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Gossip in the Church

There are continuous attempts to cause schisms in the Body of Christ. One of these attempts is through gossip. Gossip regarding accusations against the brethren is a common attack of the Adversary.

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The Ghent Altarpiece - Front73

The Van Eyck Cryptogram

According to the Dutch scholar and artist Peter Voorn, the famous Ghent Altarpiece - also known as the Mystic Lamb - painted by Flemish Primitives Jan and Hubert Van Eyck is filled with crypto-iconography...

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The Evolution of the Christian Church

In today's world, Christianity is one of the largest religions in the world.  It is estimated that between 1/4 and 1/3 of the human population considers itself Christian.  All Christians trace their faith...

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CHRISTENDOM DIVIDED AFTER GREAT SCHISM79

Orthodox Church

This is part nine in a series on the History of Christianity. The previous installment was entitled The Roman Catholic Church. The Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity between the Latin West (Roman...

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Colonization Contact with the Americas

 When I was in my primary education, the education covered only the Colonization onward of our country.  There was a short period where one teacher I had covered the Native Americans and of course there was...

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The Byzantine Empire After Basil II and the First Crusade

The Death of an Emperor From Emperor Basil II's death in 1025 to1071, when imperial forces were defeated by Turkish forces at Manzikert, the Byzantine Empire was beginning to collapse. Basil II was a...

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Christian Church Controversies Today: Are They Worth Schisms?

  From time to time, as a part time seminarian and licensed American Baptist minister, I’ll be exploring various issues of faith. Feel free to comment from your tradition to what you read here. My only...

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Antipope

An antipope is a pretender to the Chair of Peter. Although there have been rival claimants to the papacy throughout history, the most famous antipopes are those of the late twelfth and early thirteenth...

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