In the twelfth century, an intellectual challenge to church authority proved much more dangerous than a sex scandal.

The medieval church was deadly serious about heretics like the Cathars. Author Stephen O'Shea, on the other hand, is only too kind.

The Council of Nicaea Strove to Answer one of the Central Questions of the Christian Faith, but it also Proved that Theology is Never a Tidy Buisiness

Interresting and Unusual Facts about the Council of Nicaea

A short biography of the "Pugnacious Defender of Orthodoxy."

'Heresies and How to Avoid Them' reveals the modern dangers of ancient theological debates.

Why 'Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier' is somewhere between heresy and idolatry.

Those "in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" are invalid.

Palestine may have acquired a new Christian face, but to the Jews it was still the Land of Israel.

Irenaeus the "peacemaker" was the early church's best warrior against Gnostic heresy.

His hope for Iraq is "more of a theological perspective," he says.

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Contrary to precedent, few plan to boycott The Da Vinci Code.

Why I stay in a church that has seriously strayed from biblical teaching.

Church loses building after members flee pastor's universalism.

A Christian who left the Worldwide Church of God before it turned orthodox says the Living Church of God isn't responsible for Terry Ratzmann's rampage.

Key players in a high-stakes game of politics and theology.