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Update to Lecture Schedule

• Feb 17th. Christian Roman Emperors and the

Arian Crisis (313–451 AD).

• Feb 24th. Special: Follow-up on Questions.
• Mar 10th. The Papacy and the Latin Fathers

(313–476 AD).

• Mar 31st. The Fall of Rome and the New

Nations of Europe (313–550 AD).

Outline of Church History

• 33 to 313 AD: The Ancient World

(The Church in a Pre-Christian Civilization)

• 313 to 1517 AD: The Middle Ages

(Christendom)

• 1517 AD to present: The Modern Age

(The Church in a Post-Christian Civilization)

Timeline: Lecture 4

The Christian Roman Emperors

• 303 Diocletian’s persecution
• 306 Constantine, Caesar of West
• 312 Milvian Bridge
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 323 Basilica of St Peter
• 324 Constantine sole emperor
• 330 Constantinople capital
• 337 † Constantine
• 351 Constantius (Arian) sole emperor
• 362 Julian the Apostate
• 378 Battle of Adrianople
• 382 Gratian disestablishes paganism
• 390 Theodosius does penance
• 392 Theodosius prohibits pagan rites
• 407 Franks in Gaul
• 410 Visigoths sack Rome, Romans evacuate Britain

Arian Crisis, Ecumenical Councils, Greek Fathers

• 320 Arius preaches in Alexandria
• 325 Council of Nicaea I (vs Arianism)
• 328–373 St Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria (exiled 5 times)
• 335–361 Eusebians and Arian bishops ascendant
• 341 Ulfilas consecrated bishop by Eusebius
• 356 † St Anthony
• 361 Arianism declines in the East
• 379 † St Basil of Caesarea
• 381 Council of Constantinople I (vs Arianism)
• 386 † St Gregory of Nyssa, St John Chrysostom ordained
• 389 (ca.) † St Gregory of Nazianzus
• 403 St John Chrysostom banished
• 407 † St John Chrysostom
• 431 Council of Ephesus (vs Nestorianism)
• 451 Council of Chalcedon (vs Monophysitism)
• 484–519 Monophysite Schism

Christian Roman Emperors

• 306–337: Constantine
• 337–350: Constans (West) Constantius (East)
• 350–361: Constantius sole emperor
• 361–363: Julian the Apostate
• 364–378: Valentinian I and II, Valens
• 379–392: Gratian (West) Theodosius (East)
• 392–395: Theodosius I sole emperor

The Arian Crisis: Personalities

• Arius
• St Athanasius
• Emperor Constantine
• Eusebius x2 (of Caesarea and Nicomedia)
• Emperor Constantius
• St Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory
• f Nazianzus
• Emperor Theodosius I

First Four Ecumenical Councils

• Nicaea I (325): vs Arianism
• Constantinople I (381): vs Arianism
• Ephesus (431): vs Nestorianism
• Chalcedon (451): vs Monophysitism