During the earliest Christian period, Christianity was illegal. Christians could have their property seized or could be murdered in gruesome ways, including being crucified, fed to lions, or having their skin removed. As such, Christian art had to be kept secret.View...
During the earliest Christian period, Christianity was illegal. Christians could have their property seized or could be murdered in gruesome ways, including being crucified, fed to lions, or having their skin removed. As such, Christian art had to be kept secret.View...
Christianity has from its beginning been global in principle, and for many centuries was so in practice. In the first six or seven centuries of Christian history, Christian presence spread across the greater part of the then known world – the vast landmass that constitutes Europe,...
Christianity was introduced in the 5th century. This is traditionally associated with St Patrick (d. 461) although there were some Christians in the country before his arrival. The first written documents date from this period. A distinctive feature of the development of early Irish Christianity ...
The Archaeology of Early Christianity: The History, Methods, and State of a Field a more focused overview of a field that developed quite differently in largely Protestant English- speaking countries than it did in typically Catholic and Orthodox continental Europe. A field that originally served to...
Europe,he says,was not a bunch of conservative priests trying to shut down a noble,free,secular ancient world,but a new idea of "a voluntary basis for human association in which people joined together through will and love rather than blood or shared material objectives".Christianity declared ...
In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Journal of Early Christian Studies 9.1 (2001) 139-140 Book Review Portraits of Spiritual Authority: Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium, and the Christian Orient Jan Wi... Nathan,D.,Howard - 《Journal of Early Christian...
The Center for Early African Christianity promotes and expands upon the work of Thomas Oden, the study of ancient Christianity in Africa and Africa's influence on Christianity as a whole. We host scholars of African Christian history and theology, publis
Constantine is an important figure in early Christianity and all things "Constantine" seem to be very popular. Constantine and the Christian Empire, by Charles Odahl - represents 31 years of research, retracing the steps of Constantine across Europe and the Eastern Empire. The most exhaustive work...
Here is a link to a related sermon: Simon Magus and 'Christianity'? Cerinthus: An early heretic What did he teach? What did the Apostle John do about him? Marcion: The First Protestant? Considered to have been an organized heretic, he taught against the Old Testament, the law, and ...