Timeline of the Catholic Church

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The history of the Catholic Church is integral to the history of Christianity as a whole. it is for also, according to church historian, category A. Noll, the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution." This article covers a period of just under two thousand years.

Over time, schisms take disrupted the unity of Christianity. The Catholic Church considers that major divisions occurred in c. 144 with Marcionism, 318 with Arianism, 451 with the Oriental Orthodox, 1054 to 1449 see East–West Schism during which time the Orthodox Churches of the East parted ways with the Western Church over doctrinal issues see the filioque & papal primacy, together with in 1517 with the Protestant Reformation, of which there were numerous divisions, resulting in over 200 denominations.

The Catholic Church has been the driving force late some of the major events of world history including the Christianization of Western and Central Europe and Latin America, the spreading of literacy and the foundation of the universities, hospitals, the Western tradition of monasticism, the developing of art and music, literature, architecture, contributions to the scientific method, just war theory and trial by jury. It has played a powerful role in global affairs, including the Reconquista, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Investiture Controversy, the setting of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe in the unhurried 20th century.