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Emperors' persecutions of Christians failed
Odessa American, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 13—ROME, Italy — Christians have been persecuted throughout history and are still getting kicked around in some parts of the world, but their worst tribulations were under the Roman emperors ...
Ancient letter written by Roman emperor leads to "monumental" discovery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that...
Bridges: History of Christmas shows holiday, traditions change over the years
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoMillions of people around the world rejoice as Christmas approaches. It is a time of family,...
Catholic vs. Christian: Overlap and Differences in the Religions
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAll squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares; the same goes for the Catholic vs. Christian distinction. All Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians consider themselves Catholic.
How Jesus was nearly swept away by a wave of unpleasant tales
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Jesus was young, another boy bumped into him in the village street. Jesus cursed him – “You...
Reason for the season: Why is Christmas on Dec. 25?
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTime to lay a popular myth to rest. You know it. It goes like this: Those naughty Christians co-opted the pagan holiday Saturnalia, commemorated in winter among the Romans, and bent it to their ...
This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and there's a chance they could...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLike their ancient ancestors, contemporary Mandaeans revere John the Baptist and consider baptism...
Book of Revelation's vision of the apocalypse inspired by pagan curses, researcher claims
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe cryptic Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible deliberately uses the language and verbal...
Was Santa Actually a Badass Who Beat Up a Priest?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Wikimedia CommonsThis last week marked the celebration of the Saint’s Day of Nicholas of...
Many Ukrainians are fleeing to the Greek Catholic Church in Lviv, which has a long and complex...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUkrainian Greek Catholic priests celebrating Sunday Mass in Lviv, in western Ukraine. AP...