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Hypatia, the much loved pagan philosopher of Alexandria, Egypt, has long been acknowledged as the symbol of the passing of the old ways and the triumph of the new.

What started Christianity? Who started Christianity? The beginning of Christianity continues to arouse intense interest and debate today. Getting to the truth.

Celebrated for thousands of years, Valentine's Day is a holiday that dates back to ancient Rome.

The transformation of the Roman Empire took several centuries and was the effect of numerous causes traced back to the 2nd Century but did not include Christianity.

Isis, the embodiment of the Divine Mother archetype, was and still is revered as one of the most significant deities of ancient Egyptian culture.

The Jews, though victims of social bigotry, rose to be powerful rulers in some countries in modern times as well as in the ancient times.

The last emperor to rule over a united Roman Empire, Constantine's decisive battle was seen as divine intervention and would begin the slow process of Christianization.

The town of Orange in the Provence region is home to two ancient monuments unequalled anywhere else in France.

The mistranslation of a crucial passage in Matthew's Gospel also contradicts numerous New Testament passages regarding the foundation of the Christian Church.

Many 'Doctors of the Church' were considered to have been given special graces by God which allowed them to understand God in a special way.

Following Constantine's policies of religious toleration, the Christian Church began to turn on itself through heresies like Donatism, threatening public peace.

The Fall of Rome must be seen as a long term process rather than one or two single "causes" and should be understood as a transforming event instead of a cataclysm.

The destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 changed the direction of the early church and forced the largely urban communities to develop a Gentile mentality.

Rejecting the spheres of good and evil, Gnostics turned within themselves to experience Christ on a deeper level by emphasizing positive spirituality.

The history of mental illness reveals that there are a few ways we tend to intervene, ways that, over time, come and go. Who is served by these interventions?

Teachers can use the Olympic Truce. Activists can raise awareness and pressure national governments and the UN to invoke this ancient tradition every two years, for peace

The early Christian church faced many internal and external struggles in the first centuries of the Roman Empire but ultimately prevailed as a powerful institution.

Sbeitla is notable its religious buildings, particularly its rare temples to the Capitoline triad and its early Christian churches

If you are planning a Celtic, Renaissance, or medieval style wedding Handfasting is a great ritual to add to your traditional ceremony and vows.

She is elusive and enigmatic. Both feared and loved, the witch embodies the human struggle to manipulate creation itself.

Early Christianity focused on a simple message of salvation that was diametrically opposed to the belief systems of the various Imperial religions and cults.