Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough.

Sacred art and icons—often believed to confer divine gifts and powers to the faithful—began to flourish in the Second Century ...

Indeed, the burgeoning Christian art, when it can be seen as distinctively Christian at all, is a sign that they really are making their way into society at large.... The catacombs hold a very ...

(Although others claim it was St. Declan who introduced the cross.) It has been said that St. Patrick combined the Christian cross with the pagan sun to give the newly converted followers the idea ...

This course explores the origins of the development of early Christian and Byzantine art and thought. Focusing on a thematic rather than a chronological approach, the course acknowledges broader ...