The schism that separated the Church after the Great Persecution was between the Donatistis and the Catholics and it was a fierce division amongst the early believers of Christianity. Donatists believed that the new Church after the Great Persecution should become a church of holy people, not a group of treacherous degenerates. In Africa, the… Continue reading →
Christianity had a rocky start in the Rome Empire. Often, at best, Christians were tolerated in the empire but hardly accepted and at worst they were heavily persecuted. During its growth Christianity was often an underground religion and was often not exercised or practiced in a public way. To say one was a Christian often… Continue reading →
Irenaeus and Tertullian were strong believers in the original message of God, which they believed to be the only true interpretation, and loathed anyone who tried to lessen the true meaning of God, mainly those they deemed heretics. An angry Irenaeus uses a intricate metaphor which says that the teaching of the Holy Scripture reveal… Continue reading →
