Early Church

Once a bedrock Christian classic, Boethius’s “Consolation of Philosophy” has been neglected for decades. It’s time for a revival.

Even without retreating to the desert, we can train our wandering minds with ancient monastic wisdom.

How the early church’s example of public witness helps us avoid the extremes of triumphalism and retreat.

We can humbly seek their wisdom without treating them as mascots for one position or another.

An ancient codex, containing perhaps the earliest complete versions of Jonah and 1 Peter, went up for auction and sold to an anonymous bidder.

The surprising argument that Saul of Tarsus was born into bondage.

Eastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities.

If anything, the historical details are even messier than Susan Lim’s new account allows.

Nijay Gupta helps us rediscover the compelling strangeness of the earliest Christians.

We often credit the early church with heroic faithfulness. But it was hardly innocent of accommodation and compromise.