There is no question that the many victories of the Islamic empire in the 7th and 8th centuries terrorized the lands in their path. In a short period of time Tierney says that, “The followers of a new prophet, Mohammed, snatched away from the Byzantine Empire all the ancient Christian lands of the eastern Mediterranean […]
It is surprising that a battle between two barbarian tribes played an important role in the history of Christianity. The battle in question was between the Franks and the Alemanni in the year 496. This fight was important because when the Frankish leader, Clovis I saw that his army was in difficult straits he vowed […]
It has been said that the history of the world can be characterized as a history of war. The Christian era can also be defined in terms of the wars and battles that shaped the history of Western civilization and with that the world within which the Christian church existed. With this issue of the […]
Crucify Him! Crucify Him! His blood be upon us and our children. This was the cry of the Jews at the crucifixion of Jesus. We go now to a time only a few years later when these words of the Jews were being fulfilled. The years before the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and […]