Zoroastrian Church and Religious Policy under the Sasanians (3rd–7th centuries)

1. Bahram I executes Mani and suppresses Manichaeism

   Jan 1, 274Labels: Bahram I, Kartir, Manichaeism

   • Bahram I
   • Britannica

2. Kartir proclaims persecution in Ka'ba-ye Zartosht inscription

   Jan 1, 280Labels: Kartir, Ka'ba-ye Zartosht, Bahram II

   • CAIS
   • Ka ba ye
   • Britannica

3. Shapur II orders persecution and forced conversion of Christians

   Jan 1, 337Labels: Shapur II, Christians, Roman Sasanian

   • Britannica
   • Yazdegerd I

4. Yazdegerd I legalizes open Christian worship

   Jan 1, 409Labels: Yazdegerd I, Christians, Sasanian policy

   • Seleucia 410
   • Yazdegerd I

5. Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon organizes Persian Christianity

   Jan 1, 410Labels: Council of, Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Yazdegerd I

   • Seleucia 410
   • Isaac

6. Bahram V persecutes Christians; war follows

   Jan 1, 421Labels: Bahram V, Christians, Roman Sasanian

   • War 421 422
   • Britannica

7. Synod of Markabta asserts Church of the East autonomy

   Jan 1, 424Labels: Synod of, Church of, Dadisho

   • Markabta 424
   • Dadisho

8. Yazdegerd II enacts repressive measures against Christians

   Jan 1, 445Labels: Yazdegerd II, Christians, Zoroastrian clergy

   • Iranica
   • Karka

9. Persecution at Karka de Beth Selok reported in Syriac tradition

   Jan 1, 446Labels: Karka de, Syriac tradition, Yazdegerd II

   • Karka
   • Iranica

10. Synod of Beth Lapat shapes doctrinal identity within Sasanian realm

    Jan 1, 484Labels: Synod of, Gundeshapur, Church of

    • Beth Lapat
    • Peroz I

11. Kavad I enables Mazdakite challenge to clerical-noble power

    Jan 1, 488Labels: Kavad I, Mazdak, Zoroastrian clergy

    • Kavad I
    • Britannica

12. Khosrow I crushes the Mazdakites and restores orthodoxy

    Jan 1, 531Labels: Khosrow I, Mazdakites, Zoroastrian orthodoxy

    • Britannica
    • Kavad I

13. Hormizd IV resists clerical pressure to persecute Christians

    Jan 1, 579Labels: Hormizd IV, Zoroastrian clergy, Christians

    • Hormizd IV
    • Britannica

14. Khosrow II favors Miaphysite Christianity amid intra-Christian conflicts

    Jan 1, 590Labels: Khosrow II, Miaphysites, Christian factions

    • Khosrow II
    • Hormizd IV

15. Battle of al-Qadisiyyah accelerates collapse of Sasanian state religion

    Nov 16, 636Labels: Battle of, Rashidun Caliphate, Sasanian collapse

    • Qadisiyyah
    • Britannica

16. Ardashir I founds the Sasanian Empire

    Jan 1, 2240Labels: Ardashir I, Sasanian Empire, Mazdayasna

    • Britannica
    • Britannica