Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

In the year 112, a Roman governor in modern-day Turkey had his first encounter with members of a strange religious cult called “Christiani.” The governor had heard reports the cult followed an obscure ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, biblical scholars interested in parallels between ancient religious belief systems argued ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

In Aqaba, Jordan, an archaeological church site is being highlighted as one of the world’s oldest purpose-built Christian ...

Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

Isis: Even though the oldest and most distinguished cults of the Roman imperial period had originated either in ancient Greece or in Rome itself, a number of foreign cults imported from the more ...

(The Conversation) — Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, a scholar explains. (The Conversation) — It’s a ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Nathanael Andrade, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE ...