History reminds us that when Christianity is captured by empire, it may flourish in power but withers in spirit.

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s severity.

Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of the Christian faith. But the miracle of Easter didn’t end there.

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

“When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Tom Gernon, professor of Earth science at the University of ...

A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the Roman empire. “This new research strengthens the case that a brief ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have ... the collapse of empires. What is an Empire? History has seen the rise and fall of countless empires, from Ghengis Khan’s Mongol Empire to the ...

Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity ... Christ in Roman-occupied Jewish Palestine around the year 30. Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the ...

However, Christians in the Western part of the ... North Africa was weakened by very many forces, including the fall of the Roman Empire and also the incursion of Muslims [into North Africa ...