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Eusebius

Catholic pope and saint

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Jan 29, 2026
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How confident are we that James was Jesus’s brother?

Historic evidence makes it highly probable that a prominent figure known as existed and led ; scholars differ, however, on what “brother” precisely denotes—blood brother, step‑brother, or close kinsma...

Jan 30, 2026
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How did early church writers (Origen, Eusebius, Jerome) argue that Jesus’ brothers were not Mary’s biological children?

Early church writers offered three main defenses against reading the “brothers” of as ’s biological children: and advanced the claim they were ’s children from an earlier marriage (making them step‑br...

Dec 9, 2025
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How did the Council of Nicaea shape the Christian biblical canon in the 4th century?

The First Council of Nicaea did not set the Christian biblical canon; contemporary records of the council make no decision on which books belong in Scripture . The widespread myth that Nicaea or Const...

Jan 14, 2026

How do historians evaluate the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

Historians treat Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as ancient, theologically driven biographies whose value for reconstructing the historical Jesus depends on methodical parsing of authorship, date, sourc...

Jan 3, 2026

How did early Church Fathers interpret Matthew 24 and the Temple’s destruction?

Early Church Fathers read Matthew 24 primarily as a prophecy about the imminent judgment on Jerusalem and the Temple—an event they linked to the Roman destruction of 70 CE—while treating longer‑range ...

Dec 2, 2025

What were the main sources of information for ancient Greek historians about Palestine?

Ancient Greek historians learned about Palestine from a mix of direct observation, earlier Greek writings, Mediterranean trade contacts and a small number of surviving geographic and ethnographic acco...