325 Religione Cristianizzazione Turchia
Council of Nicaea
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
La costruzione europea non è cominciata nel 1950. Questo filo unisce l’eredità antica, la matrice giudaico-cristiana e l’Unione contemporanea.
16 eventi
325 Religione Cristianizzazione Turchia
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
431 Religione Cristianizzazione Cipro
The Council of Ephesus recognises the Cypriot Church’s independence, maintained for fifteen centuries.
432 Religione Cristianizzazione Irlanda
The island is Christianised without ever having been Roman: a unique case in Western Europe.
496 Religione Cristianizzazione Francia
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
589 Religione Cristianizzazione Spagna
The Visigothic king Reccared abjures Arianism. Spain joins Nicene Christendom and shapes its liturgy.
597 Religione Cristianizzazione Regno Unito
Sent by Gregory the Great, he founds the see of Canterbury and ties the island to Rome.
863 Religione Cristianizzazione Slovacchia
The two brothers from Thessalonica create the Glagolitic alphabet and the first Slavic liturgy.
864 Religione Cristianizzazione Bulgaria
Bulgaria adopts Byzantine Christianity and welcomes the disciples of Cyril and Methodius.
966 Religione Cristianizzazione Polonia
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religione Cristianizzazione Ucraina
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
1000 Religione Cristianizzazione Islanda
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Religione Cristianizzazione Svezia
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.
1219 Religione Cristianizzazione Serbia
Saint Sava obtains Serbian ecclesiastical independence from Nicaea, a bedrock of national identity.
1387 Religione Cristianizzazione Lituania
The last country in Europe to convert, Lithuania seals its union with Poland.
1536 Religione Rinascimento e Riforme Danimarca
The Church becomes a state Church; universal religious instruction prepares national literacy.
1962 Religione Età contemporanea Città del Vaticano
The Church reforms its liturgy and redefines its relations with the modern world and Judaism.