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The Diocese of Pittsburgh voted this Saturday to break away from the more progressive Episcopal Church and realign itself with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.

The famous tourist attraction has been used as a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and as a prison from which very few have escaped.

In Catholic teaching before the Reformation, formal heresy involved rebellion against God.

The science of knowing God attributed to the 'Doctors of the Church' is known as pedagogy.

Disputes between the papacy and the French King Philip IV resulted in the election of a French archbishop who promptly relocated the papal court to Avignon in France.

General Councils involved the bishops of the church and special dignitaries who came together to define and unify their teachings.

SF author David Weber speaks about the writing of the first book in his new "Safehold" series, in which he explores the conflicts when faith and science clash.

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

The Church stood to gain substantially from a crusade against the Seljuk Turks as Urban II recognized the potentially significant rewards assisting the Byzantines.

In 1453 CE, the city of Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire. The conquest was one of history's turning points.

The first eight General Councils of the church consisted of Greeks, Egyptians and Syrians.

Few issues have been as divisive within the church as the question regarding the leadership roles of women.

Poverty has its own set of issues in the developed world and lack of funds, family stresses, stigma and peer influences can affect children's self-esteem negatively.

A genealogy timeline shows ancestors' birth, marriage and death, other life events, plus world events. Timelines prompt questions & hints for further ancestry research.

The rules and traditions surrounding Amish men's hairstyles are complex and divisive. From the width of a hat brim to the length of a trim, every aspect is significant.

It appears as if NASCAR's most popular Dale Earnhardt Jr driver will remain with the company that his father built.

As cities in the Middle East are rapidly urbanizing, the contrast between traditional and modern values is becoming more and more apparent.

Brief biography of Spanish dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, best known for his sacred pieces, autos sacramentales.

The United States' complex history of racism may be shaping its current attitudes towards Africa.

The reported breakup of Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson last weekend had its good and bad style points, depending on where you sit.

Krakauer's book is engaging and chronicles the mysterious, fascinating history of Mormonism, Mormon Fundamentalism and their intertwined violent past.

Nestorianism was a heresy that began in the fifth century. At the time, a heretic in death could only receive absolution by the Pope.

Albania is a little-known formerly communist country in the Balkans with a unique culture and an ancient and often tragic history dating back to one thousand BC.

Though of the same nation, Keokuk and Black Hawk were on opposite sides of the debate on the topic of land cessions.

The movies' current James Bond, Daniel Craig, brings a similar steely intensity to the story of Jewish refugees who must fight to survive invading Nazis.

After an embittered 12-year schism, the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League have reached an amicable consensus to become one series.

Israel Baal Shem Tov was an 18th century Jewish Rabbi who lived in what is now Ukraine. His ministry formed the basis of what became Hasidic Judaism.

John Carver devoted much of his wealth to founding the Plymouth Colony. His term as its first governor was shortened by his death five months later.

Elizabethan England breeds secrecy in an age of religious and intellectual persecution, causing many intellectuals to go underground.

There were many events prior to the Reformation which slowly built up to become the world changing event that became the Reformation.

Strain theory is commonly discussed in criminology and sociology as well as other humanities in order to understand anomie, resistance of the status quo, and deviance.

Copt comes from the ancient Greek word, Aigyptos and literally translated means Egyptian. The Greek derived this word Ha-Ka-Ptah, a name for the once Capital of Memphis.

The origins of the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in particular have been widely debated by scholars and historians.

Later General Councils of the church were very cautious about redefining dogmas already discussed in previous councils.

Some heretics institute false sections of their own. The word heresy has been utilized to indicate sectarianism in the Acts of the Apostles.

Marcus Borg in his book, Jesus and Buddha, The Parallel Sayings, demonstrates how the lives, deeds and teachings of Jesus and Buddha are incredibly similar.

St. Paul placed heresies on the same level with serious sins.

"The Haywain" is a symbol of human greed, the decline of the Church, and the disintegration of the guilds that characterized 15th-century society

Kyiv Ukraine: The Best Kept Secret of the Cold War. Here's where you find what your Travel Agent won't tell you.

Brief biography of Benjamin Disraeli, an Englishman and literary figure, member of the Conservative Party, best known for fictions Sybil and Vivian Grey.

The history of architecture is a history filled with important people, people who pushed the art and science of architecture to its limits.

Hahnemann, the brilliant and persecuted doctor invented homeopathic medicine, a tradition which persists in some alternative circles today.

Is Catholicism the oldest of the Christian religions? Can the Roman Catholic Church, in fact, trace its origins to Jesus and Peter? Is Protestantism merely a spin-off?

It is a common misconception that rugby union and rugby league are variations of the same game -- they are, in fact, two quite separate sporting codes.

Human sexuality has been on the mind of the ELCA for over eight years. The votes are in and the decisions made. What does the ELCA do now; can it move on?

There have been 21 General Councils in the Catholic Church since they began to acknowledge them in 325 A.D.

The first Crusade (1096-1099) stoked the flames of what was to become a cataclysmic explosion between the two great religions of the medieval world.

The General Councils represent the gradual correction of misperceptions of the teachings of the Apostles after the church began.

There is much strife and contention between Christians and churches. What does the Bible say about contention, what causes it, and how to prevent it?

Advertisers are being told to quit featuring perfect women in their commercials because normal women resent the supermoms.