Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of the Alps. Computer technology helped unravel the mystery of the text ...

A number of rare religious relics were uncovered in 2024, with some on display to the public, giving people a better understanding about the time they first appeared in history.

Many of the martyrdoms written after the time of Polycarp tend to follow this basic model. INFLUENCE OF MARTYR STORIES How did these [martyrdom stories] come off to shape Christianity at this time?

We know that the early Christian communities handed down stories orally – the stories were later collected in written form, in the New Testament and other early collections. Interestingly ...

but as a prominent disciple and leader of one wing of the early Christian movement that promoted women's leadership. Certainly, the New Testament Gospels, written toward the last quarter of the ...

This means they do not always believe exactly what is written in the Bible. A liberal Christian may believe in a mixture of what is stated in Genesis and the scientific theories. For example ...