Discover the life and legacy of a pivotal figure whose thoughts shaped centuries of Christian doctrine.
Who was Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109 C.E.)?
Is the Rise of Catholicism Evidence of the Great Apostasy?
Uncover the truth behind the spread of Catholicism and its role in the Great Apostasy.
The Biblical Evaluation of Monasticism: Is the Monastic Life a Vocation from God?
The monastic life is not a vocation from God but contradicts the biblical model of Christian living as taught in Scripture.
CHURCH HISTORY: From the Edict of Milan (A.D. 313) to Charlemagne (A.D. 800)
Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception.
Why the Church Is Central to Human History and Its Development in the World
The Church is not man’s invention but Christ’s body on earth—founded by Him, sustained by Scripture, and destined for eternal triumph.
Why Religion Holds the Central Role in All Human History: A Biblical and Historical Examination
Religion, particularly biblical Christianity, is the heart of history—defining its origin, guiding its course, and revealing its end in the glory of Christ.
CHURCH HISTORY: The Origin, Persecutions, and Doctrines of the Waldenses
known also in ecclesiastical history as Valdenses, and sometimes as Vaudois. Two theories have been broached to account for the origin of the name-the one that it is derived from Peter Waldo, the Lyonnese reformer; and the other that it is derived from “vallis,” a valley, the Valdenses or Waldenses being inhabitants of the valleys of Piedmont.
CHURCH HISTORY: The Bohemian Brethren (The Moravian Church)
An evangelical Church that flourished before the Reformation of the 16th century, and which was overthrown at the beginning of the Thirty-Years’ War of Germany.
THE WALDENSES: From the Catholic Church to Heresy to Protestantism?
The Waldensian movement was started partly in response to the schisms that had consumed the Catholic church in the 12th century and advocated a return to the vows of poverty and preaching of the Gospel as advocated by Jesus and his disciples in the New Testament.
The Byzantine Civilization in the 12th Century
This article is meant to add context to the Byzantine text that was starting to be standardized in the 12th-century C.E. [Byzantine Kr/family 35 Text-Form] During the 12th century, the civilization of the Byzantine Empire experienced a period of intense change and development. This has led some historians to refer to a 12th-century 'Renaissance' in Byzantine cultural and intellectual achievement.
