Timeline of Unitarian and Universalist History

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1 Timeline of Unitarian and Universalist History 0 4 B.C.E. Jesus of Nazareth born. Copyright 2013 UUFilms.com. All Rights Reserved. St. Mark writes first Gospel of the life of Jesus. Omits the Resurrection. [Part I ] Clemens Alexandrinus teaches that punishment is remedial. [Part I ] Origen Adamantius teaches Universal Salvation. [Part I ] 300 Arius denies the trinity. [Part I ] Emperor Constantine calls the first council of Nicaea. [Part I ] Death of Arius and Constantine. [Part I ] St. Augustine writes what is known as the Athanasian Creed. [Part I ] Bishop Theodorus of Cyrus preaches Universal Salvation. [Part I ] 700 Bishop Clement of Ireland teaches Christ forgave all the damned. [Part I ] 800 John Scotus Erigena teaches the Restoration. [Part I ] Catholic church splits into Eastern (Greek) and Western (Roman) sects. [Part I ] Albigensian Crusade massacres the Cathars. [Part I ] 1300 John Wycliffe publishes the first Englishlanguage Bible. [Part I ] 1400 Jan Hus burned at the stake for Heresy. [Part I ] Martin Luther born. [Part I ] 1500

2 Michael Servetus born in Villenueva di Sijena, Spain. [Part I ] Giorgio Biandrata born in Saluzzo, Italy. [Part II ] 1520 Dávid Ferenc born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania. [Part II ] 1530 Michael Servetus publishes On the Errors of the Trinity. [Part I ] Laelius Socinus born in Siena, Italy. [Part II ] 1540 Faustus Socinus born in Siena, Italy. [Part II ] John Sigismund born in Krakow, Poland. [Part II ] Michael Servetus publishes The Restoration of Christianity. [Part I ] 1550 Michael Servetus executed by John Calvin in Geneva. [Part I ] Dávid Ferenc named Bishop of all Lutherans in Transylvania. [Part II ] 1560 John Sigismund (Zsigmund János) becomes King in Transylvania. [Part II ] Dávid Ferenc named Court Preacher to King John Sigismund. [Part II ] Dávid Ferenc preaches the first true Unitarian sermon. [Part II ] 1570 Diet of Torda publishes the Edict of Torda enshrining religious freedom. [Part II ] Unitarianism declared an official religion. King John Sigismund dies. [Part II ] Jakob Böhme born near Seidenberg, Poland. [Part IV ] Dávid Ferenc dies in prison at Deva, Transylvania. [Part II ] Faustus Socinus settles in Krakow, Poland. [Part II ] 1590 Faustus Socinus convenes the Synod of Brest, uniting all Unitarians in Poland. [Part II ] Faustus Socinus driven out of Krakow. Moves to Luslawice, Poland. [Part II ] 1600

3 1600 Jakob Böhme has a vision which leads him to deny eternal punishment. [Part IV ] Faustus Socinus dies in Luslawice, Poland. [Part II ] Racovian Catechism published in Rakow, Poland. [Part II ] 1610 John Biddle born in English Midlands. [Part II ] 1620 Pilgrims land in what is today Massachusetts. [Part III ] Jane Leade born in Norfolk, England. [Part IV ] John Biddle publishes Twelve Arguments denying the trinity. [Part II ] 1650 John Biddle publishes A Twofold Catechism. [Part II ] Oliver Cromwell banishes Biddle to the Scilly Isles. [Part II ] 1660 King John Casimir orders all Unitarians out of Poland on pain of death. [Part II ] Thomas Emlyn born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Part II ] Andrej Wiszowaty and Polish Unitarians arrive in Amsterdam. [Part II ] 1670 English version of the Racovian Catechism published. [Part II ] 1680 Jane Leade teaches the Restoration. Calls her group Christian Universalists. [Part IV ] King's Chapel in Boston established. [Part III ] 1690 Toleration Act passed in England ending burning of heretics. [Part II ] 1700

4 1700 Thomas Emlyn publishes An Humble Inquiry professing a Unitarian view of God. [Part II ] Georges de Benneville born in London. [Part IV ] James Relly born in Jeffreston, Wales. [Part IV ] Theophilus Lindsey born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [Part II ] 1730 Joseph Priestley born in Yorkshire County, England. [Part II ] Georges De Benneville moves to America. [Part IV ] 1740 John Murray born in England. [Part IV ] Rev. Charles Chauncey of Boston First Church preaches against the trinity. [Part III ] Judith Sargent born in Gloucester MA. [Part IV ] 1750 Elhannan Winchester born in Brookline MA. [Part IV ] Rev. Jonathan Mayhew of Boston West Church preaches against the trinity. [Part III ] James Relly breaks with the Methodists over Universal Salvation. [Part IV ] 1760 John Murray is converted to Universal Salvation by James Relly. [Part IV ] Joseph Priestley called to Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [Part II ] 1770 John Murray emigrates to America. [Part IV ]

5 1770 John Murray arrives in America. [Part IV ] Feathers Tavern Association asks Parliament to relax restrictions on ministers. [Part II ] Hosea Ballou born in New Hampshire. [Part IV ] Theophilus Lindsey moves to London and starts Essex Street Unitarian Chapel. [Part II ] John Murray moves to Gloucester MA. [Part IV ] Gloucester Universalists form Independent Church of Christ. [Part IV ] 1780 Elhannan Winchester adopts The Restoration. Moves to Philadelphia. [Part IV ] Founds Society of Universal Baptists, later called First Independent Church of Christ, commonly called Universalists. William Ellery Channing born in Boston. [Part III ] Joseph Priestley called to New Meeting House, Birmingham. [Part II ] Priestley publishes Corruptions of Christianity. [Part II ] King's Chapel calls James Freeman, who denies the trinity. [Part III ] 1790 Ethan Allen publishes Reason: the Only Oracle of Man. [Part IV ] Priestley publishes A History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ. [Part II ] First Universalist General Convention. [Part IV ] First Unitarian Church of Worcester MA founded. [Part III ] Massachusetts formally recognizes Gloucester Universalist church. [Part IV ] Elhannan Winchester travels to England. Meets Joseph Priestley. [Part IV ] John Murray and Judith Sargent married. [Part IV ] Anglican mob burns Priestley's church and home. [Part II ] First Parish in Taunton MA becomes Unitarian. [Part III ] John Murray called to First Universalist Church in Boston. [Part IV ] 2nd Universalist General Convention. Hosea Ballou ordained by Winchester. [Part IV ] Priestleys leave England for America. [Part II ] / Priestleys arrive in Philadelphia. [Part III ] Priestley dedicates first Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. [Part III ] Elhannan Winchester dies. [Part IV ] Judith Sargent Murray publishes The Gleaner. [Part IV ] Priestleys settle in Northumberland PA. [Part III ] 1800

6 1800 Ralph Waldo Emerson born in Boston. [Part III ] Winchester Profession adopted. [Part IV ] Joseph Priestley dies in Northumberland PA. [Part III ] Hosea Ballou publishes first edition of A Treatise on Atonement. [Part IV ] Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England. [Part V ] Hosea Ballou called to Portsmouth NH church. [Part IV ] Maria Cook preaching to Universalists in PA & NY. [Part V ] 1810 Theodore Parker born in Lexington MA. [Part III ] Margaret Fuller born in Cambridge MA. [Part III ] John & Judith Sargent Murray publish Letters and Sketches of Sermons. [Part IV ] Henry Whitney Bellows born in Boston. [Part V ] John Murray dies in Boston. [Part IV ] Judith Sargent Murray publishes Records of the Life of the Rev. John Murray. [Part IV ] Hosea Ballou called to Second Universalist Boston. [Part IV ] William Ellery Channing delivers Baltimore Sermon. [Part III ] Julia Ward Howe born in Boston. [Part V ] 1820 Judith Sargent Murray dies in Natchez MS. [Part IV ] Mass. Supreme Court issues Dedham Decision. [Part III ] Thomas Starr King born in New York. [Part VI ] American Unitarian Association founded. [Part III ] Antoinette Louisa Brown born in Henrietta NY. [Part V ] Celia Burleigh born in Cazenovia NY. [Part V ] Ralph Waldo Emerson called to Boston Second church. [Part III ] 1830

7 1830 Restorationists split from the Universalist General Convention. [Part IV ] Hosea Ballou publishes An Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution. [Part IV ] Olympia Brown born in Prairie Ronde MI. [Part V ] Augusta Jane Chapin born Lakeville NY. [Part V ] Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers sermon on Transcendentalism before the Harvard Divinity School graduating class. [Part III ] Emerson hires Margaret Fuller to edit new Transcendentalist magazine The Dial. [Part III ] Mary Ann Church preaching to Universalists in Ontario. [Part V ] 1840 Theodore Parker delivers his sermon The Transient and the Permanent in Christianity. [Part III ] Jenkin Lloyd Jones born in Wales. [Part V ] William Ellery Channing dies. [Part III ] Margaret Fuller publishes Woman in the Ninteenth Century. [Part III ] Universalist General Reform Association founded. [Part IV ] 1850 Margaret Fuller dies at sea returning from Europe. [Part III ] Western Unitarian Conference formed. [Part V ] Hosea Ballou dies in Boston. [Part IV ] Lydia Jenkins granted a Letter of Fellowship by Universalists in New York state. [Part V ] Thomas Starr King called to San Francisco Unitarian church. [Part VI ] 1860 Theodore Parker dies in Florence, Italy. [Part III ]

8 U.S. Civil War Begins. [Part V ] 1860 Henry Whitney Bellows helps form Sanitary Commission. [Part V ] Darwin's On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection published in America. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe publishes The Battle Hymn of the Republic. [Part V ] Augusta Jane Chapin ordained to the Universalist ministry. [Part V ] Thomas Starr King dies in California. [Part VI ] National Conference of Unitarian Churches formed. [Part V ] U.S. Civil War Ends. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe helps found the American Woman Suffrage Association. [Part V ] 1870 Augusta Jane Chapin named to the Council of the Universalist National Convention. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe issues proclamation calling for a Mother's Day of Peace. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe & Lucy Stone begin publishing the Woman's Journal. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe begins hosting annual gathering for women ministers. [Part V ] Mary Ashton Rice Livermore named President of American Woman Suffrage Association. [Part V ] Rev. Minot Savage publishes The Religion of Evolution. [Part V ] Sophia Lyon Fahs born in China. [Part VI ] John Hassler Dietrich born in Chambersburg PA. [Part VI ] Antoinette Louisa Brown recognized as a minister by the AUA. [Part V ] John Haynes Holmes born in Philadelphia PA. [Part V ] 1880 Jenkin Lloyd Jones recruits Mary Safford & Eleanor Gordon to lead Humboldt IA church. Start of Iowa Sisterhood. [Part V ]

9 1880 Clara Barton founds American Red Cross. [Part V ] Clarence Skinner born in Brooklyn, NY. [Part V ] Henry Whitney Bellows dies. [Part V ] Ralph Waldo Emerson dies. [Part III ] American Unitarian Association begins accepting Congregations into membership. [Part V ] Curtis W. Reese born in Madison County NC. [Part VI ] Clinton Lee Scott born in Vermont. [Part VI ] National and American Woman Suffrage Associations merge. [Part V ] 1890 Rev. Orello Cone publishes Gospel Criticism and Historical Christianity. [Part V ] Augusta Jane Chapin becomes first woman in America awarded Doctor of Divinity. [Part V ] General Convention of Universalists defeats a proposal for UniversalistUnitarian cooperation. [Part VI ] 1900 Rev. Marion Shutter publishes Applied Evolution. [Part V ] Julia Ward Howe first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters. [Part V ] Dr. Edward A. Horton publishes the Beacon Series of liberal religious education materials. [Part VI ] John Haynes Holmes, Clarence Skinner & Mary White Ovington among the Incorporators of the NAAP. [Part V ] 1910 Julia Ward Howe dies. [Part V ]

10 1910 Kenneth Leo Patton born in Three Oaks MI. [Part VI ] John Hassler Dietrich called to First Unitarian Society of Spokane WA. [Part VI ] Curtis Reese called to First Unitarian Church in Des Moines IA. [Part VI ] Clarence Skinner publishes The Social Implications of Universalism. [Part V ] John Hassler Dietrich called to First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis MN. [Part VI ] Jenkin Lloyd Jones dies. [Part V ] John Haynes Holmes changes his church's name to Community Church of New York. [Part V ] th Amendment to U.S. Constitution signed giving women the right to vote. [Part V ] Clarence Skinner founds the Community Church of Boston. [Part V ] AUA President Louis Cornish establishes the Sister Church program to replace bells in Transylvanian Unitarian churches. [Part VI ] Universalists briefly flirt with merger with the Congregational Church. [Part VI ] Unitarian Meadville College & Universalist Lombard College merge into Meadville Lombard Theological School. [Part VI ] Sophia Lyon Fahs publishes How Childish Should a Child's Religion Be? bringing her to the attention of the AUA. [Part VI ] 1930 Joint Unitarian / Universalist Commission recommends against merger. Free Church Fellowship formed. [Part VI ] First Humanist Manifesto signed by Dietrich, Reese, & Scott. [Part VI ] Sophia Lyon Fahs hired by the AUA as Editor of Children's Materials. [Part VI ] 1940

11 1940 American Humanist Association founded. Curtis Reese named first President. [Part VI ] Clarence Skinner publishes A Religion for Greatness. [Part V ] Unitarian Biennial Conference recommends merger with the Universalists. [Part VI ] Clarence Skinner dies in Long Ridge CT. [Part V ] 1950 Joint Biennium of AUA and UCA establishes the Council of Liberal Churches, Unitarian Universalist. [Part VI ] 1960 Joint Merger Commission formed to explore merger. Rev. William B. Rice named Chair. [Part VI ] John Hassler Dietrich dies. [Part VI ] Sophia Lyon Fahs ordained into the Unitarian ministry. [Part VI ] Merger ratified at a joint meeting that became the first UUA General Assembly. Dana McLean Greeley elected President. [Part VI ] Curtis W. Reese dies. [Part VI ] Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation formed. [Part VI ] John Haynes Holmes dies in New York. [Part V ] Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery. [Part VI ] The Emergency Conference on the Unitarian Universalist Response to the Black Rebellion. [Part VI ] General Assembly votes to approve Black Caucus' demand for funding of a Black Affairs Council. [Part VI ] Rev. Jack Mendelsohn leads a walkout of the General Assembly to protest discontinued funding of the Black Affairs Council [Part VI ]

12 1970 General Assembly passes a resolution ending discrimination of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. [Part VI ] Beacon Press publishes The Pentagon Papers. [Part VI ] General Assembly creates an Office of Gay Affairs. Later renamed the Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns. [Part VI ] General Assembly passes the Women and Religion resolution requiring a comprehensive sexism audit. [Part VI ] Sophia Lyon Fahs dies. [Part VI ] 1980 General Assembly approves new UUA Principles and Purposes. [Part VI ] Clinton Lee Scott dies. [Part VI ] 1990 UUA President Bill Schulz travels to Transylvania to protest destruction of Unitarian villages. [Part VI ] Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council formed. [Part VI ] Kenneth Leo Patton dies. [Part VI ] General Assembly passes a resolution calling for full Marriage Equality. [Part VI ] 2000