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Some Important Dates in Church History, From the Latest and Highest Authorities

By Church History I mean the history of both the true and false Church.

4. Birth of Christ four years before the beginning of the so-called "Christian Era", according to the belief of most scholars.

70. Destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman General Titus. Cessation of the Temple service, the sacrificial system, and of the instrumental music in the public worship of God among the Jews.

100. Close of the Apostolic Age, sense which time no new doctrine or practice has been revealed by God to man.

242. Manichaeus, of Babylon, borrows, from Zoroaster (600 B.C.) the idea of an Eternal Devil.

252. Birth of Catholicism in the brain of Cyprian of Carthage in North Africa.

256. First known instance of infant "baptism", in North Africa.

313. Edict of Milan, by Constantine and Licinius, for general religious toleration.

321. Sunday made a legal holiday, and salaries paid to Catholic clergy by Constantine.

325. Council of Nice, whose decrees were, by the Roman emperor Constantine, pronounced inspired; he thus united Church and State, and soon began the cruel and bloody persecution of non-Catholics which continued through the Dark Ages and for more than fifteen hundred years, as long as the Catholics had control of civil governments.

410. Beginning of Pelagianism (so-called from Pelagius, a British monk), a system professing Christianity, and yet maintaining the heathen doctrine of salvation by works.

420. Semi-Pelagianism: John Cassian, of France, maintains that man is saved by works and grace combined.

440. Leo I., surnamed The Great, chosen bishop of Rome, the first real Pope.

602. Supremacy of the bishop of Rome acknowledged by Phorcas, emperor of the East.

622. Flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in Arabia--the beginning of the Mohammedian Era.

642. Theodosius, pope of Rome, the first called "sovereign pontiff".

666. The organ introduced by Pope Vitalian I. into the Roman Catholic Church.

831. The false doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are by the prayers of the priest, changed into the real body and blood of Christ, invented by Paschasius Radbert, of France.

881-936. Papal Pornocracy, or rule of Adulterous Popes; and from 1484-1503.

1054. The Roman Catholic pope and the Greek Catholic Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other.

1074. Roman Catholic clergy forbidden to marry by Pope Gregory VII.

1080. The Anti-Pope Clement III. set up by the Emperor Henry IV.

1200. The Roman Catholic priests begin to withhold the cup or wine from the laity in communion.

1311. The Roman Catholic Council of Ravenna, Italy, first authorizes sprinkling or pouring for baptism.

1517. Sale of Indulgences authorized by Pope Leo X. Tetzel in Germany. Luther's Theses published.

1521. Luther excommunicated. Luther at the Diet of Worms; carried off to the castle of Wartburg. Death of Leo X.

1526. Birth of Lutheranism (separation from her Romish mother) at the Diet of Spires.

1534. Birth of Episcopalianism (separation from her Romish mother) by the Act of the British Parliament. Luther's Bible completed.

1546. The King's Primer, first sketch of the Book of Common Prayer.

1560. Birth of Presbyterianism (separation from her Romish mother) by Act of the Scottish Parliament.

1563. The Thirty-nine Articles of the (Episcopal) Church of England. Canons and decrees of the Roman Catholic Council at Trent.

1610. The Five Arminian Articles adopted by the Remonstrants of Holland, maintaining that man is saved by grace and works combined.

1612. Edward Wightman, a Baptist, the last man burned in England for his religion.

1622. The first Missionary Society (Congregatio de Propaganda Fide) organized by Pope Gregory XV.

1647. The (Presbyterian) Westminster Confession of Faith. George Fox (Quaker) begins to preach.

1655. Rise of women "preachers" among the Quakers or "Friends".

1689. The London Baptist Confession of Faith (agreeing in doctrine with the previous

English Baptist Confessions of 1643, 1644, 1656, 1677, and 1688.)

1698. First Protestant Missionary Society founded by the Episcopal (English) Church--"Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts."

1701. The Welsh Tract Church, the oldest Old School Baptist Church in America, was formed in Wales and emigrated to Delaware, where it still exists--the only church that emigrated in a body from Europe to America.

1707. The first Baptist Association (the Philadelphia) formed in America.

1715. The First Hopewell Church, the second oldest Old School Baptist Church in America, formed at Hopewell, New Jersey; it is still one of our largest churches.

1739. The Methodist Society, as it was called by its founder, organized in the Episcopal Church by John Wesley, who said that he lived and died in the faith of the Church of England (or Episcopal church).

1765. The Kehukee (the oldest Old School or Primitive Baptist) Association formed in eastern North Carolina.

1781. Sunday schools originated by Robert Raikes, an Episcopalian, of Gloucester, England.

1784. The twenty five Methodist Articles of Religion drawn up by John Wesley.

1792. First Baptist Missionary Society founded at Kettering, England.

1799. The first Protracted and Camp meetings started together by a Methodist minister, John McGee, on the banks of the Red River in Kentucky.

1827. The Kehukee Association opposes all human religious institutions.

1854. Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary proclaimed at Rome.

1870. Infallibility of the Pope voted by the Vatican Council July 18; loss of temporal power by the Pope September 20.

1907. The union of all the Protestant Churches (including New School Baptists) in China, at Shanghai, April 25, in one church called " The United Protestant Church of China".



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	Some Important Dates in Church History, From the Latest and Highest Authorities By Church History I mean the history of both the true and false Church. B.C. 4. Birth of Christ four years before the beginning of the so-called "Christian Era", according to the belief of most scholars. A.D. 26. Baptism of Christ. 29. Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. 70. Destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman General Titus. Cessation of the Temple service, the sacrificial system, and of the instrumental music in the public worship of God among the Jews. 100. Close of the Apostolic Age, sense which time no new doctrine or practice has been revealed by God to man. 242. Manichaeus, of Babylon, borrows, from Zoroaster (600 B.C.) the idea of an Eternal Devil. 252. Birth of Catholicism in the brain of Cyprian of Carthage in North Africa. 256. First known instance of infant "baptism", in North Africa. 313. Edict of Milan, by Constantine and Licinius, for general religious toleration. 321. Sunday made a legal holiday, and salaries paid to Catholic clergy by Constantine. 325. Council of Nice, whose decrees were, by the Roman emperor Constantine, pronounced inspired; he thus united Church and State, and soon began the cruel and bloody persecution of non-Catholics which continued through the Dark Ages and for more than fifteen hundred years, as long as the Catholics had control of civil governments. 410. Beginning of Pelagianism (so-called from Pelagius, a British monk), a system professing Christianity, and yet maintaining the heathen doctrine of salvation by works. 420. Semi-Pelagianism: John Cassian, of France, maintains that man is saved by works and grace combined. 440. Leo I., surnamed The Great, chosen bishop of Rome, the first real Pope. 570. Birth of Mohammed. 602. Supremacy of the bishop of Rome acknowledged by Phorcas, emperor of the East. 610. Mohammed begins the propagation of his false religion. 622. Flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in Arabia--the beginning of the Mohammedian Era. 632. Death of Mohammed. 642. Theodosius, pope of Rome, the first called "sovereign pontiff". 666. The organ introduced by Pope Vitalian I. into the Roman Catholic Church. 755. Beginning of the temporal power of the Pope. 831. The false doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are by the prayers of the priest, changed into the real body and blood of Christ, invented by Paschasius Radbert, of France. 881-936. Papal Pornocracy, or rule of Adulterous Popes; and from 1484-1503. 988. The Greek Catholic religion introduced into Russia. 1054. The Roman Catholic pope and the Greek Catholic Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other. 1074. Roman Catholic clergy forbidden to marry by Pope Gregory VII. 1080. The Anti-Pope Clement III. set up by the Emperor Henry IV. 1170. Peter Waldo begins preaching at Lyons. 1200. The Roman Catholic priests begin to withhold the cup or wine from the laity in communion. 1248. Spanish Inquisition founded. 1311. The Roman Catholic Council of Ravenna, Italy, first authorizes sprinkling or pouring for baptism. 1341. First passage of Turks into Europe. 1380. Wycliffe's English New Testament completed. 1384. Wycliffe's English Bible completed; death of Wycliffe. 1457. The Moravian Church founded in Bohemia. 1517. Sale of Indulgences authorized by Pope Leo X. Tetzel in Germany. Luther's Theses published. 1521. Luther excommunicated. Luther at the Diet of Worms; carried off to the castle of Wartburg. Death of Leo X. 1526. Birth of Lutheranism (separation from her Romish mother) at the Diet of Spires. 1530. The Augsburg Confession of the Lutheran Church. 1534. Birth of Episcopalianism (separation from her Romish mother) by the Act of the British Parliament. Luther's Bible completed. 1546. The King's Primer, first sketch of the Book of Common Prayer. 1559. English (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer first used. 1560. Birth of Presbyterianism (separation from her Romish mother) by Act of the Scottish Parliament. 1563. The Thirty-nine Articles of the (Episcopal) Church of England. Canons and decrees of the Roman Catholic Council at Trent. 1610. The Five Arminian Articles adopted by the Remonstrants of Holland, maintaining that man is saved by grace and works combined. 1611. The Authorized King James Translation of the Bible. 1612. Edward Wightman, a Baptist, the last man burned in England for his religion. 1622. The first Missionary Society (Congregatio de Propaganda Fide) organized by Pope Gregory XV. 1638. The Solemn League and Covenant of the Scots. 1647. The (Presbyterian) Westminster Confession of Faith. George Fox (Quaker) begins to preach. 1651. First (Welsh) Baptist Association. 1653. First English Baptist Association. 1655. Rise of women "preachers" among the Quakers or "Friends". 1658. The (Congregationalist) Savoy Declaration of Faith. 1675. The confession of the Society of Friends. (Quakers). 1689. The London Baptist Confession of Faith (agreeing in doctrine with the previous English Baptist Confessions of 1643, 1644, 1656, 1677, and 1688.) 1698. First Protestant Missionary Society founded by the Episcopal (English) Church--"Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." 1701. The Welsh Tract Church, the oldest Old School Baptist Church in America, was formed in Wales and emigrated to Delaware, where it still exists--the only church that emigrated in a body from Europe to America. 1707. The first Baptist Association (the Philadelphia) formed in America. 1715. The First Hopewell Church, the second oldest Old School Baptist Church in America, formed at Hopewell, New Jersey; it is still one of our largest churches. 1739. The Methodist Society, as it was called by its founder, organized in the Episcopal Church by John Wesley, who said that he lived and died in the faith of the Church of England (or Episcopal church). 1742. Kehukee Church in Halifax County, North Carolina. 1765. The Kehukee (the oldest Old School or Primitive Baptist) Association formed in eastern North Carolina. 1781. Sunday schools originated by Robert Raikes, an Episcopalian, of Gloucester, England. 1784. The twenty five Methodist Articles of Religion drawn up by John Wesley. 1792. First Baptist Missionary Society founded at Kettering, England. 1799. The first Protracted and Camp meetings started together by a Methodist minister, John McGee, on the banks of the Red River in Kentucky. 1814. American Baptist Missionary Union formed. 1816. American Bible Society formed. 1826. American Tract Society formed. 1827. The Kehukee Association opposes all human religious institutions. 1832. The Black Rock Convention, in Maryland, does the same. 1830. Mormon Church founded by Joseph Smith, of New York. 1854. Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary proclaimed at Rome. 1870. Infallibility of the Pope voted by the Vatican Council July 18; loss of temporal power by the Pope September 20. 1907. The union of all the Protestant Churches (including New School Baptists) in China, at Shanghai, April 25, in one church called " The United Protestant Church of China". S. Hassell