Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of Eastern Christian churches in Europe, the Middle East, America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it examines both Orthodox and...
Hence it is clear that throughout the second century, the churches in Asia Minor continued to observe the Passover on the 14th of Nisan (and for doing so, they were labeled as Quartodecimans by the Romans), unlike most of the Romans, and they refused to accept the authority of any Rom...
In the Book of Revelation, Christ instructs the Apostle John to write letters to seven churches in Asia Minor. In these letters, Jesus, through John, tells the churches he knows their hopes, dreams, faults, failings, joys, sorrows, temptations, and frustrations. Jesus said hard things to t...
Many commentators have noted that the number seven was considered a perfect number to the Hebrews and that the churches mentioned may simply be representative of all of the churches of Asia Minor or, indeed, all the churches of the world. I favor the view that the book demonstrates in its ...
Currently at Bari, there are two churches at his shrine, one Roman Catholic and one Orthodox. Sailors from Bari had collected just half of Nicholas' skeleton, leaving all the minor fragments in the grave. These were collected by Venetian sailors during the first crusade and brought to Venice,...
an outgrowth of the post Alexandrian division of the Greek Empire). The region would again be conquered by Aryan Parthians (modern day Iran; the name "Iran" originates from the word "Aryan"). The Parthians were a subset of Caucasus Persians from a distinctly Aryan region of Asia Minor. ...
Constantine’s interest in church building was expressed also at Constantinople, particularly in churches of the Holy Wisdom (the originalHagia Sophia) and of theApostles. At Rome, the greatchurch of St. Peterwas begun in the later 320s and lavishly endowed by Constantine with plate and property...
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Houses were opened to the poor, food was distributed, and, when possible, money was gathered for the needy churches in other regions. Paul mentions such a charity drive in Romans (15:26–27). From these earliest days, the Church acquired its well-deserved reputation for charitable labors. ...