The Roman Catholic Church leads the way in conferring sainthood on people, and some pretty rascally characters have been canonized.
When you consider the history of the Christian church in Rome, it’s possible that its first converts were actually visitors from Rome who came to Jerusalem during Pentecost. It is likely they got converted during this time and went back to the capital city of the Roman Empire to start ...
aThe Valentine's Day originates from ancient Rome. And it is related with Christianity. From the origin of this festival, we get the knowledge that it is about the priest who held the wedding for the couples and was put into prison because he broke the Emperor's order. Priest is the re...
Christianity in Rome: From its conception, Christianity would spread in the Roman Empire; however, many of the emperors and Senates looked upon the religion with disdain, and some would outlaw it and kill or persecute believers. There were a few emperors and Senates that would tolerate the re...
In the past, being a church leader was an occupation that carried with it the prospect of an untimely demise.
Tertullian, a Christian writer from the late second and early third century, wrote that before the Romans banished John, they brought him into a coliseum and dunked him in a vat of boiling oil. When he emerged unharmed, the entire coliseum converted to Christianity. ...
and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.His influence on the Latin language was so immense that the subsequent history of prose, not only in Latin but in European languages up to the 19th century, was said to be either a reaction against or a return to his st...
At the begining, Christianity was the religion of the poor, slaves who suffered the cruel and brutal ruling of Roman Empire. For hundreds of years Christianity spreaded within the lower class of Rome, while the empire saw it as a threaten to itself. The early Christianity tended to help the...
He seems to be using satire, cartoons and parody against the gay life, Jews and Zionism to get his point across about the corruption of French culture. He respectfully holds up Jesus Christ, the Church and Christianity as the way to real manhood. At least, that is my take on it. Kath...
Anti-Jewish sentiment fuelled the Sabbath to Sunday change It was A.D. 49 when Emperor Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome because of constant rioting over the instigation of Chrestus. Since converted Jews such as Aquila and Priscilla were expelled along with the Jews (Acts 18:2) we know ...