101 Surprising Facts About Church History

Name: 101 Surprising Facts About Church History
Brand: TAN Books
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Erschienen am 24. April 2017

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Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
1. The first name for Christians was "People of the Way"
2. The Catholic Church is the oldest institution in the Western world
3. The Catholic Church has many major rites
4. St. John was the only Apostle who did not die a martyr
5. St. Peter's is not the pope's cathedral
6. The Greek word for fish spells out a title for Jesus
7. The Romans accused the early Christians of cannibalism
8. Christian martyrdom helped spread the Church rather than suppress it
9. Icons and other forms of art helped spread the gospel
10. Anti-Christian graffiti is as old as Christianity
11. Justin was the first Christian apologist
12. Irenaeus was the first to call Mary "the New Eve"
13. The oldest church structure began in a home
14. The first imperial-wide persecution of Christians did not occur until the third century
15. Origen of Alexandria is considered both an important Christian teacher and a heretic
16. Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity
17. The age of martyrdom gave way to the age of monasticism
18. Heresy often helped clarify Church teaching
19. The Catholic Church gave us the Bible
20. The Holy Bible has always consisted of seventy-three books
21. False prophets claimed to have written divinely inspired gospels
22. Christianity put the Olympics on hold
23. Saint Jerome's Vulgate shifted the language of Christianity from Greek to Latin
24. The First Council of Constantinople declared the divinity of the Holy Spirit
25. One fourth-century family produced six saints
26. Hospitals have their roots in Christianity
27. The Council of Ephesus defined Mary as Theotókos
28. The Church declared Jesus's two natures as unchanged, unconfused, indivisible, and inseparable
29. There are Eight Great Church Fathers
30. The practice of venerating relics dates back to the second century
31. St. Benedict founded Western Monasticism
32. Due to a papal decree, the days between October 4 and October 15 in the year 1582 never happened
33. Two men are credited with the terms "before Christ" and "anno Domini"
34. Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman emperor
35. A pope's corpse was exhumed and put on trial at the Cadaver Synod
36. Catholic missionaries helped shape many languages
37. The Great Schism separated Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox rites
38. "The Devil's Advocate" was (and still is) a real position in the Church
39. The papal conclave was created to hasten the election of a new pope
40. The Crusades were launched to reclaim Christian lands
41. The legend of the female "Pope Joan" has no validity
42. The Concordat of Worms settled the Investiture Controversy
43. Cistercian monks helped form Christian civilizations
44. St. Anselm is the father of Scholasticism
45. The Church is one of the most notable patrons of music
46. The Church has patron saints for headaches, ugliness, fireworks, hangovers, and television
47. The teachings of Aristotle were integral to shaping Catholic thought
48. Monastic orders became everyday fixtures throughout thirteenth century Europe
49. The Church was a major proponent of scientific advancement
50. Dante composed one of the most famous poems ever written
51. Seven popes resided in France instead of Rome
52. Three men claimed to be pope at once
53. Joan of Arc is known as the Maid of Orléans
54. There are seven sins that lead to excommunication
55. The Spanish Inquisition was only one of many inquisitions
56. The Holy Bible was the first work of the Gutenberg Press
57. The fall of Constantinople brought about several positive repercussions
58. The Reformation didn't begin with Martin Luther
59. King Henry VIII was once known as "Defender of the Faith"
60. Various food and drink have their origins with the Church
61. John Calvin nearly became a priest
62. Catholicism inspired some of the world's greatest art
63. The Jesuit founders helped bring the gospel to the corners of the earth
64. The Protestant Reformation helped spark a spiritual revival in the Catholic Church
65. Sts. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were influential figures in the Counter Reformation
66. St. Phillip Neri founded the Congregation of the Oratory
67. Many scholars believe Shakespeare was a Roman Catholic
68. A Third Order Dominican proposed the theory of heliocen-tricity before Galileo
69. The Chinese Rites Controversy led to the banning of Christian missionaries in China
70. France is considered the eldest daughter of the Church
71. The Church influenced the abolition of slavery
72. Jansenists crafted a new crucifix to symbolically meet their theology that Christ only died for a select few
73. Charles Carroll was the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence
74. The Church made great contributions to the world of mathematics
75. Many towns and cities across America have Catholic names
76. Napoleon held the pope hostage
77. The Enlightenment challenged the reality of miracles and other aspects of the faith
78. John Keble and John Henry Newman ignited the Oxford Movement in the nineteenth century
79. Mary was given the title the Immaculate Conception in 1854
80. The First Vatican Council was the first ecumenical council to be held at St. Peter's Basilica
81. The Catholic Church is the oldest functioning legal system
82. Africa has given the Church many examples of holiness
83. Pope Leo XIII wrote many important encyclicals
84. Friedrich Nietzsche argued Christianity taught a wicked "reversal of morals"
85. The Church continually spoke out against socio-economic injustices in the twentieth century
86. St. Thérèse was named a Doctor of the Church despite very little formal education
87. The origins of the USCCB date back to World War I
88. The Vatican became its own country with the Lateran Treaty of 1929
89. Several Catholic clergymen hypothesized about an expanding universe before Einstein
90. A Franciscan monk invented the method of double-entry bookkeeping
91. A Jesuit priest created the first hypertext
92. Pope Pius XII fought against the evils of Nazism
93. "Good Pope John" was so popular that he was canonized after only one confirmed miracle
94. The Second Vatican Council was called to address the needs of Christians in the twentieth century
95. Humanae Vitae accurately prophesized the moral decay of the twentieth century
96. John Paul I was pope for just thirty-three days
97. A Polish playwright became the first-ever Slavic pope
98. John Paul II's writings had a profound impact on Church History
99. Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to step down in over 700 years
100. Jorge Bergoglio became a pope of many "firsts"
101. The Church has never speculated about when the Second Coming will occur

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