The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and vic….

Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What is….

It is the winners who write history - their way..

Although the gospels of the New Testament-- like those discovered at Nag Hammadi-- are attributed to Jesus' followers, no one knows who actually wrot….

Christians have ... identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan... Nor have things improved….

What is clear is that the Gospel of Judas has joined the other spectacular discoveries that are exploding the myth of a monolithic Christianity and s….

There's practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others' choices. But in our century we're forced to t….

Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, ….

The efforts of the majority to destroy every trace of heretical 'blasphemy' proved so successful that, until the discoveries at Nag Hammadi, nearly a….

Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of Christian doctrine? .….

The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions ….

The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an idea most pagans ….

Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second ce….

Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certai….

He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher..

There is a light within each person, and it lights up the whole universe. If it does not shine, there is darkness..