... religious rival that lost out to orthodox Christianity in ancient times, has become fashionable again thanks to Dan Brown's huge-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" and the efforts of professors like Princeton's Elaine Pagels. Harvard ...

... Christians form one of the most ancient communities in the church. According to tradition, the Apostle Thomas (Doubting Thomas) went -overland preaching the Gospel tlirougJj 'Persia into northern India and made his way south along the ...

... Christian church in your community about the ancient city of Antioch he would not be able to give you any precise information of any sort. And yet he owes to that community a debt he will never be able to repay. Anonymous Church As a ...

... Christian church In your community about the ancient city of Antioch he would not be able to give you any precise information of any sort. And yet he owes to that community a debt he will never be able to repay. As a matter of fact ...

... early Christians, as 'contained in a letter to the churches. The emphasis in this temperance lesson is upon, abstinence from evil and upon good behavior. The Christian was in an unique and difficult position in the ancient world, as he ...

... Early Christians in Mesopotamia were the first to use colored eggs for Easfei observances* scholars believe. In some European countries, eggs colored red represent the joy of the Resurrection. While chocolate eggs or plastic eggs filled ...

... ancient philosophy. Current theology is marked hy a horror of all things ... Christians believe in He- hraio resurrection rather than in Hellenistic ... ancient Christianity still bears traces of ancient 'philosophic thought. One ...

... early Christians knew why they were Christians; they knew what they believed and lived by those Biblical principles. They were motivated by one singular ambition in life and that was to be possessed by God; their lives were entirely ...

... ancient type. You know how (he whole nation arose like on ;e man, , lo repel the alleged ap'g'ression by Cardinal ... Christians — we are hated as they were, by all classes of the community. To proceed with some order in our remarks on this ...

... Early Chris- tians established the date of Easter as a "movable feast" like the. Passover. The two feasts were calculated on the same ancient lunar calendar so they would aU ways occur only a few clays apart. Even before the Christians ...