A true study and understanding of the church's history and experience are needed to help priests better interpret today's world, to make the Gospel more relevant and to counter ideologies and ...

Pope Francis has published a letter addressed especially to priests in formation to promote the renewal of the study of Church history, emphasizing its importance in better interpreting reality. At ...

How the message of Christ resonated through the centuries, even at moments when his followers failed to keep the tune. When it comes to church history, there are two common but misguided approaches: ...

In the development of the discipline of church history in the United States, few scholars played a more important role than the Swiss-born, German-educated immigrant Philip Schaff. Known best for his ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is preparing to host a conference this week that is the first of its kind. While hosting a church ...

Fostering faith and grappling with complicated Latter-day Saint history are not mutually exclusive conversations. So suggests the agenda of a conference hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Followers of Jesus span the globe. But the global body of more than 2 billion Christians is separated into thousands of denominations. Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Apostolic, ...