Christian martyr: Did you mean...?

Paulus Orosius (usually given as Orosius, 5th century) was a Christian theologian and historian who was also a friend and protege of Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). He is best known for his...

Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (354-430), better known as Augustine of Hippo, is extolled as the greatest of the Christian Church Fathers. More than any other writer, he developed what would become known as systematic theology...

Athanaric (died c. 381 CE) was a king of the Thervingi Goths (better known as the Visigoths) and, according to some sources, the first and greatest king. He was of the noble Balts family of the Thervingi tribe and a relative of the...

Bart Ehrman, a master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of...

Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. Source: UNESCO...

Sheila Hoffman says she is, "A female Robert Langdon (minus the tweed) with a museum fetish and a passion for all things archeo-religious. A curatorial-jedi and tech padawan. A sci-fi geek and early music enthusiast...

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024 by Various A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers...

A comprehensive lecture on the power of the medieval Church and the heresies the Church condemned. Practices of the Church, the medieval reality of hell and purgatory, and how the Church used fear to control the...

In the new Kings and Generals historical animated documentary, we will describe the Christianization of Scandinavia and how the Norse abandoned their pantheon in Sweden, Denmark, Norway...

Ryan M. Reeves (PhD Cambridge) is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.