The "remarkable" church, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, was found in an ancient city by a desert oasis.

Christianity is often viewed as an alternative to Roman religion. But in many ways, Christianity was an expression of Roman ...

The Roman basilica of St. John Lateran marks the 1,700th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 9. It’s a feast day ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and DNA tests, the Vatican says they reached a conclusion, but some ...

And you have to understand that Constantine, when Eusebius portrays him, is someone who had just achieved total domination over the whole of the Roman Empire. And he was a figure of commanding ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the vision of Constantine, the debut of Martin Luther’s German ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

From France to Hungary, Germany, Italy and several other nations, the feast of the famous 4th-century bishop and ...

When Constantine needed a unifying agent to hold his empire together, he chose Christianity as his religious glue.

This was the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Once Christianity was ... structure – one that would out-live the Empire itself. Becoming a religious movement vigorous enough to ...