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History of Christianity
Apostolic succession
The Catholic Church teaches that it is the sole repository of the doctrines of Jesus Christ, as the teachings originally entrusted by Christ to the apostles would have been handed down through an uninterrupted series of lineages…
Paolo, the last apostle, and his travels
The beginnings of the history of the history of Christianity (I- 5th century)
Paul dominates the entire apostolic generation, both for its theology and for its missionary strategy, but also for his dazzling writing, che ancora oggi…
Jesus of Nazareth: Five applications for non-believers that need good answers
Many non-believers have seen and will see M's film. Gibson "The Passion of Christ". If you ask them: “What do you think of Jesus?”, they respond:
“He was a good man. I admire him very much, but Jesus was not God ".
“He was a great…
How do we know that Jesus has historically existed?
Even today, many people deny the existence of a historical figure named Jesus Christ. In their opinion, He would be nothing more than a mythological figure among many. The philosopher Bertrand Russel claimed: “I have to say the matter…
What distinguishes Christianity from other monotheistic religions?
Christianity is the only belief system that recognizes the depth of the problem of sin and offers a solution to it. It is not only the "really bad" people who must be interested in their relationship with God but all of us,…
Differences between Catholics and Orthodox
The Catholic Church and the Orthodox are now separated by more than a thousand years. In an effort to distinguish between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, many, especially on the part of the orthodox doctrine, they used the terms Pope, or even Purgatory,…
THE Christianity as a political power
With the accession of Constantine to Christianity, the end of the persecutions and the recognition of freedom of worship, Christians found themselves in a radically different context; now, bisognava concepire l’impero romano all'interno…
The birth of the Anglican Church
Il distacco dell’Inghilterra dall'osservanza cattolica e il conflitto fra la monarchia e il papa ebbe qualcosa di paradossale. The English religious policy reached a brilliant result for compromise and pragmatism: a State Church,…
early Christianity: detachment from Judaism
In the process of spreading the first Christian communities there were two particularly important moments: the detachment from Judaism and the encounter-clash with the pagan world. Jesus' early followers had lived like gods…
How were and how the early Christians lived?
Animated by an exclusive faith that did not allow compromises, Christians refused any participation in traditional cults: ceremonies and feasts in honor of the gods, ma anche forme di sodalità a esse collegate come banchetti e…