Dates
Councils
Heresies
Barbarians
Terms
100

Romans destroy the temple and city of Jerusalem.

70 AD

100

Called by Constantine to discuss the Arian heresy and resulted in “Consubstantialem Patri”.

Council of Nicaea
100

Christ was a man in whom God dwelt.

Nestorianism

100

Leader of the Mongolian Huns.

Atilla 

100

This is the pivotal moment of all of history.

Incarnation

200

Constantine legalizes Christianity through the Edict of Milan.

313 AD

200

This council responded to the Nestorian and Monophysite heresies with the Hypostatic Union.

Chalcedon

200

God created good and Satan created evil.

Manicheaism 

200

Ostrogoth general who caused the fall of Rome.

Odoacer

200

Christ has two natures in one Divine Person. 

Hypostatic Union 

300

The Western Roman Empire falls.

476 AD

300

This council declared the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.

Constantinople 

300

Jesus has one divine nature that contains his humanity.

Monophysism 

300

Ostrogoth king who killed his general and rule Rome for 33 years. 

Theodoric

300

This Greek word means “same substance.”

Homoousious

400

Diocletian divides the Roman Empire into East and West.

286 AD

400

Nestorius was excommunicated at this council.

Ephesus 

400

We can get to heaven on our own and don’t have original sin.

Pelagianism 

400

Leader of the Franks who converted to Catholicism.

Clovis

400

These controversies dealt with the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation.

Theological 

500

Alaric unites the Visigoths and Ostrogoths to sack Rome.

410 AD

500

This council forbade fornication and solidified Peter as Pope, head of the Church.

Jerusalem 

500

The validity of a sacrament depends on the holiness of the minister.

Donatism 

500
Vandal king who ravaged North Africa and sacked Rome but left the citizens alive. 

Geneseric

500

Total rejection of the Christian Faith. 

Apostasy