Posted on 10/17/2003 8:36:53 PM PDT by restornu
550? Codex Mediolanensis vg(M): Latin Vulgate Gospels
550? Codex Veronensis: Greek & Old Latin Psalms
555 2nd Council of Constantinople, 5th ecumenical, called by Justinian
556-561 Pope Pelagius I, selected by Justinian, endorsed "Iudicatum" (547)
561-574 Pope John III, authorized by Justinian
565-578 Justin II, Byzantine emperor
567 Letters of Primasius, Cassiodorus; early Christian church fathers
572-628 War between Byzantine empire and Persia
575-579 Pope Benedict I, authorized by Justin II,
578-582 Tiberius II, Byzantine emperor
579-590 Pope Pelagius II, died of plague
582-602 Maurice, Byzantine emperor
587 Visigoths of Spain converted to Christianity
589 Lombards of Italy converted to Christianity
590 Plague in Rome
590-604 Pope Gregory I, commanded that a way be found to collect and preserve the singing of the Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (now known as Gregorian Chant)
594 End of plague which began in 542 and "halved" the population of Europe!
596 St. Augustine of Canterbury sent to convert Britain to Christianity
600? Codex Harleianus vg(Z): Latin Vulgate Gospels
600? Codex Philoxenian/Harclean Syr(ph/h): Syriac 27NT, "Western" text-type
602-610 Phocas, Byzantine emperor after killing Maurice
604-606 Pope Sabinian, authorized by Phocas
606-607 Pope Boniface III, authorized by Phocas
607-615 Pope Boniface IV, authorized by Phocas
609 Roman Pantheon (a Pagan Temple) renamed Church of Santa Maria Rotonda
610-641 Heraclius, Byzantine emperor after killing Phocas
611 Mohammed's reported vision of Allahon Mount Hira
614 Persians take Damascas and Jerusalem and "Holy Cross of Christ"
615 earliest records of some of Mohammed's teachings
615-618 Pope Deusdedit
619-625 Pope Boniface V, authorized by Heraclius
622-680 Monothelite controversy: condemned at 6th Ecum. Council of Constantinople
622 first year in Muslim calendar, The Hegira, 1a.h., (a.h. = anno hegirae)
624 Mohammed marries Aisha, daughter of Abu Bekr
625 Paulinus of Rome comes to convert Northumbria to Christianity
625-638 Pope Honorius I
625 Mohammed begins dictation of Qur'an (Koran) to his scribe
626 King Edwin of Northumbria founds Edinburgh and begins Christianization
627 Byzantines defeat Persians at Nineveh
628 Emperor Heraclius wins back "Cross of Christ" from Persians
628 Mohammed captures Mecca & writes to rulers of the world explaining Islam
629 Heraclius recovers Jerusalem from Persians
629 Pope Honorius I sides with Emperor Heraclius and Monothelites (622)
632 Mohammed, b. 570?, Arab prophet and founder of Islam
632 East Anglia Christianized
632 Abu Bekr, first Islamic Caliph, seat at Medina
634 Omar I, 2d Caliph, takes Syria/Persia/Egypt;defeats Heraclius in Holy War
635 Christianization of Wessex
635-750 Damascus becomes capital of Islamic Caliphs
636 Southern Irish Church submits to Roman Catholicism
637 Jerusalem captured by Islam
638 Emp. Heraclius' "Ecthesis", decrees Christ of one nature: "Monothelites"
640 Pope Severinus
640 Library of Alexandria, "The Center of Western Culture," with 300,000 ancient papyrus scrolls, is completely distroyed.
640-1380 Period between destruction of Library of Alexandria and the first complete English translation of the Bible
640-642 Pope John IV
642-649 Pope Theodore I
649-654 Pope Martin I, martyr
654-657 Pope Eugene I
657-673 Pope Vitalian
673-676 Pope Adeodatus II
676-678 Pope Donus
678-682 Pope Agatho
682-684 Pope Leo II
684-685 Pope Benedict II
685-686 Pope John V
686-687 Pope Conon
687 Anti-Pope Theodore
687 Anti-Pope Paschal
687-701 Pope Sergius I
690? Earliest Bible translations into England's vernacular, continued work by Bede and others from this point forward
701-705 Pope John VI
705-708 Pope John VII
708 Pope Sisinnius
708-715 Pope Constantine
715-731 Pope Gregory II
731-741 Pope Gregory III
741-752 Pope Zachary
750? Tower added to St Peter's Basilica at the front of the atrium
752-757 Pope Stephen II (III)
757-768 Pope Paul I
767 Anti-Pope Constantine
768 Anti-Pope Philip
768-772 Pope Stephen III (IV)
772-795 Pope Adrian I
795-816 Pope Leo III
816-817 Pope Stephen IV (V)
817-824 Pope Paschal I
824-827 Pope Eugene II
827 Pope Valentine
827-844 Pope Gregory IV
844 Anti-Pope John
844-847 Pope Sergius II
847-855 Pope Leo IV
850? King Alfred translation of several Bible books into English vernacular, also done by Aldhelm and Aelfric
855-858 Pope Benedict III
855 Anti-Pope Anastasius
856 Earthquake in Corinth kills 45,000
858-867 Pope Nicholas I
867-872 Pope Adrian II
872-882 Pope John VII
882-884 Pope Marinus I
884-885 Pope Adrian III
885-891 Pope Stephen V (VI)
891-896 Pope Formosus
896 Pope Boniface VI
896-897 Pope Stephen VI (VII)
897 Pope Romanus
897-898 Pope Theodore II
898-900 Pope John IX
900-903 Pope Benedict IV
903-904 Pope Leo V
903 Anti-Pope Christopher
904-911 Pope Sergius III
911-913 Pope Anastasius III
913-914 Pope Landus
914-928 Pope John X
928 Pope Leo VI
928-931 Pope Stephen VII (VIII)
931-936 Pope John XI
936-939 Pope Leo VII
939-942 Pope Stephen VIII (IX)
942-946 Pope Marinus II
946-955 Pope Agapitus II
955-963 Pope John XII
963-964 Pope Leo VIII
964-965 Pope Benedict V
965-973 Pope John XIII
973-974 Pope Benedict VI
974 Anti-Pope Boniface VII
974-983 Pope Benedict VII
983-985 Pope John XIV
985-996 Pope John XV
996-999 Pope Gregory V
997 Anti-Pope John XVI
999-1003 Pope Sylvester II
1003-1004 Pope John XVII
1004-1009 Pope John XVIII
1009-1012 Pope Sergius IV
1012-1024 Pope Benedict VIII
1012 Anti-Pope Gregory
1024-1032 Pope John XIX
1032-1045 Pope Benedict IX
1045 Pope Sylvester III
1045 Pope Benedict IX
1045-1046 Pope Gregory VI
1046-1047 Pope Clement II
1047-1048 Pope Benedict IX
1048-1049 Pope Damasus II
1049-1055 Pope Leo IX
1054 Split between Eastern and Western churches formalized, Orthodox Church founded
1055-1057 Pope Victor II
1057-1059 Pope Stephen IX (X)
1057 Earthquake in Cilicia (Asia Minor) kills 60,000
1058 Anti-Pope Benedict X
1059-1061 Pope Nicholas II
1061-1073 Pope Alexender II
1061 Anti-Pope Honorius II
1073-1086 Gregory VII
1080 Anti-Pope Clement III
1086-1088 Pope Victor III
1088-1099 Pope Urban II
1095-1291 10 Crusades, 1st called by Pope Urban II, to restore Asia Minor to Byzantium and conquer the Holy Land from the Turks
1099-1118 Pope Paschal II
1100 Anti-Pope Theodoric
1102 Anti-Pope Albert
1105 Anti-Pope Sylvester IV
1118-1119 Pope Gelasius II
1118 Anti-Pope Gregory VIII
1119-1124 Pope Callistus II
1124-1130 Pope Honorius II
1124 Anti-Pope Celestine II
1130-1143 Pope Innocent II
1130 Anti-Pope Anacletus II
1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV
1143-1144 Pope Celestine II
1144-1145 Pope Lucius II
1145-1153 Pope Eugene III
1153-1154 Pope Anastasius IV
1154-1159 Pope Adrian IV
1159-1181 Pope Alexander III
1159 Anti-Pope Victor IV
1164 Anti-Pope Paschal III
1168 Anti-Pope Callistus III
1179 Anti-Pope Innocent III
1181-1185 Pope Lucius III
1185-1187 Pope Urban III
1187 Pope Gregory VIII
1187-1191 Pope Clement III
1191 Pope Celestine III
1198-1216 Pope Innocent III
1206 Rosary is reportedly given to St. Dominic by an apparition of Mary
1215 Dominican order begun
1216-1227 Pope Honorius III\
1223 Franciscan order begun
1225-1274 Thomas Aquinas, theologian and philosopher
1227-1241 Pope Gregory IX
1241-1243 Pope Celestine IV
1243-1254 Pope Innocent IV
1254-1261 Pope Alexander IV
1260 Date which a 1988 Vatican sponsered scientific study places the origin of the Shroud of Turin
1261-1265 Pope Urban IV
1265-1271 Pope Clement IV
1271-1276 Pope Gregory X
1276 Pope Innocent V
1276 Pope Adrian V
1276-1277 Pope John XXI
1277-1294 Pope Nicholas IV
1294 Pope Celestine V
1294-1303 Pope Boniface VIII
1303-1305 Pope Benedict XI
1305-1316 Pope Clement V
1316-1334 Pope John XXII
1321? The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri
1328 Anti-Pope Nicholas V
1334-1342 Pope Benedict XII
1342-1352 Pope Clement VI
1350? English begins to emerge as the national language of England
1350? Renaissance begins in Italy
1352-1362 Pope Innocent VI
1354 Earliest extant documentation stating the existance of the Shroud of Turin
1362-1370 Pope Urban V
1370-1378 Pope Gregory XI
1378-1389 Pope Urban VI
1378 Anti-Pope Clement VII
1380-1517 Period between the 1st complete English translation of the Bible and Martin Luther's 95 Theses
1380-1382 John Wycliffe, eminant theologian at Oxford, makes NT (1380) and OT (with help of Nicholas of Hereford) (1382) translations in English, 1st complete translation to English, included deutercanonical books, preached against abuses, expressed unorthodox views of the sacraments (Penance and Eucharist), the use of relics, and against celibacy of the clergy
1384 John Purvey, follower of John Wycliffe, revises Wycliffe's translation
1389-1404 Pope Boniface IX
1390? Wycliffe's teachings condemned repeatedly in England
1394 Anti-Pope Benedict XIII
1404-1406 Pope Innocent VII
1406-1417 Pope Gregory XII
1408 Council of Oxford forbids translations of the Scriptures into the vernacular unless and until they were fully approved by Church authority, sparked by Wycliffite Bible, Sir Thomas More said: "It neither forbiddith the translations to be read that were already well done of old before Wycliffe's days, nor damneth his because it was new but because it was naught; nor prohibiteth new to be made but provideth that they shall not be read if they be made amiss till they be by good examination amended." ("A Dialogue against Heresies")
1409 Anti-Pope Alexander V
1410 Anti-Pope John XXIII
1412-1431 St. Joan of Arc, French national heroine
1415 Council of Florence condemns all of Wycliffe's works, but the actual Bibles continued to be used after having the heretical prologue removed, and were possessed by both religious houses and those of the nobility and tacitly accepted by Catholics
1417-1431 Pope Martin V
1431-1447 Pope Eugene IV
1439 Anti-Pope Felix V
1447-1455 Pope Nicholas V
1453 Byzantium succeeded by the Ottoman Empire
1455-1458 Pope Callistus III
1458-1464 Pope Pius II
1464-1471 Pope Paul II
1466-1536 Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch scholar, Greek NT used in many 16th century translations
1471-1484 Pope Sixtus IV
1473-1481 Sistine Chapel built, under supervision of Giovanni de Dolci
1478 Inquisition established by Pope Sixtus IV
1483-1546 Martin Luther, leader of Protestant reformation, preached that only faith leads to salvation without mediation of clergy or good works, attacked authority of the Pope, rejected priestly celibacy, recommended individual study of the Bible (see 1517, 1522)
1484-1492 Pope Innocent VIII
1488-1569 Miles Coverdale, Augustinian friar who left the Order, repudiated Catholicism, 1st Protestant Bishop of Exeter
1491-1556 Ignatius of Loyola, founded the Jesuit order (see 1534)
1492 Christopher Columbus's first voyage, discovers San Salvador - begins Spanish colonization of the New World
1492-1503 Pope Alexander VI
1503 Pope Pius III
1503-1513 Pope Julius II
1505-1572 John Knox, Protestant reformer in Scotland (see 1560)
1506 Pope Julius II orders the Old St Peter's Basilica torn down and authorizes Donato Bramante to plan a new structure, demolition completed in 1606
1508-1512 Michelangelo frescoes the Sistine Chapel's vaulted ceiling
1509-1547 Henry VIII ruler of England
1509-1564 John Calvin, preached predetermination, good conduct and success were signs of election
1513-1522 Pope Leo X
1517-1994 Modern Era of Christianity - Luther, Calvin lay the seeds of modern Protestantism, England breaks away from the Catholic Church
1517 95 Theses (Martin Luther)
1518-1532 St Terese of Avila
1520 Luther excommunicated
1522-1523 Pope Adrian VI
1522 Luther's German NT translation
1523-1534 Pope Clement VII
1524 South German peasant uprising, repressed with Luther's support, begins 1.5 century long religious wars
1525-1534 Tyndale's translation of the NT from Greek text of Erasmus (1466) compared against the Vulgate and the Pentateuch from the Hebrew (1525) compared to Vulgate and Luther's German version (1530), first printed edition, used as a vehicle by Tyndale for bitter attacks on the Church, reflects influence of Luther's NT of 1522 in rejecting "priest" for "elder", "church" for "congregation"1530 Augsburg Confession, Martin Luther founds the Lutheran Church
1531 Reported apparition of Mary at Guadalupe, Mexico, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1531 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal kills 30,000
1534 Henry VIII breaks England away from the Catholic church, confiscates monastic property, beginning of Episcopal Church
1534-1550 Pope Paul III
1534 Jesuit order founded by Lyola (1491-1556), helped reconvert large areas of Poland, Hungary, and S. Germany and sent missionaries to the New World, India, and China
1535-1537 Coverdale's Bible (see 1488), used Tyndale's (1525) translation along with Latin and German versions, included Apocrypha at the end of the OT (like Luther) as was done in later English versions, 1537 edition received royal license, but banned in 1546
1536 Tyndale put to death, left his OT translation in manuscript, English ecclesiaastical authorities ordered his Bible burned because it was thought to be part of Lutheran reform
1537-1551 Matthew Bible, by John Rogers (1500-1555), based on Tyndale and Coverdale received royal license but not authorized for use in public worship, numerous editions, 1551 edition contained offensive notes (based on Tyndale)
1536-1541 Michelangelo paints the Last Judgement
1539-1552 Richard Taverner's (1505-1577) revisions of Matthew Bible, mostly NT revisions since he didn't know Hebrew, 1st edition most reliable
1539-1569 Great Bible, by Thomas Cromwell, 1st English Bible to be authorized for public use in English churches, defective in many places, based on last Tyndale's NT of 1534-1535, corrected by a Latin version of the Hebrew OT, Latin Bible of Erasmus, and Complutensian Polyglot, last edition 1569, never denounced by England
1542 Conocation makes an unsuccessful attempt to correct the Great Bible against the Vulgate
1543 Parliament bans Tyndale's translation as a "crafty, false and untrue transalation", although 80% of the words were in the RV
1545-1563 Council of Trent, Catholic Reformation, or counter-reformation, met Protestant challenge, clearly defining an official theology
1546 King Henry VIII forbids anyone to have a copy of Tyndale's or Coverdale's NT
1547-1553 Edward VI ruler of England
1549 Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church)
1550-1555 Pope Julius III
1550? St. Thomas More, Cranmer, and Foxe affirm the existence of English versions of portions of the Bible, including the Gospels (11th century), Mark, Luke, Epistles of Paul (14th century), Apocalypse (11th century)
1553-1558 Mary I ruler of England, publications of English Scriptures cease (except for Geneva NT of 1557), many clerics leave England
1553 Pontifical Gregorian University founded at Vatican City 1555 Pope Marcellus II
1555-1559 Pope Paul IV
1556 Beza's Latin NT
1558-1603 Elizabeth I ruler of England
1559-1566 Pope Pius IV
1560 Geneva Bible, NT a revision of Matthew's version of Tyndale with use of Beza's NT (1556), OT a thorough revision of Great Bible, appointed to be read in Scotland (but not England), at least 140 editions
1560 Scotch Presbyterian Church founded by John Knox (1505-1572), due to disagreement with Lutherans over sacraments and church government
1563 39 Articles (Episcopal Church)
1566-1572 Pope Pius V
1571 Superior force of Turks intent upon conquering Christian Europe is beaten decisively by Christian sailors reportedly calling upon the name of Our Lady of the Rosary
1572-1585 Pope Gregory XIII
1572-1606 Bishop's Bible, an inadequate and unsatisfactory revision of the Great Bible checked against the Hebrew text, 1st to be published in England by episcopal authority
1582 Rheims NT, based on Coverdale, Bishops', Geneva, follows Wycliffe
1585-1590 Pope Sixtus V
1590-1591 Pope Urban VII
1590 Sistine edition of the Vulgate
1590 Michelangelo's dome in St Peter's Basilica completed
1591-1592 Pope Innocent IX
1592-1605 Pope Clement VIII
1596 Ukranian Catholic Church forms when Ukranian subjects of the king of Poland are reunited with Rome, largest Byzantine Catholic Church
1603-1625 James I ruler of England, 1st to call himself King of Great Britain, became official with Act of Union in 1707
1605 Pope Leo XI
1605-1621 Pope Paul V
1606 Carlo Maderno redesigns St Peter's Basilica into a Latin cross
1609 Baptist Church founded by John Smyth, due to objections to infant baptism and demands for church-state separation
1609-1610 Rheims-Douay Bible, 1st Catholic English translation, OT published in two volumes, based on an unofficial Louvain text corrected by Sistine Vulgate (1590), NT is Rheims text of 1582
1611-1800 King James (Authorized) Version, based on Bishop's Bible of 1572 with use of Rheims NT of 1582 - included Apocropha, alterations found in many editions through 1800, revisors accused of being "damnable corrupters of God's word"
1621-1623 Pope Gregory XV
1623-1644 Pope Urban VIII
1625-1649 Charles I ruler of England
1633 AV published in Scotland
1644 Long Parliament directed that only Hebrew canon only be read in the Church of England (effectively removed the Apocropha)
1644-1655 Pope Innocent X
1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell ruler of England
1655-1667 Pope Alexander VII
1658-1712 Richard Cromwell ruler of England
1660-1685 Charles II king of England, restoration of monarchy in England beginning under Charles II, continuing through James II, reversed decision of Long Parliament of 1644, reinstating the Apocrypha, reversal not heeded by non-conformists
1667-1670 Pope Clement IX
1667 Earthquake in Shemaka, Caucasia kills 80,000
1670-1676 Pope Clement X
1676-1689 Pope Innocent XI
1685-1688 James II king of England, deposed
1689-1702 William III king of England, with Mary II as queen until 1694
1689-1691 Pope Alexander VIII
1691-1700 Pope Innocent XII
1693 Earthquake in Catania, Italy kills 60,000
1700-1721 Pope Clement XI
1702-1714 Anne queen of England
1714-1727 George I king of England
1714 AV published in Ireland
1718 Catholic English version of NT by Dr. Nary, much less bulky than Reims- Douay
1721-1724 Pope Innocent XIII
1724-1730 Pope Benedict XIII
1727-1760 George II king of England
1730-1740 Pope Clement XII
1730 Catholic English version of NT, revision of Reims NT by Dr. Robert Witham
1738 Methodist Church founded by Rev John Wesley
1738-1816 New Catholic English versions of NT by Dr. Richard Challoner and Francis Blyth O.D.C., Bernard MacMahon, Dr Troy
1740-1758 Pope Benedict XIV
1752 AV published in New World colonies
1755 Earthquake in Northern Persia kills 40,000
1755 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal kills 60,000 (estimated at 8.75 Richter)
1758-1769 Pope Clement XIII
1760-1820 George III king of England
1769-1775 Pope Clement XIV
1775-1800 Pope Pius VI
1776 British colonies in America declare independance from England, American Revolution
1783 Earthquake in Calabria, Italy kills 30,000
1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
1800-1823 Pope Pius VII
1801-1877 Brigham Young, Mormon leader, colonized Utah
1811 Dr. Hay's revision of Challoner's version
1820-1830 George IV king of England
1822 Earthquake in Aleppo, Asia Minor kills 22,000
1815 Catholic Bible Society NT, based on Challoner's
1816-1829 Challoner's 3rd revision, Dr. John Lingard's translation from Greek using Vulgate when possible
1823-1829 Pope Leo XII
1827 Mormon Church founded by Joseph Smith as a result of reported visions of the Angel Moroni
1829-1831 Pope Pius VIII
1830-1837 William IV king of England
1830 Reported apparition of Mary in Paris, France, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1831-1846 Pope Gregory XVI
1832 Church of Christ (Disciples) organized, made up of Presbyterians in distress over Protestant factionalism and decline of fervor
1837-1901 Victoria queen of England
1846-1878 Pope Pius IX
1846 Reported apparition of Mary in La Salette, France, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1852-1922 Charles Taze Russell, founded the Jehova's Witnesses movement in the 1870s
1858 Reported apparition of Mary in Lourdes, France, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1859-1959 90 Catholic NT editions, 56 Catholic editions of the whole Bible
1868 Earthquakes in Peru and Ecuador kills 40,000
1869-1870 First Vatican Council, 20th ecumenical, affirms doctrine of papal infallibility (ie. when a pope speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals he does so with the supreme apostolic authority, which no Catholic may question or reject)
1871 Reported apparition of Mary in Pontmain, France, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1875 Earthquake in Colombia, Venezuela 1878-1903 Pope Leo XIII
1878 14-point creed of the Niagara Bible Conference, used by Fundamentalists
1879 Reported apparition of Mary in Knock, Ireland, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1881-1894 Revised Version, called for by Church of England, used Greek based on Septuagint (B) and (S), Massoretic text used in OT, follows Greek order of words, greater accuracy than AV, includes Apocrypha, scholarship never disputed
1898-1904 Twentieth Century NT, changed order of books to chronological
1901-1910 Edward VII king of England
1901 American Standard Version, recension of the RV, included words/phrases preferred by Americans, follows Greek order of words
1901 Pentecostal Church formed in Topeka, Kansas in reaction to loss of evangelical fervor among Methodists and other denominations
1902 Richard Weymouth NT, a careful literary translation
1903-1914 Pope Pius X, most recent Pope to be canonized
1910-1936 George V king of England
1910 5-point statement of the Presbyterian General Assembly, also used by Fundamentalists
1910-1915 The Fundamentals, a 12-volume collection of essays by 64 British and American scholars and preachers, a foundation of Fundamentalism
1913-1924 James Moffat Bible, 1st one man translation in almost 400 years
1914-1922 Pope Benedict XV
1917 Reported apparition of Mary in Fatima, Portugal, "miracle of the sun" witnessed by between 70,000 and 100,000 people, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1919 World's Christian Fundamentals Association founded
1922-1939 Pope Pius XI
1925 Scopes Trial, caused division among Fundamentalists
1932 Reported apparition of Mary in Beauraing, Belgium, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1933 Reported apparition of Mary in Banneux, Belgium, considered "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church
1936 Edward VIII king of England, acceeded and abdicated
1936-1952 George VI king of England
1936 Westminster NT, unofficial Catholic version (not commissioned by the Hierarchy)
1939-1958 Pope Pius XII
1945-1955 Knox Version, from Vulgate, asked for by English Hierarchy
1946-1952 Revised Standard Version, revision of AV "based on consonantal Hebrew text" for OT and best available texts for NT, done in response to changes in English usage
1949 Basic English Bible, only 1000 words, simple and direct style
1949 Discovery of Qumran (Essenes?) scrolls, aka Dead Sea scrolls (see 68)
1952-Present Elizabeth II queen of England
1957 United Church of Christ founded by ecumenical union of Congregationalists and Evangelical & Reformed, representing Calvinists and Lutherans
1958-1963 Pope John XXIII
1958 J. B. Phillip's NT, uses only commonly spoken language
1959 Statement of Faith (United Church of Christ)
1961 New English Bible, renders original Basic English Bible for private use
1962-1965 Second Vatican Council, 21st ecumenical, announced by Pope John XXIII in
1959, produced 16 documents which became official after approval by the Pope, purpose to renew "ourselves and the flocks committed to us" (Pope John XXIII)
1963-1978 Pope Paul VI
1966 RSV Catholic Edition, a joint effort between Catholics and the Church of England, a big step towards a common Catholic/Protestant Bible
1966 Jerusalem Bible, translation from original languages based on Bible de Jerusalem, Catholic version
1970 Confraternity Version, new Catholic translation from the originals which began before 1939 as a translation from the Vulgate, but ending up as a new translation from the Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT).
1971 New American Standard Bible, updated the ASV using recent Hebrew and Greek textual discoveries
1978 Pope John Paul I
1978 New International Version, used eclectic Greek text, Massoretic Hebrew text, and current English style
1978-? Pope John Paul II, reaffirmed conservative moral traditions (The Splendor of Truth) and the forbidding of women in the priesthood
1979-1982? New King James Bible, complete revision of 1611 AV, updates archaisms while retaining style
1981-? Reported apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, not yet approved/disapproved by the Catholic Church
1994 Declaration of cooperation between Evangelicals and Catholics
WRONG. Consecutive Bisops of Mostar authoritatively declared there was NO evidence of any apparitions.
Both Bishops said the seers were liars. The Franciscans running this scam were disobedient and in opposition to the Pope and one of the Franciscan priests knocked-up a girl
Now, just wait. Someone who has wasted $1000.00's of dollars travelling to that place and buying trinkets ect will tell me; "I drove my rusty Yugo to Medjugorge and as soon as I drove into the town square my Yugo turned into a red Maserati, my rosary turned gold, and a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano Cheess in my back seat suddenly turned into Mott the Hoople and he started singing "All the young Dudes," and so who are YOU to tell me there are no miracles taking place there?
I remember reading in Samuel Eliot Morrison's "Orthodox History of America" that the Salem Witch Trials included reports of UFO's.
WRONG. Consecutive Bisops of Mostar authoritatively declared there was NO evidence of any apparitions.
This was done by Paul Harvey who is famous for doing
"And now you know the rest of the stroy!"
It make you wonder about his stories?:)
1930 - Anglican Church is the first Christian church to approve the use of artificial birth control going against 19 centuries of Christian teaching.
This truly was a watershed event - a disasterous watershed event for Christianity and the world. Was Christianity wrong for 19 centuries?
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