Christianity has existed in Britain since the time of the Roman Empire when it spread across the British Isles over the process of many centuries. …
How Did The Anglo-Saxons Get Christianized?
When the Anglo-Saxons inhabited Britain, they brought with them Germanic paganism. The story of the conversion of the Saxons to Christianity is one filled with political intrigue and bloody conflict
As the Roman Empire expanded north, it came into more contact (and conflict) with the Germanic sphere of influence. Though the two cultures clashed, …
Zoroastrianism was the dominant faith of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Developed centuries earlier by the prophet Zoroaster, this Persian religion …
Despite both faiths being Abrahamic, the Christian and Muslim dichotomic relationship has yielded many conflicts through the historical narrative of …
Arriving in the Languedoc region of southern France as early as the 11th century, Cathars (deriving from the Greek Katharoi, meaning ‘pure ones’) were …
Three major religions in the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all share one common idea: monotheism, or the worship of one God. However, all …
From the Renaissance era of creativity and learning to humanism and new ideas about religion, Protestant Reformation followed and changed the …
The year is 374 AD in Roman North Africa. Augustine, a self-indulgent youth born into a wealthy family, is about to embark on a wild journey. It will …
If there were a list of the wonders of the art world, the ceiling at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel would surely be found at the top. You may have …
Pontius Pilate is one of the most controversial and at the same time mysterious figures in human history. Even though it was not his intention, his …