Early Church and Classical Christianity
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Patrology
The study of the writings of the fathers of the early church. Sometimes they are divided into the ante-Nicene writers until 325 and post-Nicene writers, or between Latin and Greek or Eastern and Western writers.
10 Persecutions in the Early Church
List of the ten persecutions of Christians in the Early Church.
Apocrypha
Apocrypha refers to books of the Bible.
Apostle - Christian Apostles
Apostles were disciples of Jesus.
Apostolic See
The early centers of Christianity were known as Apostolic Sees.
Aramaic
Aramaic is a Semitic language used by many Jews by the time of Jesus.
Armenia Becomes Christian
After contact with centers of early Christianity at Antioch and Edessa, Armenia accepted Christianity as its state religion in A.D. 306 or thereabouts.
Benedict
Really a medieval figure, Benedict is the father of Western monasticism.
Church Fathers - Eastern Church Fathers
Short descriptions of the four fathers of the Eastern Church.
Dating Easter
Modern attempts at reconciling the western Resurrection Day celebrations (Easter) with the Orthodox Pashca (Easter) tying it to the vernal equinox with Pope Gregory XIII and currently with advanced astronomical calculations.
Denarii
Denarii is a Roman coin used in New Testament times.
Early Christianity Glossary - Terms in Early Christianity
Glossary of terms and people connected with early Christianity.
Eremite
In the early Christian Church one way to devote oneself to spirituality was to become an eremite.
Essenes
Essenes were a group of Jews in the Second Temple Period.
Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era
Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era
Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus How Herod the Great Became King
In Antiquities of the Jews - Book XIV, the respected Jewish historian Flavius Josephus tells the somewhat convoluted story of how Herod the Great managed to come to power in Judea.
Love, Sex, and Tragedy, by Simon Goldhill Book Review
Book Review of Simon Goldhill's Love, Sex, and Tragedy, a new answer to the "Why study classics?" question.
Patrology
Patrology is the study of the writings of the early Church fathers.
Psalms
Psalms are Biblical hymns.
Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem is described in the Gospel of Matthew as the light that led the magi to Bethlehem.
Tetradrachms
Tetradrachms is a silver Roman coin.
Who Were the Disciples?
Who were the disciples of Jesus depicted in the painting The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.
Early Church Martyrs
Pictures of early Church martyrs
What Is Meant by the Persecution of Christians
What is meant by the persecution of Christians
Was Constantine a Christian?
While it can be said that Constantine was the first Christian emperor of Rome, there is a question as to whether he actually ruled as a Christian.
Wedding at Cana: Where Did It Happen?
Cynthia Astle reports on wedding wine jars that give credence to a specific location for the wedding at Cana, the site of the first of the miracles of Jesus.
How the Jews Lived Under the Romans in the Time of Jesus
Contributing Writer Cynthia Astle looks at the New Testament to reveal clues about how the Jews of the New Testament era lived.