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25 08, 2017

Religious schisms – History of religion

By |2017-08-25T12:35:01-07:00August 25th, 2017|Government, Religion|Comments Off on Religious schisms – History of religion

The murder of Thomas a Becket in the 1100s AD The new, big, monotheistic religions of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam developed between 500 BC and 600 AD. They brought with them some new ideas, and [...]

22 08, 2017

Who were the Nestorians? History of Christianity

By |2017-08-22T17:18:53-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Who were the Nestorians? History of Christianity

A Nestorian cross on a tombstone from Kazakhstan (1300s AD) In 428 AD, when Pulcheria and Eudocia were running the Roman Empire, a bishop named Nestorius became the Patriarch of Constantinople. That's like being the Pope but for people [...]

22 08, 2017

Montanus and Montanism – an early Christian heresy

By |2020-05-11T06:43:25-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, Romans|2 Comments

Montanus and Montanism: This is the amphitheater in ancient Carthage where Romans killed Christians during the Decian persecution. What was Montanism? Montanism was a Christian heresy. A man named Montanus [...]

14 08, 2017

Anne Hutchinson – A Puritan leader

By |2019-01-27T19:13:57-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on Anne Hutchinson – A Puritan leader

Boston in the time of Anne Hutchinson Anne Hutchinson's backstory Anne Hutchinson was born in 1603, the same year that Queen Elizabeth died. Her father was a Puritan minister in England. Like Margaret Cavendish about [...]

7 08, 2017

Renaissance Science in Europe

By |2017-08-07T21:36:38-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Science|Comments Off on Renaissance Science in Europe

Copernicus, a Renaissance astronomer Starting in the 1200s AD, as Europe got richer, great universities got started there. In the later Middle Ages, West Asia and India suffered from the Mongol invasions. West Asian people were too poor to [...]

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