In Christian tradition, an archangel is among of the most revered and powerful spiritual beings in the celestial hierarchy.
This certainly happened in the apocryphal writings of the early church era and in the pseudo-Christian writings of the Gnostics. In fact, it was the appearance of such Gnostic writings as the ...
This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...
The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...
His teachings warned of imminent armageddon and he exerted total control over the lives of thousands of followers who believed him to be the apostle of God’s “one true church”. From the late ...
I do not count the neo-gnostic pagan mysticism of the “Star Wars” franchise. You are not going to find a futuristic Catholic community in the 28th century, or a Franciscan missionary in A.D. 3076 ...
The intense floods affecting Spain have especially impacted the community of Valencia, where Evangelical churches have requested prayer support to face the storm. As reported by Protestante Digital, ...
Impact Link In the town of Luková in the Czech Republic sits St. George's Church, but it's not your typical place of worship. In 2012, an artist installed dozens of statues of ghostlike figures ...
Too many of our worship services are digitally indistinguishable from secular spaces. Church can and should be different. Some years ago, author Hal Runkel trademarked a phrase that made his name ...
the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles. While the ...
Another forty-one percent considered themselves Catholic. These churches had a strong presence in Nazi Germany, so it is certainly worth asking what role they played in that era. The fact that Nazi ...
As church congregations across the United States wither and disappear, the buildings they leave behind are becoming private homes. By T.M. Brown When Louis Cahill was growing up in southern ...