19th century

The '19th century AD consists of the years 1801-1900.

Events

 * Discovery of several New Testament apocrypha[] documents opens a scholarly debate on [{Early Christianity, a debate that continues today.


 * Birth of Neocalvinism


 * Charles Darwin and other biologists propose the theory of Evolution. Geologists date the Earth to over five billion years of age. Fundamentalist Christianity begins as a movement that believes these scientific findings are contrary to scripture.


 * Restorationism seeks to restore what they believe is the original form of antenicene or Early Christianity


 * 1830: Joseph Smith, Jr. publishes the Book of Mormon and founds the {{Church of Christ (Mormonism)|Church of Christ]], the first Mormon church. The church is renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838.


 * 1870: Unification of Italy, which reduces the Papal Estates to the Vatican City. First Vatican Council upholds the doctrine of papal infallibility, but is rejected by the Old Catholic Church.


 * 1870s: Charles Taze Russel starts a Bible study group that becomes the Jehovah's Witnesses.


 * 1871: The Anglican Church of Ireland disestablished by the Irish Church Disestablishment Act.


 * 1878: Niagara Bible Conference establishes Fundamentalist Christianity as a distinct movement.

Timeline
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