An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist Musallam R. Al-Rawahneh spoke to Fox News Digital about his findings.

A surprising find has been made by Italian archaeologists. They discovered an Ancient Roman bath complex at the Appian Way Regional Park had been transformed into a church with a marble baptistery.

How and why were pagan temples converted into Christian churches in the later Roman empire? New research focused on the city of Rome suggests a more peaceful transition from paganism to ...

If the Roman Catholic Church is the first and original Christian Church, when did the Eastern Orthodox Church begin? —Stephen. It’s not really accurate to say that the Roman Catholic church is ...

Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian Church, with more than 1.28 billion members worldwide.

Roman Empire. Paul established Christian churches throughout the Roman Empire, including Europe, and beyond - even into Africa. Persecution. However, in all cases, the church remained small and ...

Ancient Christian graffiti found on ‘one of a kind’ 5th-century chalice. Rare lead vessel covered in religious iconography discovered in ruins of Roman fort church ...

4th-century church, one of earliest in Israel, was built atop temple to Pan at spot in Banias where New Testament says Peter saw Jesus as Messiah, was told to spread his teachings ...

Introduction and the Church in Britain The Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the oldest institution in the western world. It can trace its history back almost 2000 years.

An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, that contains a set of "surprising" human remains.

Pope Benedict XVI reasserted the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church by saying other Christian communities were either defective or not true churches.