Editing Timeline of Christianity (section)

==Renaissance==
{{Main|Medieval history of Christianity#Late Middle Ages (1300–1499)}}
{{See also|Renaissance}}
* 1308–1321 The ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' (''Divina Commedia'') is written in the Tuscan dialect by [[Dante Alighieri]]; The most commonly accepted dates for its composition are: [[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]], written between 1307 and 1308; [[Purgatorio]], from 1307-1308 to 1313-1314; and [[Paradiso (Dante)|Paradiso]], from 1313-1314 to 1321 (the year of Dante's death). The epic poem is divided into three parts, each representing a journey through [[Hell]], [[Purgatory]], and [[Heaven]]
* 1307 The arrest of many of the Knights Templar, beginning confiscation of their property and extraction of confessions under torture
*1305–1378 [[Avignon Papacy]], Popes reside in Avignon, France
*1311–1312 Catholic [[Council of Vienne]] disbands [[Knights Templar]]
* 1314 [[Jacques de Molay]], last Grandmaster of the [[Knights Templar]], burned at the stake
*1326 [[Peter of Moscow|Metropolitan Peter]] moves his see from [[Kiev]] to Moscow
*1341–1351 Orthodox [[Fifth Council of Constantinople]]
*1342 [[Marsilius of Padua]]
*1345 [[Sergii Radonezhskii]] founds a hermitage in the woods, which grows into the [[Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra]]
*1378–1418 [[Western Schism]] in Roman Catholicism
*1380–1382 [[Wycliffe's Bible]], by [[John Wycliffe]], an eminent theologian at [[Oxford]], NT in 1380, OT (with the help of Nicholas of Hereford) in 1382, translated the New Testament into [[Middle English]], creating the first and complete English translation of the bible. The book included the [[deuterocanonical]] books and was marked by his criticisms of church abuses, anti-catholic views of the sacraments ([[Penance]] and [[Eucharist]]), the use of relics, and clerical celibacy. These views ultimately led to his excommunication by the church, and in 1428, long after his death, his remains were exhumed and burned as a heretic.

*1388 ''Twenty-five Articles'' of the [[Lollardy|Lollards]] published
*1408 Council of Oxford forbids translations of the Scriptures into the vernacular, unless and until they are fully approved by church authority
*1409 [[Council of Pisa]] declares Roman [[Pope Gregory XII]] and [[Avignon Pope Benedict XIII]] deposed, elected [[Pope Alexander V]] (called the Pisan Pope)
*1414–1418 Catholic [[Council of Constance]] asks Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, [[Antipope John XXIII|Pisan Pope John XXIII]] to resign their papal claims, then elects [[Pope Martin V]]; condemns John Wycliffe and [[Jan Hus]], who is burned at the stake
*1423–1424 [[Council of Siena]]
*1425 [[Old University of Leuven|Catholic University of Leuven]]
*1430? [[Andrei Rublev]], the greatest of medieval icon-painters
*1431 St. [[Joan of Arc]], French national heroine, burned at the stake
*1431–1445 Catholic [[Council of Basel|Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence]]
*1439 [[Notre-Dame de Strasbourg]], highest building in the world until 1874
*1452 [[Dum Diversas]], papal bull issued on 18 June 1452, credited with ushering in the West African slave trade in Europe and the New World
*1453 [[Fall of Constantinople]], overrun by [[Ottoman Empire]]
*1455 [[Gutenberg Bible]], first printed Bible, by [[Johann Gutenberg]]
*1473–1481 [[Sistine Chapel]] built
*1478 [[Spanish Inquisition]] established by [[Pope Sixtus IV]]
*1483 [[Martin Luther]] born in Eisleben
*1484 December 5, [[Summis desiderantes]] against [[Witchcraft]] issued by [[Pope Innocent VIII]]
*1487 Persecution and crusade against the [[Waldensians]] instigated by Pope Innocent VIII
*1492 [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] opens new continents to Christianity
*1498 [[Girolamo Savonarola]], Dominican priest, writes [[Bonfire of the Vanities]]
*1506 [[Pope Julius II]] orders the Old [[St. Peter's Basilica]] torn down and authorizes Donato Bramante to plan a new structure (demolition completed in 1606); [[Swiss Guard|Vatican Swiss Guard]] founded
*1508–1512 [[Michelangelo]] frescoes the [[Sistine Chapel]]'s vaulted ceiling
*1510s A number of theologians in the [[Holy Roman Empire]] start to preach reformational ideas shortly before [[Martin Luther]], including [[Christoph Schappeler]] in [[Memmingen]] (1513), but fail to spark a larger movement
*1512–1517 Catholic [[Fifth Council of the Lateran]]: condemned [[Conciliarism]]