More than simply academic disputes, these were controversies that endangered souls, touching as they did on the most fundamental Christian beliefs. The bishops and others gathered at these councils in order to discern the true and orthodox response to heresy. ...
797 – Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus. [Some mothers, eh?] 1506 – The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaug...
St. Nicholas was exiled from Myra and later put in prison during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Diocletian but he was released in the time of the later Emperor Constantine, who was a Christian. St Nicholas attended the Council of Nicaea in 325 (where things about Christianity we...
the first thing the White man always did wherever he conquered a land was to send in the missionaries with their bibles full of pictures of white, blue-eyed, long-haired Jesus and all the white angels in heaven. After all, god and the angels in heaven must look like the rule...
The papacy was arguably the world’s first supranational organisation,claiming the right to authorise/legitimise the rulers of the successor states of the western Roman Empire-based on a forgery-the “Donation of Constantine the Great” whereby the latter (who had moved the Imperial capital from ...
For helpful comments or the provision of additional model estimates or materials, the authors wish to thank: Edward Balistreri, Christoph Böhringer, Hasan Dudu, Bernard Hoekman, Will Martin, Petros Mavroidis, Constantine Michalopoulos, Sergey Paltsev, Natalia Turdyeva, Natalya Volchkova, Hidemichi...
Easter, unlike Christmas, has a fluctuating date due to its ties to the vernal equinox and Jewish Passover. Learn how Emperor Constantine's decision in 325 A.D. at the Council of Nicaea established Easter's observance on the first Sunday after the full m
Dr. Bill Warner's Lecture: "Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret" HT: Andy Bell
Or is the house of de Normandie destined to die out like it did in reality? (Actually there are 2 other kings who are direct descendants of William the Conqueror, however since they both born to other houses he practically is the last norman king of England.) ---Henry II ...
As Christianity, as time moves forward, as Christianity becomes a little bit more established, especially in the West and especially after Constantine and Christianity becomes more, is tolerated or even becomes officially a part of the Roman empire, we begin to see the emergence in the writings ...