The earliest extra-biblical surviving historical record of the Church comes from Eusebius (c. 260-339), a bishop of Caesarea in Palestine. For that reason alone, Eusebius’s History of the Church is ...

When I was a child, women did not preach – at least not in the Baptist, Methodist or Presbyterian churches in my small town. The pastor was invariably a man with a family. He ran the church, and his ...

The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think. Lately, Christians have cast their minds and social media musings back to the early church on the topics of singleness ...

Is the history of early Christianity so remote for you that you don't know much about anything after Pentecost? Are you curious about what happened to each of the Apostles, and how the Church spread ...

Protestants often claim that the Church that Jesus founded was the “Christian Church,” not the Catholic Church. The biblical evidence cited for this claim is found in the Acts of the Apostles: “So ...

In this episode of the podcast I’m joined by Early Church expert, author, and popular speaker Mike Aquilina to talk about Mary’s role in the Early Church and in the history of Christianity. From what ...

'Saints: The Standard of Truth' was released to the public Sept. 4 in print, eBook and for free online in 14 languages. It's the first in a four-volume collection titled 'Saints: The Story of the ...

The pre-Christendom church managed to avoid both isolationism and accommodationism. Their model gives us a map for post-Christendom challenges. I attended seminary in the 1970s. I had to take several ...

While the Bible is the one truth and authority in Christians’ lives, church history can still be valuable to learn about and understand. It helps us know if we’re deviating from the truth and can ...