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29, 30 or 33 |
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- |
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Crucifixion of Jesus |
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100
- 2nd Century |
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- |
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Christianity
comes to Alexandria from Jerusalem |
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180 |
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- |
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12
Christians executed for beliefs in Carthage |
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181 |
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- |
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In Carthage Perpetua refuses renounce Christianity and is sent to the lions |
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182 |
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- |
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Emperor Diocletian launches great persecution against Christianity |
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4th
Century |
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- |
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Collapse of Meroe kingdom |
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5th-7th
Century |
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- |
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Scriptures translated into Ge'ez in Ethiopia |
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311 |
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- |
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Donatist split |
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312 |
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- |
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Constantine makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire |
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333 |
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- |
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Ethiopian King Ezana makes Christianity official religion |
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451 |
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- |
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Schism
(divide) with Rome on nature of God, marks the beginning of separate
Coptic Church I in North Africa (taking Monophysite line, i.e. Jesus
is not human as well as the son of God) |
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6th
Century |
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- |
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Christianity comes to Nubia |
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639 |
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- |
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Islam
comes to North Africa, displacing Christianity on a large scale |
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1317 |
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- |
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Nubia
turns Muslim; Dongola cathedral converted to Mosque |
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1490 |
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- |
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First
missionaries come to Kongo from Portugal |
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1621 |
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- |
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With the abdication of Emperor Susenyos, the Ethiopian Church is restored as the official church, after a period of Catholicism |
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1652 |
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- |
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Dutch settle in the Cape; beginning of Dutch Reformed Church |
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1706 |
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- |
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Emperor
Susenyos of Ethiopia becomes Catholic; Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, of
Kongo, is burnt at stake having claimed to be possessed by spirit
of St. Anthony |
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1737 |
|
- |
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Moravian Brethren set up in South Africa |
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1799 |
|
- |
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London Missionary Society (LMS) set up in South Africa |
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1804 |
|
- |
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Protestant mission in Sierra Leone |
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1807 |
|
- |
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British declare abolition of slave trade |
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1839 |
|
- |
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Pope
Gregory XVI issues Papal Bull condemning slavery |
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1840 |
|
- |
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David Livingstone arrives in Africa |
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1865 |
|
- |
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther became first black Anglican Bishop in Nigeria |
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1868 |
|
- |
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White Fathers Mission Society established by Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers. Dedicated to mission work in Africa |
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1882 |
|
- |
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Nehemiah
Tile's Ethiopian church founded in South Africa |
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1892 |
|
- |
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Mangena
M. Mokone's Tembu National Church founded in South Africa |
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1886 |
|
- |
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Execution of Christian pages in court of Buganda by Kabaka Mwanga |
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1921 |
|
- |
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Simon
Kimbangu founds EJCSK (Eglise de Jesus sur la Terre par le Prophete
Simon Kimangu) or Church of Jesus on Earth through the Prophet Simon
Kimangu |
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1927 |
|
- |
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Dimi
Ya Roho (Holy Ghost Church) founded in Kenya |
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1939 |
|
- |
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1st
African Catholic Bishops: Joseph Kiwanuka of Buganda, and Joseph Faye
of Senegal |
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1960 |
|
- |
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Dutch Reformed Church expelled from the World Council of Churches |
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