The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

A hidden inscription from an amulet found in a Roman grave has been deciphered, revealing new insights into early ...

Discovered in central Germany, the 1,800-year-old silver artifact held a tiny scroll, which researchers have now deciphered ...

German church historian Ulrich Volp told the Evangelical Press Service that the amulet can be used to help understand how ...

But did you know that the tale of Christmas probably goes back to the ancient city of Rome? Yep, without the Saturnalia ...

Researchers dated the grave where the amulet was found to between 230 and 270 AD. This is the earliest evidence of ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire. Measuring just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, the amulet contains a wafer-thin ...

Archaeologists uncovered a nearly 1,800-year-old amulet that offers new insight into the early spread of Christianity across ...