Christian Resources

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Global Resources

Ministry Profiles - If you want to know more about certain ministries

 

Theological Articles - This links you to Articles written for our site

 

Catholic Encyclopedia On that site you will be able to find any term you need explained through Catholic faith...detail

Christian Encyclopedia

This is a world wide Encyclopedia of the Christian faith provided by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College...detail

Early Church Documents -  If you are searching for documents of the early church, start here at the Institute for Christian Leadership... detail

Church History and Historical Theology  -  A must read for every Christian in order to understand where we come from and what changes have occurred. detail

 

The Names of God detail

visit the incredible site of Ecole Initiative details

 

How is the Pope elected?

 

Research

this page  offers Christian Research
Resources

 

Historic Maps - Maps of any era and region...detail

 

Maps of biblical Places and Geography  detail

 

Resource for Biblical Studies - Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world...detail

 

The Ecole Glossary - The Ecole Glossary contains short, 100-200 word glosses on topics relating to early Church history. These glosses are intimately linked to the Ecole Chronology and to each other. Because we plan to include several links in the glossary, links will refer to sites within the glossary or the chronology, unless specified otherwise, the one exception being the [DOC] symbol which points to a version of the document previously named somewhere on the internet beyond the Ecole Initiative...detail

 

LIVE pictures from Web cams of Holy Places detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archeological :

Tabernacle, History Dimensions, etc click here

Christian Artifacts

Index of Archeological Articles on this Site

The Catacombs of Rome...detail

A Listing of Archeological Sites listed by City 

Interested in recent findings.  Here are a number of archeological digs and their listings...details

 

Scrolls from the Dead Sea - The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship...detail

 

Capernaum, the Town of Jesus - Close up look...detail

Biblical individuals confirmed in historical documents details

Creeds - Confessions & Catechisms . . .detail

All about Saints

Calendar of Roman Saints detail

Weekly Calendar of Saints

Calendar of Saints
recognized as saints in the Middle Ages and Renaissance detail

Denominational Specific

95 Theses of Martin Luther...detail
Who can partake Communion at what Denomination? - read
 What do denomination believe about baptism read

Monastery Resources

Gregorian Chant resources. Great resource site for knowledge about chant... detail

Research Language References

Coptic Language Resources detail
Aramaic Lexicon...detail
Greek New Testament...detail
Search for dictionary head words...detail
Biblical names and their meaning. Over 2,500 names are mentioned in our compilation. . .detail

Commentary

Matthew Henry's - Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible...detail

Other

Flood Stories - From around the world.  When you will read these stories you will be amazed how identical the stories read. click here

All about Satan read

All about Lucifer read

What is Purgatory? read

Christian Urban Legends
 

Christian Doctrine:

The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity read
Infant Baptism in the early Church read

 

People and Places in the Bible

The Apostles of Jesus detail
Bible Relationship Genealogy read
Biblical Names and their meanings read
 Biblical Names in Alphabetical Order read

Symbols of Christianity

Christian Symbols - A very nice collection of Christian symbols throughout history.  It takes some time to download, but well worth it.  click here

Christian Symbols of Colors
Symbols / Flags of Christian Denominations

Biblical Weights -
Measurements & Monetary System

Biblical Weights and Measurement system
Biblical Weights, Measure and Monetary System

Tomb of Jesus found? (Feb 2007)

 

The Other Gospels

 

The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of our Saviour >>

The Gospel according to Philip >>

The Gospel according to Mary Magdalene >>

The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary >>

The Gospel of Bartholomew >>

The Gospel of the Lord >>

The Gospel of Peter >>

The Book of James >>
 The Gospel according to Judas  >>

The Gospel according to Thomas >>
 The Secret Gospel of Mark >>
 The Dialogue of the Savior >>

Excellent contemporary
Scholarly Papers and Articles

 

Was Jesus a Jew? Was Aristotle a Greek-American? Translating "Ioudaios" -By Bruce J. Malina -Creighton University  read full article

Tacitus' Fragment 2:  The Anti_Roman Movement of the Christiani and Nazoreans. Eric Laupot, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa read full article

 

 

Denominations and their Links:

 

Denominational Resources, History and Heritage

Denominations and Traditions

Largest US Churches
Denominations and Memberships in the USA  click here 

Biblical Law:

Listing of 613 Laws of the Bible
 Explanation of Mitzvah

Different Versions of the 10 Commandments read 

 Dictionaries:

Hebraic Biblical Terms /Dictionary Click here

Theological Dictionary  click here

Timelines:

Timeline of the Crusades in chronological order

Timeline of the Crusades chart

Creation and Catastrophe Chronology

World Population since Creation, by Lambert Dolphin

Biblical Genealogy Old and New Testament
 

Relationship Genealogy of all Persons named in the the Bible click here
 

List of Popes

 

Timeline of Christianity chart
Timeline of the Old Testament chart

 

Timeline of Christianity - Very detailed timeline from the death of Jesus until recent time... detail

 

Timeline of the Life of Jesus detail
Timeline New Testament
Timeline Old Testament

Timeline of Scriptures and Manuscripts

Timeline of the  Minor & Major Prophets in the Old Testament


Timeline of the Development of Israelite Religion / Judaism, and the Emergence of the Hebrew Bible and the Oral Torah click here
 

Timeline of the Christian Church History - Very interesting and very detailed accumulation of facts...detail
 

History of the Christian Church, by Philip Schaff click here
 

Timeline of Christianity in Chart Format, click here
 

Chart of denominational Heritage and History

Christian Calendar - Get to know everything there is to know about the Christian Calendar click here
 

The development of the New Testament Canon - Very detailed outline - in spreadsheet format-  of the development through the centuries detail
 

Early Church Fathers and their Writings  - What did early Church Fathers have to say?...detail
 

The Ecole Chronology Project - The Ecole Chronology Project supplements the Ecole Initiative by providing a two-dimensional (temporal and geographical) model of events, persons, places, etc. that are pertinent in some way to early Church history.   detail
 

The Jewish Roman World of Jesus - An excellent website which portrays customs and the world they lived in.  click here
 

Worship and Cultural Patterns of the Early Church -

by Robert Jones read article
 

Patriarchs of Constantinople, Armenia, and the East 
 

Greek Orthodox and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch 
 

The Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Maronite Patriarchs of Lebanon 

 

Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem 
 

Coptic and Melkite Patriarchs of Alexandria 

 

The Bishops of Rome, the Popes, 42 AD-present 

 

The Bishops of Rome, the Popes; the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Armenia, and the East; Archbishops of Canterbury and Prince Archbishops of Mainz, Trier, Cologne, and Salzburg 

 

Creeds:

 

Creeds - Confessions & Catechisms . . .detail

 

The Christian & Hebrew Calendar:


Christian Holy Days 2006 & 2007
Definitions of Christian Holy Days click here

Hebrew Calendar - Learn to understand the Hebrew Calendar click here
 Understanding the Christian Calendar click here
 Calculate the date of Easter and the other major Feasts
 Calendar Converter click here
Gregorian-Hebrew Calendar Converter click here
 Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator

Calculation of Ecclesiastical Calendar...detail

Static Christian Holy Days  click here
Biblical Festivals read

 

Bible Resources:

 

The Books of the Bible read

Audio Bible Online for the visually impaired

History of the Bible Click here

For huge interactive Bible Search Click here

Want to know more and need a free interactive Bible Tutor? Click here

Biblical Resource Search from Universities and Colleges around the World. Magazines, bibles, biblical literature, databases, etc. Click here

 

Strong's Concordance - This is a called :The Linked Word Project.  It is a great resource!  You are able to point to the bible verse and each word will then link you to "Strong's" Click here

 

Comparative Chart of Books in the Bible - Hebrew - Orthodox - Catholic - Protestant. The chart identifies the books which were left out or added in any specific faith tradition. click here

 

Comparing Biblical Translations, by Ronald Gordon click here

 

Bible Search click here

History of the Bible   click here

Bibles and Translations - Vast resources of sites that offer bible translations click here

Timeline of the English Bible  click here
Comparative Chart of the 4 Gospels details

 Comparison of Jewish and Christian Bibles

Nicolaitanes or Nicolaitans read

 

Christian Writers:

2000 years of Catholic Christian Writings.  This is a vast resource of Christian writers... detail

The Fourth Book of the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes - Book four, as its subtitle indicates, is Cosmas' description of the figure of the world, and his refutation of the Pagan (hoi ekso) doctrine of the sphere...detail

 

Augustine:  "Confessions" detail

 

The writings of Paul.  Very extensive research site -  detail

 

Other Writings:

 

The Anathemas of the 2nd Council of Constantinople click here

 

Herodotus' (The History of Herodotus) [ca 440 BC]

 

Thucydides' History Of The Peloponnesian War [ca 431 BC]

 

Biblical Resource Page: Philo of Alexandria [ca. 20-15 BC to 45-50 AD]

 

Plato's Republic [ca 360 - 380 BC] Plato's Apology [ca 399 BC]

 

Plutarch's Writings [ca 75 AD] Plotinus' Writings (The Six Enneads) [ca 250 AD]