FACETS OF RELIGION

Christianity

Table of Content:

Arts and History

Christus Rex

• Encyclical Letters
• Over 1000 pictures of the Vatican City, The Complete Tour of the SISTINE CHA PEL, The Raphael Stanzas and Loggias and the Vatican Museum
• Reports on persecution
• Many links to the Web

Vatican Exhibit The City Reborn

By the fourteenth century, the great ancient city had dwindled to a miserable village. Perhaps 20,000 people clung to the ruins despite the ravages of disease and robber barons. Popes and cardinals had fled to Avignon in southern France. Rome was dwarfed in wealth and power by the great commercial cities and territorial states farther north, from Florence to Venice. In the Renaissance, however, the popes returned to the See of Saint Peter.

Icons

These are not the small pictures from your computer, these are the real Icons!

Ancient Palestine with Biblical References

This work continues to be labor of respect for all the quality scholarship and achievements that Syro-Palestinian archaeologists (that is, biblical archaeologists) have made to our understanding of the Near East since Edward Robinson, the great Harvard scholar, toured the lands of the bible early in the nineteenth century of the common era.

The Shroud of Turin

Learn about this fascinating Christian historical artifact, which may be the burial cloth of Christ. If this is so, then this is undoubtedly the most important relic in Christianity. If not, this is still one of the most fascinating items not only for Christianity, but for science as well.

Religious works from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

The National Library of the Netherlands provides this collection of rare christian books as part of their hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Anti-Religious Campaigns

The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an ideological objective the elimination of religion. Toward that end, the Communist regime confiscated church property, ridiculed religion, harassed believers, and propagated atheism in the schools.

Christian Music Online

This World Wide Web server is dedicated to providing you with the latest information on the Christian Music world.

Worship FAQ

Including many resources on all aspects of Christian worship music book reviews on the topic of worship, worship music company information, and a HUGE database of information on over 2000 Christian worship songs.