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by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Artifacts & Biblical History, Church History, News | 0 |
The past is shrouded in a fog for most people. What was really going on in the 1st century during and after the live of Christ and the birth of the Catholic Church? Here is a simple Timeline of First Century Christianity. I created the Timeline to help my students understand their heritage as Catholics. It […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in the US, Indigenous peoples, Maryland, Native Americans, News | 0 |
To many, St. Clement’s Island is best-known as the spot where roughly 150 European colonists arrived on March 25, 1634, and held the first Catholic Mass in the British American colonies.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Associated Press, Christians in the Middle East, Church History, Church in the Middle East, lead, Monasteries, News, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Church History, News, Patristics/Church History | 0 |
Besides the canonization of Scripture, few events have affected Christians and the Church more than the 21 Ecumenical Councils. Each council has its own intrigue, historical context, and drama, along with its stamp on the mind and teaching of the Catholic Faith. What has seemed too massive a topic for the average person is now […]
The post Concise Video Intro’s to the 21 Ecumenical Councils appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Books, Church History, Church in the US, News, Obituary | 0 |
Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as How the Irish Saved Civilization and Desire of the Everlasting Hills, has died at age 82.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in Europe, Greece, Greek Orthodox, News, Orthodox Church | 0 |
Deep inside a medieval fortified monastery on Mount Athos, researchers are for the first time tapping a virtually unknown treasure — thousands of Ottoman-era manuscripts that include the oldest of their kind in the world.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 10, 2022 | Christopher Columbus, Church History, Columbus Day, Featured, Knights of Columbus, News | 0 |
Today, Christopher Columbus is calumniated as a harbinger of disease, death, and enslavement of indigenous peoples. In the riots of 2020, his statues were pulled down across the nation amidst increasing calls to “cancel” the federal holiday in his honor. Meanwhile, a petition circulated around Columbus, Ohio to rename the city “Flavortown” in honor of […]
by bcadmin | Oct 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, lead, Mexico, News | 0 |
Those who enter the Palafoxiana Library for the first time — seeing the high, vaulted ceiling and gold-framed painting of the Virgin Mary — might think they’ve arrived at a chapel due to the fact it was started by a Catholic bishop in 1646.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in the Americas, Indigenous, Mexico City, News | 0 |
Indigenous symbols found painted next to Roman Catholic motifs at a 1550s-era convent near Mexico City suggest Spanish priests negotiated with Indigenous leaders in the first years after the conquest, experts said Friday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, Mexico, News | 0 |
Indigenous symbols like a feather headdress, an axe and a shield have been found under layers of lime plaster at open-air chapels in a convent just south of Mexico City, experts announced Monday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic nuns, Church History, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Cloistered orders, Food, Mexico, News | 0 |
Each September, when Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain, people nationwide delight in chiles en nogada, a seasonal dish of mild poblano peppers stuffed with ground pork and fruit. The recipe was invented in 1821 by a nun.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic nuns, Church History, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Cloistered orders, Food, Mexico, News | 0 |
Each September, when Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain, people nationwide delight in chiles en nogada, a seasonal dish of mild poblano peppers stuffed with ground pork and fruit. The recipe was invented in 1821 by a nun.
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