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Our Hebrew and Jewish Heritage
Our Catholic Heritage
approximately A.D. 29–1534
Our Anglican Heritage1534–1738
Our Methodist Heritage
2000 B.C. 1000 B.C. Christ’s Birth A.D. 1000 Today
After Christ’s death and resurrection,
the next 1,700 years of our faith history
take place in the Catholic Church and, eventually, the Anglican
Church.
At first many people were not happy with Christianity—off and on for about 300 years, Christians were persecuted by the government.
In 312 the Roman emperor Constantine
converted to Christianity
Theodosius I would make Christianity the official religion of
the Empire in 380
In 312 the Roman emperor Constantine converted to
Christianity.
Theodosius I
would make Christianity
the official religion of the Empire in 380.
Differences in language, culture, and
doctrine split the church in 1054.
The Roman Catholic Church
in the West
The Orthodox Church in the
East
Because the church is made up of imperfect
people, the church developed
some imperfect practices.
In 1517 a monk named Martin Luther
posted 95 points on a church door,
calling for reforms in the Catholic church; and the church split once
again.
Those who protested the ways of the Catholic Church were called Protestants.
Some Protestants followed Luther and became Lutherans.
Others followed a reformer namedJohn Calvin and became Calvinists (ancestors of today’s Presbyterians).
John Calvin
England’s King Henry VIII was a Catholic . . . until the Pope wouldn’t let him
get a divorce.
So Henry started the Church of England,
got divorced (several times),
kicked the Catholic Church
out of England,and took
the church’s land and money.
The Church of England (known as the Anglican or Episcopal Church) became an important
Christian denomination.
Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church cleaned up its act;
but the hard feelings of the Reformation remained.
The Canterbury Cathedral
Because the church
is made up ofimperfect people, the church once again needed reform.
An Anglican preacher named John Wesley set out a different path, and the Methodist movement began.
Anglican Church
(Church of
England)
1534
Methodist Movement
in England
Methodist Movement
in America
Methodist Episcopal Church 1784
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