Christianity in the 200s AD – History of religion
An early Christian house church at Dura Europos, in Syria (200s AD) Christian persecution pauses During the forty years between 261 AD and 303 AD, the Roman government did not officially [...]
An early Christian house church at Dura Europos, in Syria (200s AD) Christian persecution pauses During the forty years between 261 AD and 303 AD, the Roman government did not officially [...]
History of Lent: February, in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1400s AD) Why do we call it Lent? Lent was originally a Germanic word for the season of Spring [...]
The Roman emperor Constantine becomes a Christian - the first Christian emperor Constantine becomes an Emperor In 312 AD, the Great Persecution was still going on in the Eastern part of the [...]
One of the earliest images of Jesus, from St. Callisto catacomb in Rome (ca. 250 AD) Around the time of the beginning of the Roman Empire, a new religion began among [...]
Egyptian caves where early monks and nuns lived The first Christian nuns, like the first Christian monks, lived in Africa - they lived alone in the desert in Egypt in the 300s and 400s AD, where they [...]