The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 20): The Reasons for the Crusades
Much has been written about the Crusades, so I will not attempt to write yet another history about them. The Crusades, though, were incredibly significant on a ...
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The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 19): The Emergence of the High Catholic Age (1054-1517 AD)
1054 AD marked a watershed moment for the respective histories of both the Eastern Byzantine Empire and what was soon to become Western Christendom. For the pre...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 17): Monaticism and Pagan Europe
When it comes to Church history, we must always remember that oftentimes the true impact of Christianity is to be found far away from the halls of power. While ...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 16)–A Hodgepodge of Information about Christianity, Slavery, and the Differences Between East and West
The reason why I have not posted anything in the past week or so will soon become obvious. As I’ve been looking at the next section of my “Ways of the Worldview...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 15): Christian Philosophy in the Byzantine Age–(Actually, This is Mostly on Augustine!)
One of the things I have come to realize as I have read up on Christian history is that the impact Christianity had on all areas of life cannot be over-stated. ...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 14): The Rise of Constantine and the Development of Byzantine Christianity
On October 28th, 312 AD, the tetrarch Constantine defeated his fellow tetrarch Maxentius, at the battle of the Milvian Bridge. The night before the battle Const...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 13): The Byzantine Age (313 AD-1054 AD)–The “Middle Ages” that Never Were
The “Middle Ages” That Never Were Most history books lump the time between the rise of Constantine and the Renaissance as the “Middle Ages,” or the “Medieval Pe...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 12): Christian Persecution in the Roman Empire
Now we come to the final topic regarding early Christianity in the Roman Empire: persecution. Two things must be said up front: first, despite what some might t...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 11): Early Christian Philosophers–Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyons
In my last post, I began to look at a number of Christian philosophers from the first couple of centuries of the early Church who proved themselves to be some o...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 10): Early Christian Philosophers: Justin Martyr, Athenagoras of Athens, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen of Alexandria
As was discussed in last week’s post, not only was Christianity probably the most significant counter-cultural movement in history in terms of practical, day to...