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The Layman's Lantern emblem The Great Chronicle

The Catholic Timeline

Trace the covenants, kingdoms, councils, conflicts, saints, popes, and peoples that shaped the world of the Church.

Michelangelo, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512), Vatican City — whose central panel is The Creation of Adam

The chronicle

1,316 records in view

Workbook field notes

Research guide
Genesis 5 & 11 · Lucerna Memoriae

From Adam to Abraham

Twenty generations laid side by side on one scale of years. Where the bars overlap, the memory of Eden could pass by living voice — father to son — all the way to the call of Abram.
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“Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today; and the same for ever.”

Hebrews 13:8

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