Questions tagged [history]
For questions related to history generally. Use the [church-history] tag for the history of the post-NT church.
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Taking shoes off before closing a deal - is there an history evidence?
In bible (Ruth 4,7) it's written that before closing a deal, it was used that one of the sides took his shoes off:
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and ...
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Can somebody summarize the different “branches” of Christianity to me, and explain why they exist in the first place?
All my life, I've been massively confused about how there exists separate, seemingly incompatible and separate, "branches" of Christianity. I know about "protestant", "catholic" and then there's ...
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What is the “Jews' language” spoken of in Nehemiah 13:24?
“And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.” (Nehemiah 13:24, KJV 1900)
What is this Jews' ...
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Why baptise or christen a child multiple times?
I'm researching my family tree and I'm currently investigating ancestors who lived in England in the 18th and 19th centuries (1700-1899). Many of these people were born before birth registrations were ...
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Was God discovered or did He reveal Himself?
If He was revealed, why did He wait so long to reveal Himself? Humans have been around for 100,000+ years.
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Did Jesus reject the apocrypha?
In this video, John Barnett says "Jesus rejected the apocrypha" at 2:06:46. He goes into detail to discuss how Jesus accepted particular writers but rejected others.
Are there any scriptural ...
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Biblical or Historical Devil Worshipper?
I am writing a novel happening in 1346.
In it, a satanist sect worships some relics of a person that embodies evil (a biblical or historical devil worshipper).
In the novel, the chuch will unroot and ...
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What is the meaning of the stained glass above the altar at Votivkirche in Wien with the Portuguese Quinas on it?
I would like to know more information on a glass painting I found in the church Votivkirche in Wien (Vienna, Austria). Above the person with the shield there is the symbol of the Portuguese Quinas.
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Was Jesus a liar? (rethorical question, I know he isn´t)
In three of the four gospels Jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple, to the last stone.
[Matthew 24:1-2] And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came ...
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Is the Prophet Jonah the same Jonah as in 2 Kings 14:23-25?
If this is true, then Jonah prophesied that which did not come to pass, good favor from the Lord to Jeroboam.
Then Amos 6:13-14 reverses this word of favor upon the evil king.
So does this give us ...
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What was the concept of heaven people had before the death of Jesus?
Catechism of the Catholic Church Para 1026 states : "By his death and Resurrection, Jesus Christ has "opened" heaven to us....."
At Luke 15:21 we see the repentant prodigal son declaring :
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Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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What is Carlo Maria Viganò's religious order?
I was wondering in which religious order did Viganò got ordained as a priest (is he franciscan, jesuit, dominican)?
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Are these Messages between Pontius Pilate and Herod real?
Are the messages between Pontius Pilate and Herod real or are there no real epistles found between Herod and Pilate?
The source, here is the exact part that I am talking about:
From Pilate to ...
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Is There Any Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus like some papers or something? [duplicate]
Is there any historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus like some papers or something or from some sources that are not from the bible .
I am asking this because an atheist said to me ...
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Were birthdays celebrated by believers anywhere in Holy Scriptures?
Is there any mention of a birthday celebration among Old Testament Israelites or New Testament Christians in the Holy Scriptures?
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Do the Edomites, Moabites and Ammonites exist today?
I'm not sure if this is the right site for this type of question but I'm asking this because the Bible makes frequent references to these nations in prophecies, some of which pertain to the future, ...
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Essenes' Beliefs in Comparison to Christianity
Does anyone know (with sources) what the Essenes taught and believed in relation to what Christ taught? Sources are much appreciated.
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Could December 25 as the birthday of Jesus have come from Pagan influences?
Could December 25 as the birthday of Jesus have come from Pagan influences?
I am asking this due to the information in the following sources:
“NIMROD” – The LORD of
Christmas
Church of Satan ...
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At what time did the scourging at the pillar take place on Good Friday?
I have read some of the post on the accounts that took place between the time of the last supper through the crucifixion hour including the trials.
what time would the scourging at the pillar taken ...
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How did scripture get the name bible?
A man came to my home and said that scriptures got the name bible from a prostitution city called Byblos near Tyre. He said that Byblos means "city of bastards" and it was deceptively put on the bible ...
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Has Peter Lombard ever been venerated in the Catholic Church?
Peter Lombard was allegedly one of the most important theologians of the Middle Ages. As Wikipedia states, he was:
Bishop of Paris, and author of Four Books of Sentences, which became the standard ...
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What kind of movement or denomination in Christianity made being a Christian a personal/individual choice?
What kind of movement or denomination in Christianity made being a Christian a personal/individual choice?
I recently watched a random YouTube video. Random, because I had no idea how I got there. ...
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What was the language that Enoch spoke and did the Book of Enoch get written 3000 years BC is there any proof or carbon dating of that?
I would like to know if the Book of Enoch was dated around 3000 BC and what language did he speak and is there any carbon dating that was use on any book found? And where are the oldest Scripture of ...
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What were the godparent requirements back in the 1960s?
My mother was baptised in the Catholic Church in the 1960s.
I received information that her godfather (her uncle on her father's side) might not have been Catholic but rather Anglican. Could an ...
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What was the 16th century Catholic doctrine on Greek gods?
I've long assumed the Catholics have always denied the existence of pagan gods, hence allowed them to be represented in art as a fiction reminiscent of a heroic and remote past. However, the strong ...
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Are there any Eastern-Orthodox theologians who question the historicity of, for example, Moses and Joshua?
Some of the early church fathers seem to condone allegorical interpretations of certain part of scripture (for example Gregory of Nyssa concerning God's killing of the firstborn in Egypt). Are there ...
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Did Jesus write a Bible commentary?
It seems that Jesus is what the New Testament tends to consist of; him and his teachings.
Did he ever ‘teach’ about the Bible, the first testament, in any capacity?
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How to find out more about the the 12 disciples?
How can I find out more about the 12 disciples and their lives and families than is mentioned in the Scriptures?
What did they give up and who they left behind, in order to follow Christ.
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What's the first ancient document composed by a non-Christian denying the resurrection?
What is the first ancient document composed by a non-Christian denying the resurrection of Jesus that we have access to?
I am specifically looking for a document actually penned by a non-Christian, ...
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Ties between the Jesuits and the Byzantine?
I am reading into Society of Jesus, seeking to uncover its parallels and differences with Orthodox Christianity. It is attested the Jesuit order was formed in France on August 15th 1534, by Ignatius ...
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Why is Christianity fixated on ancient Israeli culture? Is such a 'spacetime-lock' evidence of falsehood?
When I studied Mohammed's religion, I thought the insistence and enforcement of 7th century Arabian culture (e.g. diet, clothing, marriage, law) on the entire planet unreasonable, and evidence it was ...
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Which prophecies does Justin Martyr claim predict Jesus' Advent? Please identify them
In his First Apology Justin Martyr writes:
We find it also predicted that certain persons should be sent by Him into every nation to publish these things, and that rather among the Gentiles [than ...
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Does the Minimal Facts Argument have the potential to the biggest Christian revelation over the last thousand years? [closed]
I recently came across the "Minimal Facts Argument" by Dr Gary Habermas. In short, the argument is that there are a half dozen reliable historical facts (even for those who'd judge the NT as ...
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How did Pope Urban II justify the first Crusade?
According to the ten commandments, you shall not kill anyone. How did Pope Urban II justify from a theological standpoint the First Crusade? Since it was successful, Pope Urban II must have had to ...
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Was Judas based on the story of Buddha and Devadatta? [closed]
To oversimplify greatly, Devadatta was a cousin of the Buddha when he was teaching his core disciples. Devadatta and the Buddha had many disagreements on things such as Asceticism. This cause and ...
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When did the term “New Testament” first come into usage?
While reading William Bridge's, "The Wounded Conscience Cured," (1642) I came across Bridge's usage of the term "New Testament" :
"And in the New Testament, Romans 13.1..."
-William Bridge, "...
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How were missionaries able to convert native populations? [closed]
What made it possible for Christian missionnaires to convert natives of America, Africa and Asia to another religion despite the fact that they already had beliefs and gods ?
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Origin of the (mis)translation “Ten Commandments”
The Old Testament speaks of the עשרת הדברים in Deuteronomy 4:13, a phrase which is translated almost without exception to be the "Ten Commandments" (see here). However, the word הדברים is never else ...
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Why were Catholic fasting obligations steadily relaxed?
It seems that since the Middle Ages, the fasts prescribed by the Catholic Church were gradually but steadily reduced. Much can be read about the history of these relaxations, but little is said about ...
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How many people were killed by Protestant Inquisition style tribunals? Asking for references
It's relatively easy to find estimates for the number of people killed during the Catholic Inquisition; one just needs to check the Wikipedia page, to see several estimates of the number of people ...
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What was the literal meaning of the term 'stone rejected by builders'? [closed]
Matthew 21:42 (NASB) says:
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone
which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This
came about from the Lord, ...
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Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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What was the socioeconomic makeup of early Christian Gnostic sects?
There is ample evidence that early Christianity was socioeconomically very inclusive, being made up of the poor, the wealthy, men, women, the educated, uneducated, etc.
For example, Pliny the ...
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What's the Greek manuscripts of John with the oldest discovery date?
I'm trying to figure out what are the oldest complete manuscripts of the Gospel of John in Greek.
New Testament (Wikipedia)
For example, papyrus 66
They say 66 is the oldest and nearly complete; ...
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Why did early Christians believe in the Real Presence?
I'd imagine that if Christ directly taught the doctrine of the Real Presence, then one of the Gospels would have recorded it. So given that fact that it isn't directly taught, let us assume for the ...
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Why did Paul VI strip József Mindszenty of his archbishopric?
József Mindszenty was appointed Primate of Hungary and Archbishop of Esztergom in 1945. There existed a mutual animosity between him and the Hungarian government, which culminated in his imprisonment ...
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Why is the word “dragon” in the Bible?
I'm not asking about what is the dragon, it's the devil okay, but my question is why is it called "dragon", why dragons exists in the Bible, when they are nothing more than mythical creatures.
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How did Christians cultivate their knowledge of the Bible before mass-printing of the Bible?
The Bible is by far the most sold book ever. As this site says:
Bible Society’s attempt to calculate the number printed between 1816 and 1975 produced the figure of 2,458,000,000 – almost 2 and a ...
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Is Any New Testament Book Undisputed In Its Authorship?
It seems as though every time I turn around, I find that "the majority of scholars" doubt this person wrote this gospel or letter. It seems as though no book of the NT is immune to this doubting and ...
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How did attitues to the deutero-canonical books in the Western Churches change during the second millenium? [closed]
What was the pre-Reformation understanding and how did that change during and after the Reformation Era for Protestants and for Catholics? What is the current position?
