1. By Meredith Gummerson

2. Paul’s Missions
The Beginning of It
Paul travels the Roman
All
Empire performing
miracles and bringing
Christ is thought to
the word of God to
have died and
the
resurrected
Jews, Gentiles, and
Around Pagans alike.
33 AD
Around The Conversion of 47-57
30 AD Saul AD
Saul, who was
originally part of the
persecution against
the church becomes
Paul after an
encounter with God on
the way to Damascus

3. Christian s Blamed for
Fires in Rome
When accused of starting
the 6-day fire that
consumed ¾ of
Rome, Nero blamed the
Christians and used some
of their bodies as human
torches
48AD 68 AD
64AD
Council of Jerusalem Paul’s Execution
An early church After being held a
council where it was prisoner in Rome for
decided that Gentile years, Paul is
Christians didn’t have executed and becomes
to follow Mosaic law a martyr

4. Destruction of Jerusalem
Luke and John
Rome crushes the Jewish Revolt
and destroys both the temple The gospels of Luke
and city causing Christians and and John are written
Jews to further separate.
71 AD
70 AD 90 AD
Coptic Church is
Founded
Mark brought
Christianity to Egypt
where he founds the
Coptic Church.

5. Martyrdom of Polycarp
Polycarp, the bishop of
Smyrna and author of
the inspiring Letter to the
Philippians is burned at
the stake for refusing to
worship the Emperor
107AD
156AD
First recorded use of Introduction of
the term Catholic Montanism
St. Ignatius, bishop Montanus , a pagan
of Antioch, uses the priest who converted
term “Catholic” to to Christ, begins
describe the church in Montanism which
his Letter to the placed much emphasis
Smyrnaeans on the Holy Spirit

6. 1st Organized Persecution of
Irenaeus writes
Christians by Decius
Against Heresies
All citizens were required to
Iranaeus, the Bishop
make sacrifices to the
of Lyons wrote
emperor in the presence of
Against Heresies to
an official and attain a
fight Gnosticism and
certificate saying they had
further define Christ
done so
230 AD
180 AD 250 AD
On First
Principles
It was written
by Origen, a
Christian
scholar and
theologian

7. Christian Population Makes
Up ¼ of Roman Population
Of the 60 million people
making up the Roman
empire, it is estimated
that 15,000,000 were
Christians.
270 AD 301 AD
Antony Leaves for 300 AD
Armenia Declares
Dessert Christianity the State
Religion
Antony converts to
Christianity and goes to Armenia was the first
live in the desert living country to make
an ascetic life that Christianity the state
marks the beginning of religion.
Christian monasticism

8. The Great Persecution
Begins
Diocletian and the other
emperors issue edicts
limiting the rights of
Christians and orders
burning of Christian texts
and buildings. 313 AD
303 AD
Constantine’s Conversion
and the Edict of Milan
After Constantine has a
vision of a cross, he
converts to Christianity
and ends the Great
Persecution with the Edict
of Milan.