Fragmentation is a phenomenon that spread across various spheres of social life at the beginning of the 20th century through art. This phenomenon gave rise to the possibility of representing truth, life, and even objective reality from an individual perspective. This...
What we know as the Renaissance marked a period of remarkable transformations that reverberated across various spheres. This phenomenon, which took place between the 14th and 17th centuries, revolutionized culture, the perception of the world, and human thought. We...
I will begin this article by exploring the behavior and lifestyle of Christians in the first century, as well as the changes they underwent during the Middle Ages. Firstly, it is crucial to understand that first-century Christianity experienced distortions over time....
The Roman Empire, with its vast expansion across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, left a profound mark on the modern Western world. A clear example of its enduring legacy is Roman Law, which continues to be studied in law universities worldwide. Despite its...
TWO DIFFERENT LIFE PERSPECTIVES Although various ethnic groups live in the most disputed land today, formerly called Palestine as we saw in another article, the entire conflict there boils down to two main groups: Jews and nationalist Arabs. Among the former, we find...
Unfortunately, whether due to the influence of Hellenism or the spiritual blindness that existed in Israel, several sects appeared by the 1st century: the Essenes, the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Zealots, each with their own peculiarities and differing opinions...
On the occasion of the edict expelling the Jews from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs Isabel I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, Isaac Abravanel (Isaac ben Judah Abravanel), royal treasurer and personal advisor to Isabel, writes this letter that clearly illustrates...
It is nearly impossible to find theological analysis from the fathers and apologists of the early centuries, in the writings that have reached us today, that take into account the context of the apostolic writings. We see literal or allegorical interpretations of the...
During the lifetime of the apostles, beyond the first half of the 1st century, several groups appeared that did not harmonize with the doctrinal body of the Way. But this cannot be analyzed in a simplistic way under the presupposition of how the church lives today....
To have clarity on this matter, we must contextualize our minds with what was happening in the first half of the 1st century regarding those followers of the Messiah Yeshua. In the first three years, all of them belonged to the lineage of Israel, coming from different...
The edict of expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 is one of the greatest crimes carried out in the name of Christianity. The words of the apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans: "Do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who...