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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Nativity,' circa 1406-10, by Lorenzo Monaco Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Every year on Christmas, ...

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 ...

Gnostic Christianity represents a diverse set of beliefs that challenged emerging orthodox traditions. Rather than a unified religion, it functioned more as a school of thought with varying ...

Data suggests that 31.6 % of the world's population identifies as Christian. Christianity, one of the world's largest and most influential religions, has a deep and complicated history that spans over ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history. But why?

Danish archaeologists recently unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early Christian Denmark. Officials from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, ...

The conventional view of a unique early Christian building dating to the 3rd century has been challenged by experts. The remains of the structure, which was constructed around A.D. 232, is in the ...

Danish archaeologists recently unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early Christian Denmark. Officials from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, ...