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From the Archives: Emperor Hadrians moderate policies
This rescript, c. 124, protected Christians
From the Archives: Nero's Cruelties
An account from Roman historian Tacitus (C. 115)
From the Archives: The “Edict of Milan”
Selections from an agreement, made in 313, that changed the course of history
Dwight L. Moody: Did You Know?
From the Editor: Welcome to this Special Issue
Important information before you begin
KEVIN A. MILLER
Persecution in Early Church: Did You Know?
William and Catherine Booth: Did You Know?
John D. Waldron, retired Salvation Army commissioner of Canada and Bermuda, is the author or editor of many books on The Salvation Army.
A.D. 70 Titus Destroys Jerusalem
When the Roman general sacked the temple, the Jews were forced into a new era—and so were the Christians.
From the Editor: Delightfully Unconventional
KEVIN A. MILLER
From the Editor: Fashionable or Forceful?
Booth and his Army drew much opposition, including this 1882 editorial cartoon in The Entr'acte. Often the hostility was not only verbal, but also violent. See "The Army Under Seige".
KEVIN A. MILLER
From the Editor: Tomb of the Unknown Christians
KEVIN A. MILLER
313 The Edict of Milan
The agreement shifted Christianity from being an illicit, persecuted sect to being a welcome—and soon dominant—religion of the Roman Empire.
David F. Wright is dean of the faculty of divinity at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the advisory board of Christian History.
Persecution in the Early Church: Did You Know?
Beginning as a despised, illicit religious sect, Christianity endured 300 years of hostility to emerge as the dominant force in the Roman Empire.
Dr. Everett Ferguson is professor of Bible at Abilene Christian University and author of Backgrounds of Early Christianity (Eerdmans, 1987)
The General
William Booth was born in economic and spiritual poverty, yet he founded a worldwide organization dedicated to their eradication.
NORMAN H. MURDOCH
The Life & Times of D. L. Moody
How an awkward country boy with a grade-school education became the greatest evangelist of the Gilded Age.
Dr. David Maas is professor of history at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.
325 The First Council of Nicea
At stake in the church's first general council was the simplest, yet most profound, question: Who is Jesus Christ?
Dr. Bruce L. Shelley is professor of church history at Denver Seminary and a member of the advisory board of Christian History
Colorful Sayings From Colorful Moody
Moody's common sense and quick wit led to many pithy sayings. A sampling.
The Army Mother
With her bright mind and powerful speaking abilities, Catherine Booth emerged as one of the most influential women in modern religious history.
NORMAN H. MURDOCH
When Christianity Triumphed
The achievement brought new difficulties.
Dr. William H. C. Frend, clerk in holy orders for the Diocese of Peterborough (U.K.), is professor emeritus of ecclesiastical history at Glasgow University and author of Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church (Oxford: Blackwell; New York: New York University, 1965).
367 Athanasius Defines the New Testament
His letter is the earliest authoritative statement to fix the New Testament as we know it today.
Dr. Carsten Peter Thiede is president of Reinhold-Schneider-Gesellschaft e. V. in West Germany and a member of the advisory board of Christian History.
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