Church Chronology

   Under this head may be given certain dates and events which may be regarded as "Turning Points" in the history of the Christian Church:

   EVENT. DATE.

   Day of Pentecost, Birthday of the Church A.D. 33

   Death of St. John at Ephesus 97

   The Ten great Persecutions of Christians 64-313

   I. General Council, at Nicea 325

   II. General Council, at Constantinople 381

   III. General Council, at Ephesus 431

   IV. General Council, at Chalcedon 451

   Leo the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 492

   V. General Council, at Constantinople 553

   Gregory the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 590

   St. Augustine came to England 595

   VI. General Council, at Constantinople 681

   Venerable Bede died at Yarrow, England 735

   Alfred the Great founded Oxford University 887

   Final Separation of Church in East and West 1054

   Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, revised English Liturgy 1081

   Crusades began 1095

   Bible divided into chapters 1252

   Wickliffe and his work 1377-1384

   First book printed, a Latin Bible, at Mentz 1450

   Martin Luther and his work 1517-1546

   John Calvin 1530-1564

   English Reformation 1534-1559

   First English Prayer Book set forth 1549

   Present authorized version of the Bible 1611

   Present English Prayer Book set forth 1662

   Church introduced into America 1578-1607

   Bishop Seabury consecrated in Scotland first

   American Bishop 1784

   Three additional Bishops consecrated in England for American Church 1787-1790

   Name changed to Protestant Episcopal 1789

   American Prayer Book set forth Oct. 16, 1789

   American Prayer Book revised 1883-1892