This explains why Roman Catholicism, like an immense insurance company against the risks of after-death, has developed such an enormous religious discipline and practice today. Moreover ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

The extraordinary longevity of the Catholic Church could make it seem like a body that floats above the everyday world of ...

Over two billion people worldwide identify as Christian. Within those two billion Christians, over 30,000 different ...

Here's what to know. All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around. Christianity, according to Britannica.com, is a world religion rooted in the life, teachings and death of ...

"No Roman mikva’ot (the Hebrew plural of mikveh ... A.D. Experts believe that the presence of objects in the religious structure, indicates that the site was possibly functioning as a Jewish ...