History of the Church
Trace the story of the church across 3,000 years, from the Exodus and the life of Christ through the apostles, Reformation, global missions, and the church today. Explore 284 events alongside the empires, wars, movements, and turning points that shaped Christian history, told through Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox eyes.
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c. 966 BC
Jerusalem
SolomonSolomon spent seven years building a permanent temple in Jerusalem on the site his father David had prepared, using cedar from Lebanon and skilled labor from Tyre. The finished structure replaced the portable tabernacle as the center of Israelite worship and housed the ark of the covenant in its innermost chamber. John's gospel later records Jesus using the temple as a figure for his own body.
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