PBS FRONTLINE explores the life of Jesus and the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the website challenges familiar...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students investigate several sources to determine why the Roman Empire persecuted Christians. Inlcudes downloadable lesson plan, PowerPoint, original documents, teacher and student...

"A Model of Christian Charity" is a 1630 sermon by Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop, who delivered on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is also known as City upon a Hill and denotes the...

A discovery by Hans Christian Orsted forever changed the way scientists think about electricity and magnetism. While preparing to perform an experiment during a lecture at the University of Copenhagen, he found that the magnetized needle...

A highly detailed look at the works and ideas of the Christian "Neoplationist who lived sometime during the early period of Christianity (5th-6th century C.E. His actual identity is still not known.

An in-depth study of the Christian philosopher from the 6th century C.E. There is a comprehensive biographical sketch plus nice analysis of his major works and ideas.

This provides in depth information about many aspects of the catacombs of Rome which were used by early Christians. Position, history and artifacts are all discussed. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference...

Find a list of quotations about the sacrament of confirmation compiled from the work of Church Fathers and early Christian writers.

After Rome was destroyed, people were wary of attachment to physical beauty. As Christianity gained traction, Romans instead began to focus on the metaphysical beauty of virtue, and art began to follow suit. James Earle discusses how...

This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides a thorough discussion of the existence of slavery in early times giving the types of people who were taken as slaves and the work they performed. There were also...

Born in England, emigrant Edward Taylor was a Harvard educated minister, writer, and poet of orthodox Puritan theology. Click on "Edward Taylor Activities" for related materials.

A summary of the people and events that enacted the successful civil rights movement of the 1960s, well-organized and includes many photos.

This website, rom the Catholic Encyclopedia, describes the life and history of the Scottish preacher, John Knox. Includes his early life at Edinburgh, his geneology, and his ecclesiastical rise to prominence as a reformer. Knox was a...