Centuries before our time, Cicero derives religion this way: Those who carefully took in hand all things pertaining to the gods were called religiosi, from relegere [careful consideration]. Such reverence is in keeping with the Roman reverence for tradition followed by the…

In one year, Constantine took the whole west and then Licinius took all of the east. Lactantius was the first to describe the decisive battles.

Constantine approached a Rome possessed by his rival and in the night God intervened …

Constantine was…

If you’re going to Jerusalem, make sure to see …

further in the city are twin pools, with five porticoes, which are called Bethsaida. There persons who have been sick for many years are cured; the pools contain water which is…

The Church was attacked from within. By Heretics …

Origin: 1300–50; ME heretik < MF heretique < LL haereticus < Gk hairetikós able to choose (LGk: heretical)

In Against Heresies, Epiphanius quotes against these choosers …

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines,…

In his Church History, Eusebius quotes Josephus on the signs leading up to the destruction of the Jewish temple. One happened at Pentecost and involved a certain Jesus …

the son of Ananias, a common countryman, four years before the war, when…