325 Religion Christianisierung Türkei
Council of Nicaea
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
16 Ereignisse
325 Religion Christianisierung Türkei
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
431 Religion Christianisierung Zypern
The Council of Ephesus recognises the Cypriot Church’s independence, maintained for fifteen centuries.
432 Religion Christianisierung Irland
The island is Christianised without ever having been Roman: a unique case in Western Europe.
496 Religion Christianisierung Frankreich
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
589 Religion Christianisierung Spanien
The Visigothic king Reccared abjures Arianism. Spain joins Nicene Christendom and shapes its liturgy.
597 Religion Christianisierung Vereinigtes Königreich
Sent by Gregory the Great, he founds the see of Canterbury and ties the island to Rome.
863 Religion Christianisierung Slowakei
The two brothers from Thessalonica create the Glagolitic alphabet and the first Slavic liturgy.
864 Religion Christianisierung Bulgarien
Bulgaria adopts Byzantine Christianity and welcomes the disciples of Cyril and Methodius.
966 Religion Christianisierung Polen
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religion Christianisierung Ukraine
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
1000 Religion Christianisierung Island
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Religion Christianisierung Schweden
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.
1219 Religion Christianisierung Serbien
Saint Sava obtains Serbian ecclesiastical independence from Nicaea, a bedrock of national identity.
1387 Religion Christianisierung Litauen
The last country in Europe to convert, Lithuania seals its union with Poland.
1536 Religion Renaissance und Reformationen Dänemark
The Church becomes a state Church; universal religious instruction prepares national literacy.
1962 Religion Zeitgeschichte Vatikanstadt
The Church reforms its liturgy and redefines its relations with the modern world and Judaism.