In 325, the Abraham-like old man, Hosius, bishop of Cordoba, drew the conference of Nicea, held at his instigation, to a successful conclusion. The Church had decided the nature of God. The emperor banished and burned what she now deemed…

The argument over the nature of God between Arius and his bishop Alexander made a most serious disturbance which had invaded the peace of the Church. It extended to all the Eastern provinces and the Church’s inspired teaching was exposed to the…

Two men dominated the council of Nicea. Arius, the presbyter from Alexandria and Athanasius, its future bishop.

According to a later writer against heresy, Arius …

From elation of mind this old man swerved from the truth. He was in stature very…

When did Christians raise the cross? Not before the fourth century. Where did the lifting start? Appropriately enough in Jerusalem, where, after more than three centuries, the cross of Jesus was found. And when was that?

A pilgrim went all the…

Constantine abolished Crucifixion. The century after him said so …

He regarded the cross with peculiar reverence, on account both of the power which it conveyed to him in the battles against his enemies, and also of the divine manner in…