Hippolytus the Martyr, Bishop of Rome
We know only a little information about the life of Saint Hippolytus of Rome, who was martyred around the year 235. We cannot determine the date […]
Chapter Four: The Church: Its Nature and Mission
Christ himself belongs to this community as its head, not only as Lord and Master. He is not above the Church or outside it, for the Church is in him. The Church is not merely a community that believes in Christ and walks in his footsteps or according to his commandments, but rather the community that resides in him and in which he resides through the Holy Spirit.
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Basil, Bishop of Keneshma, the new martyr
Throughout the ages, Christians have been nourished by the lives of the saints: the apostles, the high priests, the desert monks, the martyrs, and the tourists. Today Christians face pressure
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The use of the Old Testament in the church and in liturgy
The Place of the Old Testament in the Early Church: The Old Testament was the book of Jesus, the apostles, and in general the first book of the church. Jesus said, in
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Delivery and the Bible
In the early church, there was no duality at all between what the apostles and their disciples carried in terms of oral life gospel and what