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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

English Heritage Book of Roman Britain by Martin Millett (Batsford, 1995) - the chapter on religion provides a start on the religions of Roman Britain The Later Roman Empire AD 284-430 by Averil ...