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2 days ago · Although no major ecclesiastical schisms have taken place directly over these questions, shifts in worldview fostered by the rise of the sciences may underlie some of the doctrinal tensions in modern Christianity.
Jun 18, 2024 · Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus. Subsequent to Jesus' death, his earliest followers formed an apocalyptic messianic Jewish sect during the late Second Temple period of the 1st century.
Jun 1, 2024 · This ancient library shows how, before the consolidation of the Bible, early Christians read canonical and noncanonical Scriptures – as well as pagan classics – side by side. An overshadowed discovery
Jun 19, 2024 · History of early Christianity, the development of the early Christian church from its roots in the Jewish community of Roman Palestine to the conversion of Constantine I and the convocation of the First Council of Nicaea.
3 days ago · One controversy that led to schism is the debate between East and West concerning the Spirit’s procession. The Eastern churches have long suspected that the West’s error resides in giving an “Augustinian” priority to an undifferentiated divine essence that in fact renders the distinct persons nonessential to the Godhead.
Jun 19, 2024 · Gnosticism was a popular ancient movement, one of the many different forms of Christianity that developed in its earliest years. It prompted heated responses from well-known Christian authors who saw it as dangerously heretical. While it ultimately died out, its historical significance cannot be denied.
4 days ago · Christianity originated as a sect within Second Temple Judaism (516 BC – AD 70). Judaism's sacred scripture is the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: the Torah ("Law"), the Nevi'im ("Prophets") and the Ketuvim ("Writings").
