How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders

The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...
Messenger-Inquirer

1,700 years ago, bishops and an emperor wrote a creed. Millions still recite it in church

Centuries of church schisms show that if there’s a doctrine to be fought over, there’s a good chance Christians will fight ...

First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...

The Answer to a 1,700-Year-Old Christian Mystery Lay in a Lake in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the ruins of a basilica that archaeologists now say hosted an important early Christian council.
National Catholic Reporter

Where Christians forged a common creed, Pope Leo calls to end 'scandal of divisions'

Seventeen centuries after the Council of Nicaea crafted the creed that defined Christianity, Pope Leo XIV returned to the ancient site with an appeal to "overcome the scandal of the divisions" that ...
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Inishowen’s John Toland (Seán Eoghain of the books) – the Donegal philosopher who was the founder of western Pantheism

Sunday marks the 355th anniversary of the birth of John Toland, the Inishowen-born philosopher who was a founding father of western Deism and Pantheism.