History of Christianity – World Religions
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 [...]
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What is a chi-rho symbol? Early Christianity
A chi-rho symbol from the Cluny Museum in Paris. This one is missing the alpha. What is a chi-rho symbol? The Chi-Rho symbol is an anagram - a combination - [...]
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What is baptism? – History of Christianity
Torchlight parade (this one is actually in India) Baptism before Christianity Even before the time of Jesus, many mystery religions of the ancient Mediterranean had some sort of ceremony that people had to do in [...]
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History of slavery
Man beating a slave while another begs for mercy All ancient and medieval cultures had slaves. But some had more slaves than others. A slave is someone who is the [...]
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Brigham Young – Mormon religion
Brigham Young in the 1840s And after they killed Joseph Smith? After a mob killed Joseph Smith, the Mormons chose a new leader, Brigham Young (BRIG-am yung) and wisely left Illinois. The [...]
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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 [...]
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Christmas – American holiday
Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming (1300 AD) Native American origins of Christmas Even before 1500 AD, people in North America celebrated a winter religious festival when the days stopped getting shorter [...]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. – American history
Martin Luther King Jr. leading a protest march One of Martin Luther King's most famous pieces of writing was his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. In 1963, Dr. King was [...]
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Francis of Assisi – Medieval Europe
Francis of Assisi gives his father back his clothes (Giotto, in Assisi) Who was Francis of Assisi? By 1200 AD, the Catholic Church was very powerful. Bishops and popes were often rich men. They cared more about [...]
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Christmas in medieval Europe
Nativity mosaic (St. Maria in Trastevere, Rome ca. 1300 AD) showing the birth of Jesus on Christmas When did people start to celebrate Christmas? Beginning about 300 AD, people began to [...]
