by deaconrajan | Feb 11, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 1 Why Church History? Why Church history? C.S Lewis said, the growth of the Church is like a long conversation. If the conversation started at 10 AM and if we joined the conversation at 3 P.M, we would hardly follow the discussion unless someone...
by deaconrajan | Feb 10, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 2 Who founded the Church? It is generally believed that the birth of the Church was on the day of Pentecost; Fifty days after our Lord’s Ascension to Heaven. However, I would like to take this opportunity and go back to the Old Testament and point...
by deaconrajan | Feb 9, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 3 Emperor Nero From 54 A.D to 68 A.D emperor Nero was ruling Rome. His mother was the great granddaughter of the emperor Augustus. When he became the emperor, he was guided by his mother and senate. Nero, however, was not happy about the...
by deaconrajan | Feb 8, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 4 First Pope Introduced While Emperor Nero was still alive, Peter was accepted as the leader of the apostles. Our Lord, in Matthew 16:18, assigned Church leadership to Peter. Peter and the apostles were performing miracles and performing plenty of...
by deaconrajan | Feb 7, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 5 St. Paul stoning St. Stephen While the apostles were making inroads in evangelization, there was a pharisee called Saul of Tarsus who was working against them. Tarsus is in present day Turkey. He was also a Roman citizen. He was from a wealthy...
by deaconrajan | Feb 6, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 6 Alexander the Great and Spreading of Scriptures I ended last week’s article with a question why the Jewish scriptures were translated to Greek. Alexander the Great had conquered most of the known world, taking the Greek language with him. Around...
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