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Debating Jesus' Divinity
The Council of Nicaea and its bitter aftermath.
Issue 85, Winter 2005
The First Bible Teachers
Reading over the shoulders of the church's founding fathers
Issue 80, Fall 2003
Augustine
Sinner, Bishop, Saint
Through inner and outer turmoil, he forged a vision for the church that remains influential to this day.
CH, Issue 67, Summer 2000
St. Antony & the Desert Fathers
Extreme Faith in the Early Church
Find out what drove Christians to monasteries, how the movement affected the church, and what we can learn from these nearly forgotten spiritual giants.
CH, Issue 64, Fall 1999
The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Walking with Jesus
Christians and non-Christians alike have argued over the "real" Jesus since the first century. And despite earlier failings, the quest for the historical Jesus still matters.
CH, Issue 59, Summer 1998
Converting the Empire
How the Early Church Evangelized a Hostile Pagan World
In just a few years, Christianity went from an oppressed minority religion to the state church of a major world power. Learn how it happened and what it meant for the faith.
CH, Issue 57, Winter 1998
The Search For Biblical Jesus
The hard, technical, theological work on Christ was essentially a 400–year Bible study
To some, early church debates about Christ read like a computer programming language: impossible to decode.
CH, Issue 51, Summer 1996
Heresy in the Early Church
Cover story: A Hammer Struck at Heresy.
CH, Issue 51, Summer 1996
Past issues not available for purchase online but available in the CT Library.
Paul and His Times
Issue 47
John Chrysostom
Issue 44
Worship in the Early Church
Issue 37
Persecution in the Early Church
Issue 27
Women in the Early Church
Issue 17
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