When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.
Ambrose, bishop of Milan, felt constrained to protest, and in so doing initiated a way of looking at Christianity and politics that would influence the Roman Empire into the Middle Ages.
Higher education, and the pursuit of knowledge more broadly, can expand the spiritual horizons of the learner, argues Fr. Dan ...
Thomas Müntzer, a Protestant preacher in Allstedt, Germany, in the 1520s, rose to fame and gained supporters by speaking out ...
the Roman Catholic Church wielded substantial political power and cultural authority that shaped European society through most of the Middle Ages. Between the 14th and 17th centuries, new ideas ...
ROMAN BOOKS AND THE PAPAL LIBRARY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES. Papers of the British School at Rome ... and experience of the sacramental rite that is still at the heart of Catholic Christianity. Aimed ...
Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time ... A dragonlike sea monster rears up from a Roman mosaic. Made in the central Italian town ...
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Hermits and ascetics were a familiar part of life in the Middle Ages. They were generally individuals who sought out ...
Build. Plant. Grow. aims to promote the spiritual and character development of children ages 5 to 13 years. Build. Plant. Grow. aligns with the Liturgical Year of the Roman Catholic Church. Complete ...
to the majesty of the Renaissance at St Paul's and the sixties modernism of Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the Middle Ages and up to the Reformation in the 1500s, the Church enjoyed ...
Thousands of people climb the 97 meter high main tower of St. Paul's Church during the ... as a reminiscence of the Roman-German imperial period of the Middle Ages. Thus, this architectural ...