christians and others, from the USSR to the Khmer Rouge

C. T. Studd, missionary to Africa

1860-1931

Cam Townsend and the Wycliffe Bible translators

1934-

Thousands of translations. After 2010, some translations, like Turkish and Arabic, take out the word "Father" and "son"

G.K. Chesterton

1874-1936

Jews intermittently expelled or attacked

1009-1939

Jews attacked by mobs, pogroms, or expelled in Europe & North Africa

Rudolf Bultmann "demythologizing the Bible"

1941

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran

-1945

Plotted to kill Hitler, and denied the physical resurrection of Christ

Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician, process philosophy

1910-1941

Gustavo Guitierrez & Liberation Theology

1950's-1971-

Rev. Moon’s Divine Principle (Unification Church)

508

1954-

L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology

1954-

2nd Vatican Council

1962

Accepts Protestants as "separated brethren"

C.S. Lewis

1898-1963

Paul Tillich Liberal Lutheran “God is love”

1951-1963

Word Mission Society Church of God (=Church of Ahnsahnghong, =Elohists)

1964-

Henry Emerson Fosdick (liberal preacher against inerrancy)

1878-1969

Insider (C5) Movement to Muslims (Qur'an & Mohammed from God too, rejects the Trinity)

1970's-

Chrislam, syncretistic religion in Nigeria

1970's-

Church Universal & Triumphant / Elizabeth Claire Prophet (New Age)

1975-

William Barclay -skeptical that Jesus was God, not affirm the physical resurrection

1907-1978

Bible Knowledge Commentary : New Testament (DTS published) Partial: only up to page 270.

270

1983

Hebrew Roots Movement

1994-

Charles Hartshorne, process theologian, Ontological argument

wrote 1923-1995

Buddhist persecution in Myanmar/Burma

2000-

Buddhist government persecutes both Christians and Muslims

Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Research

1918-2006

Hindus persecute Christians Orissa province India

Aug 2008-

300+ churches burned, 400+ killed after Maoists kill Hindu Swami Laxmananand

Hans Kung, liberal Roman Catholic theologian

1954-2013

70 million Christians martyred

35-July 2014

according to David B. Barrett of World Christian Encyclopedia

Conservative Protestant: Norm Geisler, Chuck Swindoll, J.I. Packer, J. Vernon Magee, R.C. Sproul, Antioch Church (600 million)

c.1517-

Modern Eastern Orthodox (200 million)

1672-

Modern Roman Catholic

1962-

Messianic Jews

1960's-

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Date A.D.

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