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Hajj in Islamic Perspective

Another rite, like prayer and fasting, which is one of the five mandatory pillars of Islam and supports its doctrinal dome, is the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj). The Koran says…

By Charlie W. Grease

Christianity

Notes on the Council of Florence, 1438-39

From Anonimous Byzantine Chronicle #104: The translation is based on the edition of P. Schreiner - "Short Byzantine Chronicles" (Peter Schreiner. Die byzantinischen Kleinchroniken. Teil I-III. Wien. 1977-79) - item…

By Petar Gramatikov

Christianity

The Meaning of the Arian Controversy

Author: protopresbiter Alexander Schmemann In the Arian controversy, as in a knot, many threads are gathered, many questions are joined. This is the beginning of the great theological controversies in…

By Newsdesk

Christianity

Why is Moses depicted with horns?

An image in the German edition of Jacob de Teramo's book The Consolation of Sinners, or the Trial of Lucifer against Jesus Christ (Jacobi de Ancharano (alias de Teramo): Litigatio…

By Gaston de Persigny