1.
Prayers
for the dead...........................................................................................300
AD
2.
Making
the sign of the cross...............................................................................300
3.
Use
of wax candles.............................................................................................320
4.
Veneration
of angels and dead saints, and the use of images ................................375
5.
The
mass, as a daily celebration..........................................................................394
6.
The
exaltation of Mary (The Mother of God)..........................................................
431
7.
Priests began to dress differently
from laymen.....................................................500
8.
Extreme
Unction...............................................................................................526
9.
The
doctrine of Purgatory....................................................................................593
10.
Prayers
directed to Mary, dead saints and angels ................................................600
11.
Title
of Pope (universal bishop) given to Boniface [IL.............................................
607
12.
Kissing of the pope's foot began with
13.
Worship
of the cross, images and relics..............................................................
786
14.
Holy
Water (mixed with a pinch of salt & blessed by a priest ...............................
850
15.
Worship of Joseph.............................................................................................890
16.
College of Cardinals established.........................................................................
927
17.
Canonization
of dead saints ...............................................................................995
18.
Fasting
of Fridays and during Lent.......................................................................998
19.
The
Mass (gradually developed over several years) ...............................................1000
20.
Celibacy
of the priesthood ..................................................................................1079
21.
The
Rosary .......................................................................................................1090
22.
The
Inquisition ..................................................................................................1184
23.
24.
Transubstantiation
............................................................................................1215
25.
Auricular
Confession .........................................................................................1215
26.
Bible
forbidden to the laymen .............................................................................1229
27.
Cup
forbidden to the people ................................................................................1414
28.
The
doctrine of the Seven sacraments affirmed......................................................1439
29.
Tradition
declared of equal authority with the Bible ................................................1545
30.
Apocryphal
books are added to the Bible .............................................................1546
31.
Immaculate
Conception of the Virgin Mary proclaimed ..........................................1854
32.
Infallibility
of the pope (in matters of faith & morals) ..............................................1870
33.
Public
Schools condemned by pope Pius XI ........................................................1930
34.
Assumption
of the Virgin Mary ...........................................................................1950
35.
Mary
proclaimed to be the "Mother of the Church"................................................1965