325 Religión Cristianización Turquía
Council of Nicaea
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
La construcción europea no empezó en 1950. Este hilo une la herencia antigua, la matriz judeocristiana y la Unión contemporánea.
16 acontecimientos
325 Religión Cristianización Turquía
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
431 Religión Cristianización Chipre
The Council of Ephesus recognises the Cypriot Church’s independence, maintained for fifteen centuries.
432 Religión Cristianización Irlanda
The island is Christianised without ever having been Roman: a unique case in Western Europe.
496 Religión Cristianización Francia
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
589 Religión Cristianización España
The Visigothic king Reccared abjures Arianism. Spain joins Nicene Christendom and shapes its liturgy.
597 Religión Cristianización Reino Unido
Sent by Gregory the Great, he founds the see of Canterbury and ties the island to Rome.
863 Religión Cristianización Eslovaquia
The two brothers from Thessalonica create the Glagolitic alphabet and the first Slavic liturgy.
864 Religión Cristianización Bulgaria
Bulgaria adopts Byzantine Christianity and welcomes the disciples of Cyril and Methodius.
966 Religión Cristianización Polonia
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religión Cristianización Ucrania
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
1000 Religión Cristianización Islandia
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Religión Cristianización Suecia
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.
1219 Religión Cristianización Serbia
Saint Sava obtains Serbian ecclesiastical independence from Nicaea, a bedrock of national identity.
1387 Religión Cristianización Lituania
The last country in Europe to convert, Lithuania seals its union with Poland.
1536 Religión Renacimiento y Reformas Dinamarca
The Church becomes a state Church; universal religious instruction prepares national literacy.
1962 Religión Época contemporánea Ciudad del Vaticano
The Church reforms its liturgy and redefines its relations with the modern world and Judaism.