Church History
Key events, councils, popes, and movements in Catholic history.
Articles
The First 300 Years:
How Christianity Survived Persecution and Spread Anyway
Tertullian was right — the blood of martyrs really did seed the Church. Here's the sociological and historical case for why Roman persecution backfired, accelerating Christianity's spread across the empire.
The Council of Nicaea (325 AD):
Where the Creed Came From
One Greek letter — the difference between homoousios and homoiousios — divided the fourth-century Church and summoned the most consequential council in Christian history. Here is what happened at Nicaea and what every line of the resulting Creed actually means.
The Great Schism of 1054:
How East and West Split — And Whether It Matters Now
The 1054 split between Rome and Constantinople was not really about one theological dispute. It was the endpoint of centuries of cultural, political, and liturgical estrangement — and modern ecumenical dialogue has revealed how much the two traditions still share.