The following outline of Church History was taken from an article (from a Side Note) posted in The Genesis Epic, under Men of Renown, Part xix, titled The Babylon Connection – Nimrod, Jezebel, and Religion – The Last Great Mystery. CLICK HERE and you will be safely redirected to the full article.
Side Note: A Simple Outline of Church History. Throughout Church history each successive church became more corrupt than the preceding church.
Ephesus – (100 A.D. – 200 A.D.) — the church in its infant foundational state fighting against outside forces making advances with heresies and attempting to replace its foundation with Old Testament rituals and structures.
Smyrna – (200 A.D. – 300 A.D.) — the unpolitical church severely persecuted by the pagan governmental world.
Pergamos – (300 A.D. – 425 A.D.) —the church marries with the world and is completely infiltrated by its enemies – the age of Constantine and his edicts.
Thyatira – (425 A.D. – 590 A.D.) —the church politically at its prime in corruption and influence over the world — the church militarizes against all opposition — the Bible removed as the sole spiritual authority — intellectualism and elitism rules.
Sardis – (590 A.D. – 1500 A.D.) — division within its ranks, the Protestant Reformation, and philosophies of Eastern and Western world take root.
Philadelphia – (1500 A.D. – to current year) —a ground root movement outside of the visible church advances to bring the Bible and Christ as the Center point back to the church, the age of the advancement of the gospel and missions — the written word of God made available to the masses.
Laodicea – (1700 A.D. to current year)— the church in spiritual ruin, fragmented, and indistinguishable from the corrupt social and political world, this last church goes into the end time. This church is proof against the wishful teaching of universal salvation and that man is basically and inherently good.
Disclaimer: these are mere date approximations and are not to be taken as historically precise and exact but are given only to provide a place in time to research church documents and edicts. The timing when each church age began was not an abrupt and sudden event, but the differences between these churches in Chapters 2 and 3 are indicative of either corruption rooted and solidified, or a period of recovery, such as in the church of Philadelphia. Also, it is IMPORTANT to understand that each spiritual state and condition that the church went through just did not end at a specific date, but the evil that infiltrated into Ephesus (the first Church) took root and this evil root grew and flourished throughout time in the history of the Church. The evil seed that began and took hold in Ephesus became rooted in Laodicea, the seventh and last church of Church history. ♦ End of Side Note an Outline of Church History.