The early days of Christianity were quite complex. There were numerous beliefs, interpretations, and schisms. Most of them ...

Christian faith proclaims that Jesus was God’s divine son. But church historians have long known that certain Jewish followers of Christ, in the early decades after his death, regarded him as ...

Early Christians The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous.

In a secretive Christian sect unknown to most Americans, a reckoning is underway. Stories of abuse that have been insular for so long are now coming to light.

But these sects that rivaled Christianity did not martyr Christian missionaries; to that extent at least they were harmless foes. ONE RARE, UNANALTTICAL, AND MERRY DAY One rare, unanalytical, and ...

A small, silver amulet found by a skeleton in a nearly 2000-year-old grave in Frankfurt, Germany may offer new insights into the early spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

Archeologists have “digitally unrolled” a 1,800-year-old silver amulet to decipher an inscription that’s being hailed as the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Europe.

An ABC News yearlong investigation into the 2x2 Church, a Christian sect so secretive most people have never heard of it, ... A group photo at a 2x2 Church convention in the early 1900s.

Another sect, led by a wealthy individual named Marcion (ca A.D. 85–160), son of the bishop of Sinope (today’s Sinop in Turkey), believed that Christianity should be uncoupled from Jewish ...

Summary. The FBI is investigating widespread child sex abuse allegations within a secretive Christian sect known as the “Two by Twos.” Survivors accuse sect leaders of concealing abuse for ...