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He was crucified by the Roman authorities and then resurrected three days later.
Who is Jesus?
A barrier that for almost 30 years had symbolized the division between East and West Germany during the Cold War.
The Church of St. Nicholas in Leipzig held weekly "Prayers for Peace" meetings. In the weeks leading up to the fall of the wall, a Peace Prayer Rally grew to 300,000 participants.
Just one month after that massive demonstration, the wall came down. The church had sent a powerful message: the East German government no longer controlled its people.
The joy and relief on that day 20 years ago became reality thanks in part to the effort of one tenacious pastor and what he describes as his firm faith in this teaching of Jesus: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
What is the Berlin Wall?
A collection of twenty-seven books written in Greek by people from various places.
What is the New Testament?
A 5th-century missionary to Ireland and later served as bishop there. He is credited with bringing Christianity to parts of Ireland and was probably partly responsible for the Christianization of the Picts and Anglo-Saxons.
Who is St. Patrick?
This King broke away from the Catholic Church, then he annulled his own marriage.
Who is King Henry VIII?
It began in 1478 when King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile established the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Inquisition was created to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition.
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
A collection of about 900 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A military campaign (1095-1102) by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control.
What was the First Crusade?
He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
It was a cause of the Protestant Reformation because it led to changes in the society that challenged the authority of the church and created the conditions for social and economic reforms.
What is the Black Death (plague)?
Within a hundred years after its introduction, this calendar was the staple of time in the Roman Empire and would be used by the civil world for over 1,600 years.
What is the Julian Calendar?
His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds, shaped the core of Protestantism.
Who is Martin Luther?
This event in the 5th century CE has always been viewed as the end of the ancient world and the onset of the Middle Ages.
What is the Fall of the Western Roman Empire?
On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to this document. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war.
What is the Magna Carta?
He was responsible for uniting most of Europe under his rule by power of the sword and for helping to restore the Western Roman Empire and becoming its first emperor.
Who is Charlemagne?
This event was the separation of the Catholic church of the West from the Orthodox churches of the East.
What is the Great Schism?
A proclamation issued by Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius that granted religious tolerance to Christians and other faiths within the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?