Under this head may be given certain dates and events which may be regarded as "Turning Points" in the history of the Christian Church:
EVENT. DATE.
Day of Pentecost, Birthday of the Church A.D. 33
Death of St. John at Ephesus 97
The Ten great Persecutions of Christians 64-313
I. General Council, at Nicea 325
II. General Council, at Constantinople 381
III.General Council, at Ephesus 431
IV. General Council, at Chalcedon 451
Leo the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 492
V. General Council, at Constantinople 553
Gregory the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 590
St. Augustine came to England 595
VI. General Council, at Constantinople 681
Venerable Bede died at Yarrow, England 735
Alfred the Great founded Oxford University 887
Final Separation of Church in East and West 1054
Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, revised English Liturgy 1081
Crusades began 1095
Bible divided into chapters 1252
Wickliffe and his work 1377-1384
First book printed, a Latin Bible, at Mentz 1450
Martin Luther and his work 1517-1546
John Calvin 1530-1564
English Reformation 1534-1559
First English Prayer Book set forth 1549
Present authorized version of the Bible 1611
Present English Prayer Book set forth 1662
Church introduced into America 1578-1607
Bishop Seabury consecrated in Scotland first
American Bishop 1784
Three additional Bishops consecrated in England for American Church 1787-1790
Name changed to Protestant Episcopal 1789
American Prayer Book set forth Oct. 16, 1789
American Prayer Book revised 1883-1892