Our Hebrew and Jewish Heritage Our Catholic Heritage approximately A.D. 29–1534 Our Anglican...

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Our Hebrew and Jewish Heritage

Our Catholic Heritage

approximately A.D. 29–1534

Our Anglican Heritage1534–1738

Our Methodist Heritage

2000 B.C. 1000 B.C. Christ’s Birth A.D. 1000 Today

After Christ’s death and resurrection,

the next 1,700 years of our faith history

take place in the Catholic Church and, eventually, the Anglican

Church.

At first many people were not happy with Christianity—off and on for about 300 years, Christians were persecuted by the government.

In 312 the Roman emperor Constantine

converted to Christianity

Theodosius I would make Christianity the official religion of

the Empire in 380

In 312 the Roman emperor Constantine converted to

Christianity.

Theodosius I

would make Christianity

the official religion of the Empire in 380.

Differences in language, culture, and

doctrine split the church in 1054.

The Roman Catholic Church

in the West

The Orthodox Church in the

East

Because the church is made up of imperfect

people, the church developed

some imperfect practices.

In 1517 a monk named Martin Luther

posted 95 points on a church door,

calling for reforms in the Catholic church; and the church split once

again.

Those who protested the ways of the Catholic Church were called Protestants.

Some Protestants followed Luther and became Lutherans.

Others followed a reformer namedJohn Calvin and became Calvinists (ancestors of today’s Presbyterians).

John Calvin

England’s King Henry VIII was a Catholic . . . until the Pope wouldn’t let him

get a divorce.

So Henry started the Church of England,

got divorced (several times),

kicked the Catholic Church

out of England,and took

the church’s land and money.

The Church of England (known as the Anglican or Episcopal Church) became an important

Christian denomination.

Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church cleaned up its act;

but the hard feelings of the Reformation remained.

The Canterbury Cathedral

Because the church

is made up ofimperfect people, the church once again needed reform.

An Anglican preacher named John Wesley set out a different path, and the Methodist movement began.

Anglican Church

(Church of

England)

1534

Methodist Movement

in England

Methodist Movement

in America

Methodist Episcopal Church 1784

Wesley preached and lived a message of God’s grace and holy living that spoke to the common people,

who were often not welcome in the

Church of England.

His dedication and methods

ignited and fanned the flame of Methodism.