The earliest surviving Christian art comes from the late 2nd to early 4th centuries on the walls of Christian tombs in the catacombs of Rome. From literary evidence, there may well have been panel ...
Dorothy Irwin, a Roman Catholic theologian and archaeologist, has discovered several images of early church women dressed in priestly vestments and has found epitaphs describing them as church leaders ...
Emily grew up in church but slowly drifted away during her college years ... is when a spiritual leader— such as a pastor, elder, or head of a Christian organization — wields his position of spiritual ...