By schism (separation, split), we understand the situation of canonical separation and interruption of liturgical communion between two Churches. By heresy, we mean the erroneous teaching or particular conceptions on…
The appearance of Monastery of Cluny in the 10th century went almost unnoticed by contemporaries, but within only two centuries it would come to lead a true monastic empire. It…
Before the thirteenth century, Islam began to attack Western Europe through the Arabs in Spain. The significance of the Battle of Poitiers 1280 years ago, reflects in the Frankish steward…
Apart from the remarkable Patrology of J. Quastefi, whose fourth volume, published in 1996 by the Institute Patristicum Augustinianum in Rome, ends with Bede Venerabilis, there is no specialized approach…
Wilfrid B (that was his Christian name) was born around 673 in the southwest region of England, in the kingdom of Wessex, but his roots lay across the sea, in…
Church councils have been held to solve various problems when consensus could not be reached through simple discussion. Most councils were local, although in some cases the decisions adopted were…
On July 28, 450, Emperor Theodosius II died, and the Byzantine throne reverted, in the absence of an heir, to his sister Pulheria. Immediately after ascending the Byzantine throne, Marcian…
Athanasius of Alexandria was born in 295, in Alexandria. He was made a citét in 312 and a deacon in 318, after which he became secretary to Patriarch Alexander. As…
The First Council of Nicaea officially opened on 20 May 325 and lasted two months. The Council, made up of 318 Holy Fathers, was indeed the first to lay the…
Emperor Constantine the Great is one of the great personalities of world history. Before him, the Church endured heavy persecution at the hands of the Roman emperors. His conversion to…