Long ago, before the mid-eighth century, John of Damascus gave voice to the way the Greek church fathers approached the cross: “We venerate the Cross of Christ, by which the power of the demons and ...

I have only seen the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris from a distance and in pictures, but I will never forget the sense of dread and grief that I felt watching the fire engulf this treasure of Christian ...

BYZANTINE. By the same hand. (Encaustic, g.b.g. 7 x 9.) Representing the triumph of Christianity over Paganism. Saints Dicaterina and Mercurios, whose names are given, are spearing the Roman Emperors, ...

The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon. ... We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by, lo and ...

For historians, that answer, while maybe correct on one level, on another level it is not entirely satisfactory. We historians would like to find other explanations for the triumph of Christianity and ...