In the year 112, a Roman governor in modern-day Turkey had his first encounter with members of a strange religious cult called “Christiani.” The governor had heard reports the cult followed an obscure ...

“Earliest Christianity emerged as a new and strange religion” that sometimes left others “puzzled” and “offended,” according to this dynamic history from Gupta (Tell Her Story), a professor of the New ...

An excerpt from 30 Key Moments in the History of Christianity. The story is told of how the Armenian king Trdat (also known as Tiridates III) was physically transformed into a wild boar as a form of ...

Find today’s readings here. Today the church celebrates the feast of St. Ignatius—not the one you read about most in America, but St. Ignatius of Antioch, the Syrian bishop and martyr who, by ...

This chapter consists of two major parts. In the first I will assess the opportunity for a major new faith to emerge at this particular place and time. The second part of the chapter will focus on ...

My son is getting ahead of himself. Only a sophomore in college, he can see the adult life he wants in front of him and he's eager to get started. He wants to graduate early. He has a girlfriend he ...