In the 18th and 19th centuries, biblical scholars interested in parallels between ancient religious belief systems argued ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

In the year 112, a Roman governor in modern-day Turkey had his first encounter with members of a strange religious cult called “Christiani.” The governor had heard reports the cult followed an obscure ...

A 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered beneath the chin of a skeleton in a cemetery in Germany is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps, according to a new study. Researchers made ...

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(The Conversation) — Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, a scholar explains. (The Conversation) — It’s a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...