The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although ...

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Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

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The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire. Measuring just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, the amulet contains a wafer-thin ...

Image caption, Christianity spread quickly through the provinces of the Roman Empire, shown here at its height in the early 2nd Century. Historians would rightly point to a single event in the 4th ...

But although life was dangerous for early converts, “the spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire”, said the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).