Christianity Timeline

Life of Herod the Great, king of Judea.

Life of Jesus Christ.

Jesus of Nazareth is crucified during the reign of Pontius Pilate in Judea.

Call of Paul, the apostle.

Paul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.

Paul the Apostle visits Philippi in Macedon.

Letters of Paul.

Establishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.

The early Christian document the Didache is composed.

An early Christian community is established at Gortyn, Crete.

Unofficial persecution of Christians in Rome.

The great fire in Rome.

The tales of the life and work of Jesus (gospels) composed.

The Jewish Revolt against Rome.

The Gospel of Mark.

The city of Jerusalem is besieged and captured by Rome; the Second Temple destroyed.

The Gospel of Matthew.

The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles.

The earliest record of a Christian church at Edessa.

Life of Saint Gregory the Illuminator who is credited with bringing Christianity to Armenia (dates disputed).

10 Christians are famously martyred at Gortyn in a wild animal hunt.

Christianization of Lutetia.

Christian Basilica built at Nemea.

Roman emperor Constantine I tolerates Christianity.

Armenia adopts Christianity as the state religion.

Life of Basil Great, one of the founding fathers of the Eastern Christian Church and Byzantine Monasteries.

Emperor Theodosius I closes pagan temples.

Saint Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland, rise of literacy and written history.

Completion of Orosius' famous work Seven Books of History Against the Pagans.

Fourth Ecumenical Council takes place in Chalcedon, determining that Jesus Christ had two distinct natures and wills, perfectly united.

Amphipolis becomes an important Christian centre and has four basilicas.

Clovis converts to Christianity.

First Council of Dvin establishes that the Armenian Church did not recognize the Fourth Ecumenical Council.

Hagia Sophia is built anew in Constantinople.

The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian church.

Byzantine emperor Justinian II convenes the Council in Trullo to decide on rules for Christians.

Council of Sirakawan between the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox Churches discuss Christological issues in an effort to reunify, although ultimately unsuccessful.