Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was ...

Hollywood has given us a clear picture of what life was like for Christians living in pagan ancient Rome. But is that picture really accurate? In Gary United Methodist Church's "Religion in Ancient ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although Jesus ...

“I think the time has come to fill the sad vacancies in the Sacred College.” Thus Pope Pius XII this week addressed about 30 oldtime cardinals who had foregathered, along with the Pontiff, in the ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...

THE profound sentiment of nationality cherished by a Roman of the best period was but the natural outgrowth and necessary complement of an equally intense and overruling sentiment of consanguinity.

For “technical” reasons, said the Vatican’s Osservatore Romano last week, the Holy See has withdrawn diplomatic privileges from the envoys of the Polish and Lithuanian pre-war governments. Henceforth, ...

Once the faith of millions, a small but devoted number of adherents in Asia and North America keep the flame of faith burning. Farzin Yezishne, a Zoroastrian mobed (priest), performs a blessing ...

A similar complexity appears in the history of early Christianity in how religion functioned, both in terms of rituals and in the use of the Latin term it derives from The Bible featured prominently ...