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 ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains a network of free museums, sites, monuments and markers for members ...

Researchers excavating at the ancient city of Nicaea, located in modern day İznik, in the northwestern part of Turkey, have ...

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 ...

An attempt to examine the church’s history through its architecture suffers from narrow understandings of “church” and “history” alike. The church is not a building, but it certainly has buildings. My ...

When the Roman general sacked the temple, the Jews were forced into a new era—and so were the Christians. The agreement shifted Christianity from being an illicit, persecuted sect to being a ...

An open-air Mass in Brazil on May 17, 1888, commemorating the abolition of slavery. (Alamy) It was the morning of May 24, 1888, and a large, ethnically diverse crowd waited in the Sala Ducale of the ...

"A History of Calvary Independent Church: The Torrey Era 1936-1963" isn't the first book Paul Hollinger has written. But at 423 pages, it's the longest. "It took six years of research and writing, ...

When Oscar Castañeda opened his church’s doors at the end of 2002, he didn’t expect thousands of uninvited guests to show up. Sanctuary Adventist Church sits in an area that Castañeda describes as ...

The deteriorating health of Pope Francis has led to the worldwide speculation regarding his possible successor. The most mentioned names are a cardinal from Africa and an Asian cardinal, Cardinal ...