In 1998, the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention decided to update the provisions of the “Baptist Faith and Message,” a set of principles adopted in 1925 to provide guidance…
Category: Religion
“The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost” become official
The fracturing of the Christian religion into various churches and doctrines with different beliefs started in the early centuries of Christianity. One source of division was a debate between Christians…
“Paris is worth a mass.” (“Paris vaut une messe.”)
From 1562 to 1598, a series of bloody wars was waged in France between Catholics and Protestant Huguenots, collectively called “The French Wars of Religion.” This particular series of European…
First they came for the Communists – or was it the Industrialists?
On October 14, 1968, Congressman Henry S. Reuss of Wisconsin made some remarks on the floor of Congress that included what became a very famous quotation – or, more accurately,…