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Catholic Church History:
A Summary of the Past 2,000 Years
Since my conversion I have always been interested in Church History, which led me to write a short thesis on the history of the Catholic Church before finishing graduate school. I recently reread the thesis and decided to post a brief introduction into the history of the Catholic Church. It will be divided into twenty sections; each section representing one century. Keep in mind that this introduction is not an indepth study but more or less a collage of highlights from each century. -Brian
1st Century: The Birth of the Church
2nd Century: Our Church Fathers
3rd Century: Martyrs, Apostatized Catholics & Monasticism
5th Century: Theotokos - "Mother of God"
6th Century: Monasticism & Evangelization Take Center Stage
7th Century: Rise of the Papacy and the Beginning of Islam
8th Century: Islam Is Stopped and Icons Saved
9th Century: Charlemagne Is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
10th Century: Abuses Plague the Church
11th Century: The Great Schism
12th Century: The Lateran Councils
13th Century: The Rise of the Mendicants
14th Century: The Papacy Moves to France
15th Century: The Great Western Schism
16th Century: The Protestant Revolt
17th Century: The Thirty Year War and The Enlightenment
18th Century: The French Revolution and Catholicism in America
19th Century: Vatican I and The Rise of the Church in America
20th Century: Vatican II, Pope John Paul II and the New Evangelization