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4 days ago · Vatican City, ecclesiastical state, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. Learn more about Vatican City in this article.
2 days ago · Protestantism, Christian religious movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christianity.
4 days ago · Francis ushered in a new era of leadership of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order, Francis has brought many reforms to the church and a reputation for humility.
3 days ago · The Modernist Crisis in a Nutshell. The Roman Catholic Modernist Controversy is typically dated from Pius X’s promulgation of Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) in 1893 to the death of Pope Pius X and/or the beginning of the First World War, both of which occurred in 1914. [1] The modernist controversy hit its peak in 1907 ...
4 days ago · A.D. 1546: Roman Catholic Council of Trent declares the Vulgate as the exclusive Latin authority for the Bible. A.D. 1553: Robert Estienne publishes a French Bible with chapter and verse divisions. This system of numbering became widely accepted and is still found in most Bible's today.
3 days ago · The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity.
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2 days ago · According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is traced back to Jesus Christ and the Apostles. The Apostles appointed successors, known as bishops, and they in turn appointed other bishops in a process known as Apostolic succession.
