Use this tag for questions about the history of Christianity and the church.
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Why didn't Syriac Christianity keep Aramaic as their liturgical language?
Syriac Christianity (as well as with other oriental orthodoxy denominations) today use Arabic as their liturgical language. It is known that they have been using Arabic since the times of Muslim ...
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Is there any evidence that Romans viewed Christian teachings sexual restraint as a liberating influence?
Sarah Ruden (via John Stonestreet) makes an interesting claim about the Roman Empire in the time of Paul:
Dreher cites classics scholar Sarah Ruden, whose book “Paul Among the Gentiles” was the ...
