The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

During the upcoming Jubilee year, millions of Christian pilgrims will flock to the Eternal City’s innumerable holy places.

A hidden inscription from an amulet found in a Roman grave has been deciphered, revealing new insights into early ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of ...

Discovered in central Germany, the 1,800-year-old silver artifact held a tiny scroll, which researchers have now deciphered ...

German church historian Ulrich Volp told the Evangelical Press Service that the amulet can be used to help understand how ...

Researchers dated the grave where the amulet was found to between 230 and 270 AD. This is the earliest evidence of ...

But did you know that the tale of Christmas probably goes back to the ancient city of Rome? Yep, without the Saturnalia ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

Archaeologists uncovered a nearly 1,800-year-old amulet that offers new insight into the early spread of Christianity across ...