History of Church Part 3 - The 2nd century (100 AD to 200 AD)

33. The churches are little more organized now with one bishop per church. St. Ignatius is one of them. Priests and deacons are appointed for every church. The needy are helped.

34. Baptism , the first step to voluntarily become a Christian is more formalized.

35. Alexander becomes pope. He starts the new process of blessing houses with holy water.

36. Sixtus becomes pope

37. Telesporus becomes pope. He is killed for his Christian faith.

38. Hyginus becomes pope. He is killed for his Christian faith.

39.Pius 1 becomes pope. He is killed for his Christian faith

40. Anicetus becomes first pope from Syria. He is killed for his Christian faith.

41. Soter becomes pope. He introduces marriage as sacred which is blessed by priest. Marriage is a Sacrament now. He introduces Easter as a annual festival. He is killed for his Christian faith.

42. Eletherius becomes pope. He is killed for his Christian faith

43. Victor becomes pope.

44. Zephyrinus becomes pope

45. Bishops bring together the books that they call Canons, as something inspired by God. It will eventually become Bible in the future.

46. Bishops begin arguing and start having their own set of beliefs. It leads to the first split in the Church as some of them leave the one Roman Catholic Church to form their own church.

47. Marcion group does not accept entire Bible as inspired. Gnostics group believe Jesus is a man in appearance only but he is fully divine and does not really posssess the weakness of humans. Montanists groups wanted rigorous fasting and considered their prophecies as powerful as the gospels written by apostles.

48. There are sudden persecutions once in a while, few people are killed for being Christians. Christianity is considered an illegal religion, something that just rose up suddenly.

49. High class Romans become Christians. Powerful Christians begin educating kings to stop persecution. The first time when church and state (head of a country or region) begin interacting.

50. The Christian population is now 20 lakhs. Six Popes were killed for their Christian faith during the 2nd century.

51. Natalius becomes first Anti-pope
Antipope is someone who becomes or claims to be the pope in an inappropriate manner after going against the current pope. Natalius believed in Adoptionism which means, Jesus did not exist from the beginning and he was only adopted as a Son of God at his birth. He repented and reconciled later.