The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.

Every year on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of their religion’s founder, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Part of this celebration includes the claim that Jesus was born from a virgin ...

Installation view of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination in the Medieval Sculpture Hall (all photos © the Metropolitan Museum of Art unless ...

After Nero’s death in 68 CE, rumors spread that he hadn’t really died and would return from the East with an army. Early Christians connected these fears to the Book of Revelation, where the Beast ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a third-century mural depicting Jesus as the good shepherd. The mural, which remains ...

What is the account that we get from Acts about the early history of the Christian church? The Book of Acts records or reports that there was a special event that took place at Pentecost, which would ...

"No woman has had more influence on Christian faith and practice" than Jesus' mother Mary, says Ronald F. Hock of the University of Southern California. Yet "it would be extremely difficult to explain ...

An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, sold for nearly $3.9 million on June 11, 2024, at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt ...

Early Christians Sheridan proposes that ancient Rome was “more similar to today’s world than you might think”. But in drawing parallels between the ancient world and ours, he erroneously downplays how ...

Pauline theology remains a cornerstone of New Testament scholarship, offering a rich tapestry of thought that has shaped both doctrine and early Christian practice. Rooted in the writings of Paul, ...