314 - Christians begin to massacre pagans in Egypt
and Palestine .Persecution tables have now turned
325 - Council of Nicea is convened by Constantine to discuss date of Easter and
deal with Arian Heresy. Approx. 300 bishops attended (out of 1800 in the entire
empire, most of whom were in north Africa) Note:
Constantine threatened bishops with exile unless they agreed to the Nicene
Creed. Arius and two others were exiled.
325 - Pagans are killed immediately after the Council of Nicea - Death Toll: 3,000
326 - Constantine first executes his son Chrispus in belief that he had sex
with his step-mother, Fausta After Constantine finds out that Fausta lied about
the affair, he has her boiled in her bathtub
336 - Arian Christians are persecuted - Death Toll: Approx. 10,000
580 - Christians arrest a group of Gentiles in a secret temple - Major Irony: the gentiles were fed to lions, but the lions refused to eat them. They were then crucified instead
590 - After Pope Gregory I decrees celibacy for the clergy, infants are murdered - Death Toll: 6000
782 - Charlemagne orders the beheading of pagans - Death Toll: 4500
850 - Eastern Orthodox Empress Theodora orders execution of Paulicans (heretics?) - Death Toll: 100,000
1095 - Pope Urban II calls for a "Holy War" to reclaim the "tomb of Christ from the heathen" - "Kingdom of Jerusalem" is established - Death Toll: 200,000
1096 - During the People's Crusade (as in all nine
Crusades) Jews are killed en route - Death Toll:
10,000
1144 - First "Blood Libel" used against Jews in England - "Blood
Libel": Jews accused of kidnapping Christian children, bleeding them, then
killing them for ritualistic purposes (Note: This
ideology continued until 1915)
1209 Albigensian Crusade - First recorded genocide
in Western Civilization. The Cathars (or Albigenses) were considered
heretics and against the papacy - Death Toll: Over
100,000
1209 - The Inquisition as institution of Christianity is officially established
- Inquisition continues under the title of Congregation of the Doctrine of the
Faith and its chief goal is to root out heresy as in the thirteenth century. Present Pope Benedict XVI was head of this institution
before becoming pope.
1348 - Jews, believed to be the cause of the Black Death were massacred in
Mainz, Germany - Death Toll: 16,000
1400 - Approximate time witch hunts occurred - Note:
while women were the majority executed, men and children were as well - Death
Toll: Approx. 100,000
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