An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, that contains a set of "surprising" human remains. The ...

Distinguishing speculation from historical fact. Hundreds of articles and scores of books have been written in the last 150 years seeking to establish what the early (pre-Constantinian) church thought ...

Our society tends to treat feelings as inevitable and authentic. A new book explores an older understanding in the Bible and the church.

Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III converted to Christianity. The octagonal shape of the building wasn’t common in the immediate area, but it was ...

Archaeologists working in the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital have uncovered a 4th-century Christian church that ranks among the earliest known anywhere, a find that reshapes how historians ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Germany's ...

A basilica from the 4th century held a surprising number of tombs with women and children, researchers found. By Alexander Nazaryan More than a decade ago, archaeologists began to excavate one of the ...

On June 28, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who as a boy sat at the feet of Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle ...

An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, that contains a set of "surprising" human remains. The ...

Archaeologists discovered a fourth-century Christian church in Armenia, considered the country’s oldest. Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III ...