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Under the highest dome of the Hagia Sophia are the seraphim mosaics. Rediscovered within the last 20 years, these 700-year-old mosaics depict the highest-ranking angels.
Spiritual entities like angels, demons, and spirits appear frequently in the Bible. But what about ghosts?
Reciting the Lord’s Prayer is a spiritual discipline common to all denominations and traditions in the Christian faith. But what does it mean?
Micah was from a small town in the Kingdom of Judah, and he ministered to Israel and Judah.
The texts of some books of the Bible have more complex histories than is traditionally assumed. Source criticism seeks to trace and explain this complexity.
Saint Francis may be the most-recognized post-biblical saint in Western Christianity. Who was he, and why is he remembered so fondly?
The Book of Ezra tells the story of the return of the Jews from exile and the reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem under challenging circumstances.
The Book of Job, likely the oldest book in the Bible, addresses the age-old question: "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
