Few and far apart are the brilliant stars in the horizon of history. Strike out a hundred names and their influence upon the fate of man, and you have
Archives for January 2014
Regional Success
A young, innovating, and ardent Church, full of the future, because it was composed of the most diverse elements, was quickly founded.Today we
Paul Converted
From the year 38 to the year 44 no persecution seems to have been directed against the Church.Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a
First Martyrs
In that epoch the persecutors of Christianity were not Romans; they were orthodox Jews.Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a selection from
Opposition to Christians Begin
Outrages proceeded chiefly from the Sadducees, that is to say, from the upper clergy, who crowded the Temple and derived from it immense
Nascent Clergy Begins
The Christian communism had religion for a basis, while modern socialism has nothing of the kind.Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a
Second Generation of Christians
The men, the most celebrated of the apostolic century, were almost all gained over to the cause in two or three years, by a sort of simultaneous
A Community Apart
The Book of Psalms was in a measure the calyx from which the Christian bee sucked its first juice.Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a
Christian Governance
Peter had among the apostles a certain precedence, derived directly from his zeal and his activity.Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a