The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.
An engraving of St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (now Lyon, France)
Emperor Constantine I established the rights of the Church in the year 315.
Saint Benedict, father of Western monasticism and author of Rule of St Benedict. Detail from fresco by Fra Angelico, c. 1437–46.
Saint Thomas Aquinas carrying the whole Church with his theology
Early Christianity
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Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Christianity spread from the Levant, across t
History of the Catholic Church
…Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; the Catholic tradition considers that the church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the disciples of Jesus. The church considers its bishops to be the successors to Jesus's apostles and the church's leader, the Bishop…
Model of the Second Temple in the Israel Museum
Christ with the Two Thieves by Fra Angelico c. 1437 – c. 1446
St Paul's Pillar in Paphos
The Cenacle on Mount Zion, claimed to be the location of the Last Supper and Pentecost. Bargil Pixner claims the original Church of the Apostles is located under the current structure.