The history of the Catholic Church so far spans about 2,000 years. That’s a wide swath of history, a vast amount of time, and an organization that covers the entire world. The Church has been at the ...

Archaeologists in İznik, Turkey, uncovered a smaller church beneath the Church of the Holy Fathers that may have hosted the First Council of Nicaea.

Church history is a combination of history and theology. We examine Christianity, Christians and churches as well as religious movements and phenomena – the dynamics of the past that continue to shape ...

Up until 1054, the Christian Church was unified. The institution had survived persecution, controversy, and the collapse of Rome, but then it was split into two branches. The Great Schism left us with ...

My new book concerns the iconoclasm struggles of the eighth and ninth centuries, the battle over whether to venerate or reject sacred images. When I began this project, I knew I would be addressing ...

How the message of Christ resonated through the centuries, even at moments when his followers failed to keep the tune. When it comes to church history, there are two common but misguided approaches: ...

(RNS) — Released during or close to Black History Month, the books provide a faith-oriented look at African American history and analyses of women in ministry and changing demographics and technology.

Editor’s note: This article was originally delivered as the keynote address at a Feb. 20-21 conference held at Christendom College on the theme “Eternity in Time: Thinking With the Church Through ...

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