- 410 - Apostolic Church began at the Council of Seleucia
- 428 - Nestorius appointed as Patriarch of Constantinople
- 431 - Nestorius removed from office and the diophysite position proclaimed a heresy
- 433 - Jesus declared as one person with two natures - divine and human
- 435 - Emperor Theodosius II exiled Nestorius to a monastery in the Great Oasis of Hibis, Egypt, and condemned all of Nestorius’s writings to be burned
- 462 - The Sassanid Persian kings granted protection to Nestorians to gain the loyalty of their Christian subjects
- 486 - Eastern Church’s Nestorian identity declared; diphysite position upheld
- 486 - Nestorianism official adopted at the Synod of Seleucia
- 489 - Nestorians expelled from Edessa by Emperor Zeno, immigrating to Persia
- 489 - Nestorian Church broke away from the Church of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire
- 530 - The writings of Nestorius added to the curriculum of the school of Edessa-Nisibis
- 635 - Nestorian Christianity reached China, Mongolia, and eventually Korea
- 635 - Alopen arrived at Chang’an and began to translate Nestorian Sutras into Chinese
- 638 - First Christian book, The Sutra of Jesus the Messiah, was published. This book talked about being loyal to the state and filial piety. The emperor was greatly pleased and he proclaimed the virtue of Nestorian Christianity.
- 781 - Nestorian Stele set up at Chang’an - describes flourishinc communities of Christians throughout CHina
- Middle of 800’s- The emperor ordered that Christianity is forbidden
- 900’s - Persecution of non-Chinese faiths in China led to the disappearance of Nestorians in China
- 1200’s- Nestorian faith popular and common among nomads
- 1200’s - Marco Polo and other Western writers testify that Nestorian communities were prevalent in China and Mongolia
- 1200’s - 1300’s centuries - Nestorian church resurged in China, but was suppressed by the Ming Dynasty
- 1365 - Last known monument of Nestorian Christianity erected (near Beijing)
- 1625 - Discovery of the Nestorian Stele