Table of Contents
Introduction 9
1 Pentecost (AD 30) 13
2 The Conversion of Paul (AD 35) 22
3 Gentile and Judaism: Showdown in Jerusalem (AD 50) 33
4 When Rome Burned (AD 64) 42
5 The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus (AD 70) 53
6 The Edict of Milan (313) 60
7 The First Council of Nicaea (325) 66
8 Jerome Completes the Vulgate Translation of the Bible (405) 73
9 The East-West Schism (1054) 80
10 Innocent III Expands the Power of the Papacy (1198) 85
11 Unam Sanctum Proclaims Papal Supremacy (1302) 92
12 Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible (1456) 101
13 The Protestant Reformation (1517) 109
14 The Scientific Revolution Begins (1543) 120
15 The Council of Trent (1545) 131
16 Smyth Baptizes Himself and Begins the Early Baptists (1609) 140
17 The King James Version Is Published (1611) 147
18 Bishop Ussher's Chronology (1650) 152
19 The Great Awakening in the United States (1740) 157
20 The Bill of Rights Is Written (1789) 166
21 Darwin's On the Origin of Species Is Published (1859) 177
22 The Scofield Reference Bible Is Published (1909) 187
23 The Fundamentals (1910) 193
24 The Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) 201
25 The Rise of the Neo- Evangelicals (1943) 219
26 The Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered (1947) 227
27 The Jesus Movement (1960-70s) 233
28 Vatican II (1962) 241
29 The Rise of the Christian Right: Confrontational Christianity (1979) 248
30 The Rise of New Atheism (Present) 256
Notes 265