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Ancient letter written by Roman emperor leads to "monumental" discovery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that...
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 ...
Bridges: History of Christmas shows holiday, traditions change over the years
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 6 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.
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...
How Jesus was nearly swept away by a wave of unpleasant tales
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 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 ...
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...
Fairy Chimneys: The stone spires in Turkey that form 'the world's most unusual high-rise...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTurkey's magical "fairy chimneys" in Cappadocia were carved out of an ancient volcanic landscape...
Was Santa Actually a Badass Who Beat Up a Priest?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years 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...