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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Covenant Israel
The Life of Christ
c. 4 BC
The birth of Jesus Christ
Bethlehem
JesusLuke ties Jesus' birth to a Roman census that took Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem, where she gave birth and laid the child in a feeding trough for lack of room. Shepherds nearby reported an angelic announcement calling him Savior and Christ. Micah had named Bethlehem as the origin of Israel's future ruler; John's Gospel later described the event as the Word becoming flesh.
βFor unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.β
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CONQUEST OF CANAAN
THE JUDGES: RAIDS & RESCUES
PHILISTINE WARS
DAVID'S WARS
ARAM WARS
ASSYRIA INVADES
BABYLON'S SIEGES
MACCABEAN REVOLT
JEWISHβROMAN WARS
BYZANTINEβPERSIAN WAR
ISLAMIC CONQUESTS
THE RECONQUISTA
THE CRUSADES
THE TATAR YOKE
HUSSITE WARS
OTTOMAN WARS
FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION
EIGHTY YEARS' WAR
THIRTY YEARS' WAR
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
FRENCH REVOLUTION
SOVIET PERSECUTION
