In the Apostle’s Creed (an early Roman baptismal statement of ... and the bones of martyrs shine with the uncreated grace of God while their souls are at rest, working miracles even after their death ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire ... Despite this, Nero's persecution of the new Christian sect was brief and, in the first century at ...

And he issues a decree that everyone has to sacrifice to the Roman gods and ... brings those into the Christian fold and in many ways, it backfires. So the Decian persecution is very short ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs ... community in Rome built them as cemeteries. Christian catacombs came ...

The word “genocide” is being used frequently here in Rome, at a conference titled “Under Caesar’s Sword: Christian Response to Persecution,” co-sponsored by the Religious Freedom Project ...

The tension between Roman and Judeo-Christian beliefs led to a rollercoaster of events in the ancient world. From the days of persecution to eventually going mainstream, Christianity went through ...