During Jesus' life all he really tried to do was to improve Jewish law but the Pharisees (Rabbis of the time) were fearful of Jesus of what he had to say, and had numerous arguments with him at the ti...
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Christianity today, practiced by over 2 billion followers, is undoubtedly the world's largest religion. But of course, it hasn't always been this way. It began in the city of Rome, around the time o...
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"Suddenly Jesus met them and said, `Greetings!' And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him." (Matthew 28:9)# Near the end of each of the four Christian gospels, it is women who fir...
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A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday. The headless marble st...
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All this to say that one commenter, Judy, has responded to my somewhat-snarky take on the Da Vinci Code and explained the popular impact of its ideas. Go read her comment in full. Here are some key...
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First off, it shows how flimsy doctrine is. If Judas is a good guy, then all the teaching is out the window, and the official interpreters have to rebend the rules to explain how early Christians b...
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Pope Benedict XVI paid homage Sunday to a key figure in the early Christian church, St. Augustine, during one of his rare pastoral trips and delivered a message that he said the world needed to hea...
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It's a predictable part of the Easter season: The period of reflection on the Crucifixion and Resurrection has become a popular time for marketers to roll out works _ from the scholarly to the sens...
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In ancient times, chariot-racing was a favorite spectator sport along the Via Appia Antica, the old Appian Way.Today, watching joggers and bikers might be the 21st-century equivalent for visitors s...
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A white marble sarcophagus believed to be the final resting place of St. Paul has been unearthed from beneath the altar of Rome's second-largest basilica after centuries hidden from view, but those...
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A white marble sarcophagus believed to be the final resting place of St. Paul has been unearthed from beneath the altar of Rome's second-largest basilica after centuries hidden from view, but those...
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Early Christianity
Greek archaeologists find Hera statue
