2 Thess 2:3-7 - The Secret Power of Lawlessness Already at Work in Pauls' Day

31 Death of Jesus Christ

34 Stoning of Stephen end of 490 years for Jews (Dan 9:24)

67 Death of Peter and Paul

95 Roman Bishop demands submission of church at Corinth

105 Roman Church introduces Holy Water

125 Roman church introduces 7 week fast before easter.

130 Some Christians begin to keep Sunday as well as the Sabbath.

175 Roman church abolishes idea of distinction between clean and unclean meats.

250's 2 popes at once.

284 Partition of Roman Empire into east and west

312 Battle of Milvian bridge

313 Edict of Milan = freedom for all religions

313 2^nd Edict = only catholics given legal recognition.

321 Constantine's Sunday law on the venerable "day of the sun" stop work except farmers, really a holiday.

331 Constantine moves capital from Rome to Byzantium, changed to Constantonople.

337 Constantine baptized and claims to be the 13th disciple.

350 Council of Laodicea= people forbidden to rest on saturday.

300's Under "christian" Emperors the sacred flame in the Temple of Vesta goes out after 1100 years.

374 Rome invaded by Huns

410 Rome invaded by Visogoths.

452 Rome invaded by Huns, Attila stopped at gates by pope Leo I.

455 Rome invaded by Vandals.

476 Westen empire falls to Heruli.

493 Arian Heruli eliminated by Ostrogoths

496 Clovis I, King of Franks marries catholic woman

496 Dante puts pope Anastasius II in hell in Dantes Inferno (written in 1307).

508 Clovis defeats Arians and now France becomes formost power in establishing papal power. (1290 yrs)

526 Pope John dies in prison under Theodoric, king of Ostrogoths, at Ravenna.

533 Justinian's law = Bishop of Rome is head of all the Holy Churches and "Corrector of Heretics".

534 Belisarius eliminates the Arian kingdom of Vandals in North Africa

535 Edict of Atalaric = pope recognized as head of bishops of entire world.

538 Third Council of Orleans, France = 1^st religious law all to stop labor on Sunday, trying to make it a holy-day.

538 Disasterous defeat of Ostrogoths by Belisarius= Liberation of Rome. Fall of last of three horns.

538 3 horns eliminated = Henili, Vandals, Ostrogoths

7 horns left: Alamanni = North Switzerland and Germany; Burgundians = Southern Switzerland and Southern France; Franks = France; Lombards = Italy; Visogoths = Spain; Anglo-Saxons = England;

Suevi = Portugal.

538 Implimentation of Justinian's Law on papal supremacy in Rome

774 Forged "donation of Constantine" document "found" giving city of Rome to church. Eventually the church owns 1/3 of all Italy.

787 7^th General Council at Nicaea establishes the worship of images

1054 Great Schism between west (Roman) church and east (Orthodox) church. Rome excommunicates all of east church

1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates German Emporer Henry IV but absolves him when he comes in winter to Cancissa. Pope Gregory VII stated that only the pope is universal i.e. no one can judge him.

1096 Various crusades to recover the Holy Land from Muslem control taken at the request of various popes, last till 1270.

1198 Pope Innocent Ill, the most powerful of all the popes. Persecution of Albigenses, Waldenses.

1215 Inquisition instituted

1265 to 1321 Dante critic of papal corruption. The Divine Comedy.

1305 Holy See moved to Avignon for 72 yrs.

1378 2 and 3 popes at a time for 39 years.

1328 John Wyclif, English reformer to 1384

1369 John Hussto 1415

1416 Jerome of Prague burned at the stake.

1453 Invention of printing press

1484 Ulric Zwingle, Swiss reformer to 1531

1487 Papal bull to erradicate Waldensian heresy.

1492 Christopher Columbus discovers America.

1505 John Knox, Scottish reformation to 1572.

1506 Rebuilding St Peters to 1597 paid for by indulgences.

1509 John Calvin, French reformer to 1564.

1517 Luther, German reformer puts up 95 thesis.

1521 Luthers' defense at Worms.

1529 Lutheran princes protest,called "protestants" at Speyer, Germany.

1530 Confession at Augsburg signed by Protestant princes.

1534 Split between Rome and church of England

1534 Jesuits formed by Ignatius Loyola.

1543 Council of Trent: decision made that tradition and scripture are equal on argument of the Sabbath.

1548 Council of Trent: decision to include non-canonical books in the Bible to support already held beliefs of purgatory and the non-immorality of the soul.

1572 St Batholomew's massacre, Paris.

1590 Francisco Ribera: Jesuit who developed futurist interpretation of prophecy.

1611 King James Bible translation.

1620 Pilgrams on Mayflower land at Plymouth, Mass.

1685 Persecution of Huguenots and Waldensians by France and Savoy.

1755 Lisbon earthquake.

1773 Jesuit order abolished. Reestablished in 1814.

1776 Declaration of Independence.

1780 Dark day in America, moon as blood.

1789 French Revolution to 1799, reign of terror 1793 to 1797.

1787 US Constitution.

1798 Mortal wound = Napoleon takes pope Pius VI captive, by General Berthier. End of 1260 years.

1833 Falling of stars.

1840 Ottoman empire falls = 6^th trumpet of Rev 9:15 fulfilled.

1844 End of 2300 days of Dan 8:14 fulfilled.

1848 Italy declared a Republic.

1852 Pope Pius IX sends marble block to Washington for part of Washington monunent but it is thrown into the Potomac river.

1854 Pope Pius IX announces dogma of the immaculate conception of Mary.

1858 Great Controversy Vision of Ellen White.

1862 Abe Lincoln sends a counselor to Rome, not official ambassador.

1870 Italy a politically unified country including Rome.

1870 Pope Pius IX announces dogma of the infallibility of the pope.

1880 to 1914 = liberation of Italy.

1914 World war I.

1917 Communism set up in Russia.

1929 Feb 11. Mortal wound healed by Benito Mussolini who gave pope full authority over state of Vatican = 108 acres. Pope now monarch as well as priest. Fulfillment of Rev 13:3.

1938 World War II to 1945.

1946 In Italy the Monarchy is abolished and Italy becomes a democracy. Fascist party is not allowed to hold any offices which are heirs of the house of Savoy.

1951 Harry Truman sends letter congratulating pope on being voted in. He tries to nominate ambassador to vatican but public protest was so strong that this was withdrawn.

1962 Vatican II council where documents seeking common ground with Jews and Protestants, and upholding religious freedom were approved.

1965 "Great Schism healed" = Mutual excommunication reversed between East and West churches

1985 Italian law abolished the Roman Catholic church as the official state religion and the end of mandatory religious instruction in public schools. Even though 84% of citizens = Catholic (only 25% go to church).

1984 Ronald Reagon quietly sends an ambassodor to Rome.

1990 Communism in Russia and the eastern block countries falls.

1994 Council of Inquistion reopened after not existing for many years.

1995 Worldwide Church of God goes back to Sunday worship and immediately half the church leaves (70,000).

1998 May 31 = papal document promoting observance of Sunday thus saying Sunday is the biblical Sabbath.

1999 August = Lutheran and Episcopal churches share pastors.

1999 Oct 31 = Lutheran, Catholic churches agree on how to get to heaven.

1999 Dec 24 = 300 denominations with pope open holy doors in the 4 Basilicas of Rome.