"The early Christian church held the position that if you can procreate you must not refuse to procreate. But they always took the position that they would annul a marriage if a man could not have sex with his wife, but not if they could not conceive," Coontz told LiveScience. 5. Mon...
Roman Catholic Church:The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination, led by the Pope in Rome. It follows the teachings and traditions of the early Christian Church and places a strong emphasis on sacraments, liturgy, and the authority of the Pope and bishops. ...
School meant a lot of memorization. Little boys would begin memorizing characters at home beginning as early as three years old. When they were eight they would go to school to study the Confucian classics, and this was their preparation for the civil servant exams. They also learned about po...
The Eastern Orthodox Church has its roots in the early Christian communities of the Eastern Roman Empire.What are some key beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox Church?The Eastern Orthodox Church holds to traditional Christian beliefs, including the belief in the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy ...
Start early. When your five-year-old asks about the difference between boys and girls, smile and calmly talk about God’s loving plan to provide families with mommies and daddies who are intentionally different but who together help each other and their children through life. Tailor your remarks...
Princes Harry and William were just in the early teens when they woke up to the news their mother, Princess Diana, had died in a car crash. Amidst the royal family’s polarizing response to Diana’s death in 1997, it was their grandfather, Prince Philip, who convinced William and Harry ...
* In the early 1960s, the city of Memphis, Tennessee was desegregating its public parks—but only gradually in order to prevent interracial violence and riots. In the 1963 case of Watson v. Memphis, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the city must desegregate its parks immediately instea...
Marcion of Sinope was an early Catholic who believed the God of the Old Testament was actually a devil, inspiring Marcion to collect Christian writings that supported his radical new theology. His work helped create the Bible, Christianity’s main religious text, that most read and follow today...
The first boxed costumes were produced in the early 1900s, but it was until the 1950s that they really took off. Boxed costumes provided the customer with an almost head-to-toe outfit of a character or theme. One of the first manufacturers was Collegeville Costume Company which would create...
But he already had a son for most of his early reign—thanks to his lover, Bessie Blount. Henry Fitzroy was the only acknowledged illegitimate child of Henry VIII, although the boy died at the age of 17. Blount would still be greeted with the refrain, ‘Bless ye, Bessie Blount” for ...