The Society of Jesus, and in particular the religious society�s early works, were fundamental in the re-strengthening of the Catholic Church during the period of the Counter Reformation. The Jesuit missionaries, led by the founder of the Society...

The Society of Jesus was established in the sixteenth century around the time of the Protestant Reformation by founder Saint Ignatius Loyola, a former knight who became a priest. As a religious order of the Catholic Church,...

Discover the history behind one of the most well-known Catholic orders... Learn about the origins of the Society of Jesus, including how this Christian religious order came to be and about its central founder: Saint Ignatius Loyola....

Human Instinct The Judeo-Christian God as depicted by the Old Testament has no face, yet human instinct has always craved an image to worship. Perhaps this is a kind of narcissism: an inability to worship something that does not...

Depictions of the biblical Mary Magdalene can be traced back to paintings of early Christianity all the way up to art of contemporary practice. Some believe these depictions to be a testament of the power of Mary�s biblical...

Because burial is such a central ritual to the Jewish faith, there has been mounting tension over the past few decades between archaeologists and ultra-Orthodox Jewish individuals, over the fate of human remains uncovered in archaeological...

According to the Bible, some two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ died on a cross in order to redeem the sins of believers in God so that they might have eternal life. After Jesus� death,...

Established in 1999, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is an independent Israeli governmental body that holds jurisdiction over the regulation of archaeological excavation, conservation and the promotion of research. Prior to 1990, the IAA was...