29 events with tag "theology"
185
ID: 4145
Irenaeus becomes Bishop of Lyon - student of Polycarp, writes against Gnosticism, develops theory of recapitulation
ID: 4145
200
ID: 3808
Tertullian coins term 'Trinity' - creates Latin theological vocabulary, later joins Montanist heresy
ID: 3808
215
ID: 3809
Origen begins Hexapla - massive six-column Bible comparing Hebrew and Greek texts, 6000 pages
ID: 3809
380
ID: 3820
St. Gregory of Nyssa writes mystical theology - Cappadocian Father, develops apophatic theology
ID: 3820
383
ID: 3784
Evagrius Ponticus in Egyptian desert - develops systematic desert spirituality, eight thoughts (precursor to seven deadly sins)
ID: 3784
388
ID: 5066
Augustine begins anti-Manichaean writings - produces multiple works refuting dualism, defends goodness of creation
ID: 5066
645
ID: 5026
Debate between St. Maximus the Confessor and Pyrrhus - Maximus defends two wills in Christ, Pyrrhus temporarily recants
ID: 5026
792
ID: 4085
Alcuin combats Adoptionist heresy - writes against Spanish bishops Felix and Elipandus
ID: 4085
794
ID: 2905
Council of Frankfurt - condemns Adoptionism heresy and Byzantine iconoclasm, asserts Frankish theological independence
ID: 2905
804
ID: 4096
Alcuin's works preserved - 50+ treatises on theology, education, biblical commentary, 300+ poems
ID: 4096
867
ID: 5041
Photius adds filioque controversy - accuses West of heresy for saying Spirit proceeds from Father 'and Son'
ID: 5041
1080
ID: 5464
Cluny's library becomes one of largest in Europe with over 570 manuscripts, making it major center of learning and theological study
ID: 5464
1109
ID: 179
Anselm of Canterbury completes 'Cur Deus Homo' - Why God Became Man, satisfaction theory of atonement
ID: 179
1115
ID: 180
Peter Abelard begins teaching Heloise - their tragic love affair will shake Paris, she becomes greatest woman scholar
ID: 180
1121
ID: 182
Council of Soissons condemns Abelard's work on Trinity - forced to burn his own book
ID: 182
1134
ID: 187
Cathedral school of Notre-Dame Paris emerging as intellectual center - will become University of Paris
ID: 187
1206
ID: 5309
Cathar beliefs on evil matter - taught material world created by evil demiurge, human souls trapped in bodies, procreation evil
ID: 5309
1215
ID: 38
November 1215
Fourth Lateran Council - mandates annual confession, defines transubstantiation
ID: 38
1252
ID: 12
Aquinas begins teaching at University of Paris, establishes principle: 'Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it'
ID: 12
1264
ID: 122
Miracle of Bolsena - Host bleeds on corporal, Urban IV institutes Feast of Corpus Christi
ID: 122
1266
ID: 14
Aquinas begins Summa Theologiae - synthesis of faith and reason
ID: 14
1274
ID: 17
July 15, 1274
St. Bonaventure dies at same Council - representing completion of medieval synthesis
ID: 17
1321
ID: 61
Dante completes Divine Comedy - medieval cosmology in vernacular poetry
ID: 61
1576
ID: 4957
St. Robert Bellarmine begins teaching controversial theology at Roman College - defends Church against Protestantism
ID: 4957
1670
ID: 3423
Spinoza's 'Theological-Political Treatise' - 'I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them' - 'Nature has no end set before it' - Purpose is human projection
ID: 3423
1729
ID: 493
St. Alphonsus Liguori ordained - will combat Jansenism with 111 works defending God's mercy
ID: 493
2003
ID: 3081
April 17, 2003
Pope John Paul II issues 'Ecclesia de Eucharistia' on the Eucharist - 'The Church draws her life from the Eucharist'
ID: 3081
2005
ID: 3113
December 25, 2005
Pope Benedict XVI issues first encyclical 'Deus Caritas Est' on divine and human love
ID: 3113
2007
ID: 3136
November 30, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI issues 'Spe Salvi' on Christian hope
ID: 3136