Archaeological discoveries in the Arabian-Persian Gulf challenge traditional Islamic history. They reveal that Christian ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

The church is described as “resembling a very early Christian Church in its modest size, simple arrangements and lack of ornament. Visitors often remark on its godly and peaceful atmosphere.” Castle ...

A hidden inscription from an amulet found in a Roman grave has been deciphered, revealing new insights into early ...

Experts uncovered the ruins of a church, dated to around the mid ... make a significant impact on the discussion of the history of early Christianity,” he added. “And we still have one volume ...

The most intelligible expression of the doctrine of the Church ... early, however, in the writings of the Church Fathers as a synonym for “ordinance”), the sacramental nature of the Christian ...

That those are the people who are blessed in this new recasting of the Christian message. Read excerpts from The Acts of Paul and Thecla. Did stories like Thecla -- the fact that the early church ...

Early Christian churches were often shaped like an octagon, which was an early Christian church symbol for the resurrection of Jesus and, more broadly, the rebirth of life. Archaeologists recently ...

The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire ... "Thanks to it ...

Archaeologists have recently publicized the earliest known evidence of Christianity north of Italy, calling the discovery one ...

Only time will tell, but the opportunity for Christian witness appears to shine brightly under the Donald Trump administration. The question then arises: “Will the church in America be ready and ...