| 1381 |
John
Wyclif |
 |
Oxford
theologian, publishes his "Confession", denying that the
"substance" of bread and wine are miraculously annihilated
during the Eucharist. (Wyclif is appealing to the Bible over the heads of
the clergy.) He is expelled from Oxford in 1382, translates the Bible into
English and trains lay preachers to spread the Scriptures. |
| 1396 |
Thomas
Arundel |
|
60th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1398 |
John
Hus |
 |
John
Hus begins lecturing on theology at Prague University and spreads
Wycliffe's ideas. |
| 1398 |
Roger
Walden |
|
61st archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1399 |
Thomas
Arundel |
|
Restored as 60th
archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1414 |
Henry
Chichele |
|
62nd archbishop of
Canterbury, keen and skillful lawyer |
| 1443 |
John
Stafford |
|
63rd archbishop of
Canterbury, known for his hospitality. |
| 1452 |
John
Kempe |
|
64th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1453 |
Johann
Gutenburg |
 |
Johann
Gutenburg develops his printing press and prints the first Bible. |
| 1454 |
Thomas
Bourchier |
|
65th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1486 |
John
Morton |
|
66th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1499 |
Erasmus |
 |
Erasmus
visits England for the first time. He will be the central figure in the
revival of humanism. (Erasmus made today's division of the Bible into
verses.) |
| 1501 |
Henry
Deane |
|
67th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1503 |
William
Warham |
|
68th archbishop of
Canterbury, appointed counsel to Queen Catherine, but he showed himself
unable to oppose Henry's wishes. |
| 1529 |
Henry
VIII |
 |
Henry
VIII declares himself head of the English church, forcibly calls the
Reformation Parliament. Services at the churches, however, remain
essentially the same. |
| 1533 |
Thomas
Cranmer |
 |
Cranmer
made 69th archbishop of Canterbury. (This effectly ends clerical celibacy
among Anglicans, as Cranmer is twice-married). |
| 1535 |
Thomas
More |
|
Henry
VIII beheads More. Henry is sorry to have to do this, and his court
wears mourning for two weeks. |
| 1544 |
Thomas
Cranmer |
|
Cranmer
instructed to write prayers and a litany (for the army) in English. He
does this so well that he is asked to make a prayer book in English,
based on the service at Salisbury Cathedral. |
| 1546 |
Council
of Trent |
|
Bishops
in communion with the bishop of Rome decide that the church
"venerates equally" the Bible and the written and unwritten
traditions. This is the beginning of today's Roman Catholic church.
England is becoming a haven for Protestants. |
| 1548 |
Prayer
of Humble Access |
|
For
the people to say in English, introduced into Latin mass. |
| 1549 |
Book
of Common Prayer |
|
First
Book of Common Prayer (Cranmer's work), introduced on Day of Pentecost.
It is written in English, emphasizes the people's participation in the
eucharist, and requires the Bible to be read from cover to cover. |
| 1553 |
Mary
Tudor |
 |
Mary
Tudor ("Bloody Mary"), a militant Roman Catholic, becomes
queen. During her reign, about 300 Protestants are burned, including 5
bishops, 100 priests, 60 women. |
| 1556 |
Thomas
Cranmer |
|
Martyred. |
| 1556 |
Reginald
Pole |
|
70th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1556 |
Joan
Waste |
|
Joan
Waste of Derby is martyred. She was eager to learn the Scriptures, so
much so that she purchased a copy of the New Testament and memorized
large portions of it. |
| 1557 |
Joice
Lewes |
|
Martyred
for refusing to attend Roman Mass. |
| 1558 |
Elizabeth
I |
 |
Elizabeth
I, a Protestant, becomes queen. Despite many problems (including
frequent assassination plots from Roman Catholics), she supports the
enterprising middle class and England prospers. |
| 1559 |
Matthew
Parker |
|
Book
of Common Prayer revised. Ordination of the moderate Matthew Parker as
71st archbishop of Canterbury. Elizabeth I reintroduces the surplice,
explaining that it is a clergyman's uniform. |
| 1563 |
Thirty-Nine
Articles |
|
Thirty-Nine
Articles drafted as a doctrinal statement by a convocation of the Church
of England. |
| 1576 |
Edmund
Grindal |
|
72nd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1583 |
John
Whitgift |
|
73rd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1597 |
Francis
Drake |
 |
English
privateer, lands in San Francisco Bay and conducts first Anglican
service in North America. |
| 1603 |
James
I |
 |
Elizabeth
I succeeded by James I, James VI of Scotland, a Protestant. |
| 1604 |
Richard
Bancroft |
|
74th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1604 |
Book
of Common Prayer |
|
Revised.
The sacraments are "an outward and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace". At the eucharist, "the Body and Blood of
Christ are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful". |
| 1611 |
George
Abbot |
|
75th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1611 |
King
James Version of the Bible |
 |
Most
of the language is William Tyndale's. |
| 1633 |
William
Laud |
|
76th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1637 |
Scottish
Prayer Book |
|
The
Scottish Prayer Book is introduced. It will be the basis for the future American Prayer Book. |
| 1660 |
William
Juxon |
|
77th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1662 |
Book
of Common Prayer |
|
Revised
Book of Common Prayer makes many practices optional, and reintroduces
many saints' days which had been deleted from the calendar earlier. |
| 1663 |
Gilbert
Sheldon |
|
78th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1669 |
Susanna
Wesley |
 |
At
the age of 13 weighed the teachings of the Anglican Church and
Puritanism and decided in favor of the Church of England. She was
aggressive, organized, strong-willed, patient with her children and
tolerant of other people’s views. |
| 1678 |
William
Sancroft |
|
79th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1691 |
John
Tillotson |
|
80th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1695 |
Thomas
Tenison |
|
81st archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1700 |
Thomas
Ken |
 |
Ken
writes the hymn, "Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow." |
| 1716 |
William
Wake |
|
82nd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1737 |
John
Potter |
|
83rd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1738 |
John
and Charles Wesley
and George Whitefield
|
 |
All
Anglican priests, have religious experiences in Georgia. |
| 1747 |
Thomas
Herring |
|
84th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1757 |
Matthew
Hutton |
|
85th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1758 |
Thomas
Secker |
|
86th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1768 |
Frederick
Cornwallis |
|
87th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1776 |
Declaration
of Independence |
 |
Two-thirds
of the signers are nominal members of the Church of England, but they do
not want the colonies to be governed by bishops. Many Anglicans flee to
Canada or remain as Tories. |
| 1782 |
William
White |
 |
William
White, rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, writes "The Case of
the Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered", suggesting
clergy and laity elect some bishops and not bother about apostolic
succession yet. |
| 1783 |
John
Moore |
|
88th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1784 |
Methodist
Episcopal Church |
|
Methodist
Episcopal Church founded in Baltimore by leaders designated by John
Wesley. This is the beginning of Methodism as a separate denomination. |
| 1784 |
Samuel
Seabury |
|
Samuel
Seabury consecrated first American bishop by Scottish bishops. |
| 1785 |
Protestant
Episcopal Church |
|
General
Convention is boycotted by Seabury and the New Englanders because
provision has not been made for a bishop to preside. The name Protestant
Episcopal Church is chosen. |
| 1786 |
General
Convention |
|
Another
"General Convention" learns Archbishop of Canterbury will
ordain bishops for U.S. |
| 1787 |
William
White and Samuel Provost |
|
William
White and Samuel Provost made bishops by the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 1789 |
William
White |
|
First
de facto Presiding Bishop, was President of the General Convention
throughout its first session and for the first five days of its second
session. The Convention consisted of one house only. |
| 1789 |
Protestant
Episcopal Church in the USA |
 |
First
General Convention of Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A., in
Philadelphia. William White is Presiding Bishop. Houses of Bishops and
Deputies established. Book of Common Prayer revised. |
| 1789 |
Samuel
Seabury |
|
Second
de facto Presiding Bishop, as on October 5 a separate House of Bishops was
first organized. Seabury became President of the House of Bishops in
accordance with the rule of seniority based on the date of consecration to
the episcopate. |
| 1792 |
Samuel
Provoost |
|
Third
de facto Presiding Bishop, by the adoption of the rule that the office
should "be held in rotation, beginning from the North." In 1801
the rule was suspended. |
| 1794 |
St.
Thomas African Episcopal Church |
|
Admitted
to Diocese of Pennsylvania. |
| 1795 |
William White |
|
Fourth
Presiding Bishop. This is the first time the title Presiding Bishop is
used in the Journals of the General Convention. |
| 1803 |
Sunday
School |
|
Joanna
Bethune and Isabella Graham start a Sunday School class for poor
children – the beginnings of the Sunday School movement in America. |
| 1804 |
Absalom
Jones |
|
America’s
first black priest, ordained. |
| 1805 |
Charles
Manners-Sutton |
|
89th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1828 |
William
Howley |
|
90th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1835 |
Jackson
Kemper |
 |
Jackson
Kemper ordained Bishop and is first missionary bishop to American
frontier. Later deems a parish to be established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
| 1836 |
Alexander
Viets Griswold |
|
Fifth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1843 |
Philander
Chase |
|
Sixth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1848 |
John
Bird Sumner |
|
91st archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1850 |
George Greene |
|
Judge
George Greene donates land for Grace Church in Cedar Rapids and the
chapel is completed. |
| 1854 |
Henry
Washington Lee |
|
The
First Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Henry Washington Lee, D.D., LL.D.,
consecrated October 18, 1854. Died September 26, 1874. |
| 1852 |
Thomas
Church Brownell |
|
Seventh
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1854 |
Episcopal
Diocese of Iowa
|
|
The
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa covers the entire state, and was founded in
the mid-1850s through the efforts of Bishop Henry Lee and many dedicated
clergy and laypeople. |
| 1859 |
Charles
Darwin |
 |
Charles
Darwin, an Anglican, publishes "Origin of Species". |
| 1862 |
Charles
Thomas Longley |
|
92nd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1865 |
John
Henry Hopkins |
|
Eighth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1868 |
Benjamin
Bosworth Smith |
|
Ninth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1868 |
Archibald
Campbell Tait |
|
93rd
archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1870 |
First
Vatican Council |
 |
Pope
Pius IX proclaims the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. The
First Vatican Council declares the Pope infallible. |
| 1876 |
William
Stevens Perry |
|
The
Second Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. William Stevens Perry, D.D., LL.D.,
D.C.L., consecrated September 10, 1876. Died May 13, 1898. |
| 1883 |
Edward
White Benson |
|
94th
Archbishop
of Canterbury |
| 1883 |
Samson
Bever |
|
The
Greene Family and Samson Bever donate land to build St. Luke’s Hospital
in Cedar Rapids. |
| 1884 |
Alfred
Lee |
|
Tenth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1887 |
John
Williams |
|
Eleventh
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1896 |
Frederick
Temple |
|
95th
Archbishop
of Canterbury |
| 1897 |
The
Rev. Mother Ruth |
|
"she
had a voracious intellect, an intense prayer life, and a strong desire
to make life better for the poor and neglected…" |
| 1898 |
C.
S. Lewis |
 |
Clive
Staples Lewis November 29 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lewis is one of
the most respected contemporary Christian authors. |
| 1899 |
Thomas
March Clark |
|
Twelfth
Presiding Bishop, by senriority |
| 1899 |
Theodore
Nevin Morrison |
|
The
Third Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Theodore Nevin Morrison, D.D., LL.D.,
consecrated February 22, 1899. Died December 27, 1929. |
| 1903 |
Daniel
Sylvester Tuttle |
|
Thirteenth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1903 |
Frederick
Temple |
|
96th
Archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1910 |
James
Bever |
|
The
Rev. John Arthur, DD, rector of Grace Church in Cedar Rapids, becomes
priest-in-charge of St. John’s, an unorganized mission parish. James
Bever donates land for the mission. |
| 1910 |
Lois
Clark |
|
"a
spiritual woman, living the Gospel, witnessing to the love of God, and
quietly loving everyone…" |
| 1912 |
Harry
Sherman Longley |
|
The
Fourth Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Harry Sherman Longley, D.D.,
consecrated October 23, 1912. Died April 5, 1944. |
| 1915 |
Irene
Parker |
|
"her
actions were truly visionary in the years when women were beginning to
struggle for a larger role in their parish community…" |
| 1918 |
Albert
Leonard Murray |
|
The
Rev. Murray becomes the first rector of the now self-supporting parish,
St. John’s. |
| 1919 |
General
Convention |
|
The
General Convention provides for the election of the Presiding Bishop by
the Convention. |
| 1923 |
Alexander
Charles Garrett |
|
Fourteenth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1924 |
Ethelbert
Talbot |
|
Fifteenth
Presiding Bishop, by seniority |
| 1926 |
John
Gardner Murray |
|
Sixteenth
Presiding Bishop, elected |
| 1928 |
William
Cosmo Gordon Lang |
|
99th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1929 |
Charles
Palmerston Anderson |
|
Seventeenth
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1930 |
James
DeWolf Perry |
|
Eighteenth
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1931 |
Arthur
Michael Ramsey |
|
97th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1938 |
Henry
St. George Tucker |
|
Nineteenth
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1942 |
William
Temple |
|
98th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1944 |
Elwood
Lindsay Haines |
|
The
Fifth Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Eldwood Lindsay Haines, D.D.,
consecrated May 31, 1944. Died October 28, 1949. |
| 1945 |
Geoffrey
Francis Fisher |
|
100th archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1947 |
Henry
Knox Sherrill |
|
Twentieth
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1950 |
Gordon
V. Smith |
|
The
Sixth Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Gordon V Smith, S.T.D., D.D.,
consecrated April 20, 1950. Retired December 31, 1971. Died August
27, 1997. |
| 1958 |
Arthur
Lichtenberger |
|
Twenty-First
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1958 |
St.
Michael's Parish |
|
Land
from St. John's is deeded to St. Michael's in Cedar Rapids. They begin
building in 1959. |
| 1962 |
Second
Vatican Council |
 |
Several
Anglican bishops come as guests of the bishop of Rome. The Roman
Catholic Church begins translating its prayer books into the vernacular
and institutes other reforms. |
| 1965 |
John
Elbridge Hines |
|
Twenty-Second
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1972 |
Walter
Cameron Righter |
|
The
Seventh Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. Walter Cameron Righter, D.D.,
consecrated January 12, 1972. Retired December 31, 1988. |
| 1974 |
Frederick
Donald Coggan |
|
101st archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1974 |
John
Maury Allin |
|
Twenty-Third
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1976 |
Rev.
Alla Bozarth Campbell |
|
"All
around us people were weeping, silently reaching, touching each other.
No one spoke." The Rev. Campbell is one of the 1974 'Philadelphia 11,'
all women, whose ordinations
would now be regularized. |
| 1980 |
Robert
Alexander Kennedy Runcie
|
|
102nd archbishop of
Canterbury |
| 1986 |
Edmond Lee
Browning
|
|
Twenty-Fourth
Presiding Bishop, by election |
| 1988 |
C. Christopher Epting
|
|
The
Eighth Bishop of Iowa, the Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, D.D.,
consecrated September 27, 1988.
|
| 1991 |
Dr. George Leonard Carey
|
|
Dr. Carey becomes
103rd Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 1997 |
Frank
T. Griswold |
 |
The
Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, 25th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church,
USA, elected to a nine-year term as Presiding Bishop at the 1997 General
Convention and invested in January 1998.
|
| 1997 |
Christ
Episcopal Church |
 |
Christ
Church is formed from
St. John’s and St. Michael’s parishes; Christ
Church named a Jubilee Center. |
| 2002 |
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