A scrollable map of the years

The Church:
A Timeline

From Pentecost to this year the Catholic Church traces one visible succession of bishops of Rome to St. Peter. Saints and martyrs mark the same road. When communion breaks, the map forks.

Move right through the centuries

Doctrine follows the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Dates follow conventional papal lists (Annuario Pontificio / Catholic Encyclopedia). This is a teaching map, not a complete martyrology.

The Church: A Timeline
Year 30
100%
Bishop of Rome
Canonized pope
Martyr
Saint
Council
Schism or branch
Later Protestant split
Marian dogma / apparition / Rosary
Israel / Scripture
Promise of Christ (OT→NT)
Promise of Mary / IC
Jerusalem judged
Rome in the prophets
Literacy
Islam (separate line)
Latter-day Saints
50-year spread map
Wheel scrolls the centuries. Shift+wheel (or the side bar) moves down the splintered branches.
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