AD 284
- 476 - Late Roman Empire |
AD 284-305 |
- Diocletian reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 283-296 |
- St. Caius serves as 27th bishop of Rome
and 28th pope
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AD 286-305 |
- Maximian reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 296-304 |
- St. Marcellinus serves as 28th bishop of
Rome and 29th pope
|
AD 305-306 |
- Constantius I reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 305-311 |
- Galerius reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 306-337 |
- Constantine I (called the Great) reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 306-308 |
- Maximian reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 306-307 |
- Flavius Valerius Severus reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 308-312 |
- Maxentius reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 308-324 |
- Licinius reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 308-314 |
- Maximinus (Maximin) reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 308-309 |
- St. Marcellus I serves as 29th bishop of
Rome and 30th pope
|
AD 309?-310? |
- St. Eusebius serves as 30th bishop of Rome
and 31st pope
|
AD 311-314 |
- St. Meltiades serves as 31st bishop of Rome
and 32nd pope
|
AD 312 |
"Peace of Constantine"
- Conversion experience of Constantine in 312
- Ended persecution of Christians
- Constantine's co-emperor, Licinius, joined him in issuing
the Edict of Milan (313), which mandated tolerance of
Christians in the Roman Empire
- Christianity became fashionable
- Floodgates into Christianity opened a second time
- However, "The blood of martyrs is the seed of
faith." (Tertullian)--> people were not so
rooted in faith as before
|
AD 336-336 |
- St. Marcus serves as 33rd bishop of Rome
and 34th pope
|
AD 337-352 |
- St. Julius I serves as 34th bishop of Rome
and 35th pope
|
AD 337-340 |
- Constantine II reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 337-350 |
- Constans reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 337-361 |
- Constantius II reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 339 |
Ambrose of Milan is born
- Baptized Augustine of Hippo in 387
- Identified chrismation (confirmation) as a separate
sacrament from baptism
- On the Mysteries, 9.54;10.324 --> led to
idea of transubstantiation of the Eucharist
- Basilica --> before this time, Christians
worshipped in houses. "Basilica" = Greek for "judge." Judges
seat at the front of the Basilica. Later, high altar
took place of judge's seat because God is the Great Judge.
|
AD 345-420 |
Jerome
- His Vulgate Bible became the authorized version of
the Latin church
- Served as secretary to Pope Damasus (366-384)
- Damasus was a strong promoter of the primacy of Rome
as the center of church government (Smith, 53)
- Epistles 15 --> Jerome is likewise a promoter
of Roman primacy, not necessarily primacy of the Roman
bishop. "I follow no one as supreme leader except
Christ only; hence I attach myself in communion with
your Beatitude, that is, with the see of Peter. I know
that the Church is build upon this rock.
|
AD 350-353 |
- Magnentius reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 352-366 |
- Liberius serves as 35th bishop of Rome and
36th pope
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AD 354-430 |
Augustine of Hippo
- Church unity
- "From his conception of the church as a fellowship
of love came Augustine's teaching on the church's unity.
Because they are members of one body, believers must
be a unity. Such unity also necessitates unity of doctrine,
and any failure in doctrinal unity involves heresy." (Smith,
58)
- Believed that baptism is requisite to salvation "for
human beings can be redeemed only within the church which
may be entered only through baptism." "Only
through (infant) baptism could complete and immediate
cleansing be accomplished. (Smith, 58)
- Increased use and
significance of sacraments
|
AD 361-363 |
- Julian (known as the Apostate) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 363-364 |
- Jovian reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 364-375 |
- Valentinian I (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
|
AD 364-378 |
- Valens (emperor in the East) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 366-384 |
- St. Damasus I serves as 36th bishop of Rome
and 37th pope
|
AD 367-383 |
- Gratian (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 375-392 |
- Valentinian II (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
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AD 379-395 |
- Theodosius I (called the Great) reigns as Roman emperor
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AD 380 |
Canon of the Mass
- Hippolytus --> ecclesiastical writer and doctor,
led this movement prior to 380
- Fixed worship text of mass in Latin so it could be
passed down
- Established Rome as the seat of the Church (political
center / bones of Peter and Paul)
|
AD 383-388 |
- Maximus (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 384-399 |
- St. Siricius serves as 37th bishop of Rome
and 38th pope
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AD 392-394 |
- Eugenius (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 395-423 |
- Honorius (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 394-408 |
- Arcadius (emperor in the East) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 399-401 |
- St. Anastasius I serves as 38th bishop of
Rome and 39th pope
|
AD 401-417 |
- St. Innocent I serves as 39th bishop of
Rome and 40th pope
|
AD 408-450 |
- Theodosius II (emperor in the East) reigns as Roman
emperor
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AD 410 |
Alaric sacks Rome
- Gibbon, Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire XXXI The
king of the Goths, despising the ignoble prey, still
advanced with unabated vigour; and after he had passed
through the stately arches, adorned with the spoils of
barbaric victories, he pitched his camp under the walls
of Rome.
|
AD 413-426 |
- St. Augustine of Hippo writes City of God
|
AD 417-418 |
- St. Zozimus serves as 40th bishop of Rome
and 41st pope
|
AD 418-422 |
- St. Boniface I serves as 41st bishop of
Rome and 42nd pope
|
AD 421 |
- Constantius III (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
|
AD 422-432 |
- St. Celestine I serves as 42nd bishop of
Rome and 43rd pope
|
AD 425-455 |
- Valentinian III (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
|
AD 432-440 |
- St. Sixtus III serves as 43rd bishop of
Rome and 44th pope
|
AD 440-461 |
- St. Leo I serves as 44th bishop of Rome
and 45th pope
|
AD 450-457 |
- Marcianus (Marcian) (emperor in the East) reigns as
Roman emperor
|
AD 455 |
- Petronius Maximus (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
|
AD 455-456 |
- Avitus (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 457-461 |
- Majorian (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 457-474 |
- Leo I (emperor in the East) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 473-474 |
- Leo II (emperor in the East) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 461-468 |
- St. Hilary serves as 45th bishop of Rome
and 46th pope
|
AD 461-465 |
- Severus (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 465-467 |
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AD 467-472 |
- Anthemius (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 468-483 |
- St. Simplicius serves as 46th bishop of
Rome and 47th pope
|
AD 472 |
- Olybrius (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 473 |
- Glycerius (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman emperor
|
AD 473-474 |
- Julius Nepos (emperor in the West) reigns as Roman
emperor
|
AD 475-476 |
- Romulus Augustulus (emperor in the West) reigns as
Roman emperor
|
AD 476 |
A conglomeration of various Germanic ethnic
groups joined forces and conquered Rome
Odoacer, leader of the Ostragoths proclaimed himself emperor
and eventually founded the
great Ostrogothic Empire in 493, which included Italy,
Sicily, Dalmatia, Upper Rhaetia, and later on Provence,
with the capital Ravenna. |