Christian history

The increase of Christianity worldwide has spurred on the growing need for team names that represent the values and belief system of Christianity. The listing below outlines Christian team names that have been used in

Guillaume de Clermont defending Ptolemais (Acre) in 1291 - Dominique Louis Papety

Luther objected to this practice in sermons prior to 1517. Introduction The medieval indulgence was a writ offered

Between that date and c. 1525, Luther would publish over half a million works, establishing him as the first bestselling author of the Early Modern Period, outpublishing the popular humanist writer Desiderius Erasmus (l. c. 1469-1536), Catholic apologists, and contemporary reformers. Works by John Calvin (l. 1509-1564), Heinrich Bullinger (l. 1504-1575), and others also became bestsellers, establishing the Protestant vision of Christianity, largely, through the power of the printing press.

The wanton destruction of the Christian capitol of Constantinople by the Muslims is but one of many untold horrors of Islam's long crusade against Christianity. In recent years, many pundits of the media have attempted to hold Christianity up to ridicule because of the Church's Crusades against Islam, but the prejudiced pundit never publicly acknowledges the many crusades of Muslims against Christians and their lands, 458 years before one Christian Crusade was waged against the Muslim…

(#31) Compendium of early medieval Christian writers, including Gregory the Great, Dialogi, and Gennadius of Marseilles, De ecclesiasticis dogmatibus, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [north-eastern France (perhaps Lorraine or Alsace), eleventh century]

Prior to adopting Christianity, the Romans worshipped a multitude of gods and goddesses

Early Church Heresies: Ancient Catholic Tradition, Scripture, Apostolic Succession, Bible

This Sunday is Halloween. But more importantly, it’s Reformation Day—when the church celebrates and commemorates October 31, 1517. It was on this day (a Saturday) that a 33-year-old theology professor at Wittenberg University walked over to the Castle Church in Wittenberg and nailed a paper of 95 theses to the door, hoping to spark an academic discussion about their contents. In God’s providence and unbeknownst to anyone else that day, it would become a key event in igniting the Reformation…