Major events and movements in church history

The history of the Christian church is full of times of struggle and renewal. In the early centuries, debates about the nature of God caused great division. In the Middle Ages, people in Christian lands formed armies to "defend" the Holy Lands. In the mid second millenium, there was a renewal of awareness of the Bible spawning the Reformation. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, missionary activity has spread the gospel around the world. (Read more)

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• Timeline of church history
• Early Church: Ecumenical councils | Monasticism | The Great Schism
• Middle-Ages: The Crusades | The Inquisition | The Reformation | Counter Reformation
• More recent history: Missionary activity in the 18th to 20th century | Revival and mass evangelism | The Second Vatican Council

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