Heresy, According to St. Thomas Aquinas, implies Christian belief.

Aug 14, 2009 - Marilynn Hughes

Any religious doctrine not in concert with the Catholic Church teachings can be considered heresy.

Jun 22, 2009 - Marilynn Hughes

Tertullian gave the name of heretic to those who of their own choose false doctrines.

Jul 27, 2009 - Marilynn Hughes

Exploring the facts about the ancient Egyptian nobles who were the grandparents of the Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Feb 8, 2012 - Robert McRoberts

Spain was once an immensely powerful empire with interests in the New World. The Spanish conquistadors were mainly explorers and soldiers.

Mar 19, 2011 - Scott Hayden

Definition of the glossary term Five Good Emperors

Feb 26, 2007 - Robin Fowler

The term "magic" is derived from the Median priestly tribe, the "Magi," who were the same as the Magi spoken of in the Biblical Nativity story.

Feb 4, 2010 - Paula I. Nielson

Hippies were into rebellion, experimentation, new consciousness, and then back into the mainstream.

Jan 25, 2011 - Terry Hamburg

Muckrakers a century ago were journalists dedicated to exposing corruption. Although the term was intended as an insult, they wore it as a badge of honor.

Jan 12, 2011 - Daniel Harmon

The Philistines are an ethnic group, originally Indo-European, later mixed with the Sea Peoples. They were enemies of Israel, from the time of the Exodus.

Jan 4, 2011 - Paula I. Nielson

Although often seen as fallen angels or even alien invaders the Nephilim are more likely to be identified as despotic rulers of antiquity.

Dec 5, 2010 - Robert McRoberts

Some were frontiersmen, some pioneers, some western trailblazers, some guides and scouts. Many of them just wanted to get away from society.

Jun 30, 2010 - Daniel Harmon

"Rappings" reported by the Fox sisters in New York in 1848 led to a new profession. Mediums made good money. Spiritualism continued into the 20th Century.

May 19, 2010 - Daniel Harmon

These songwriters helped to create our ideas of chivalrous knights and damsels in distress. Traveling around Europe, they were the rock stars of their day.

Apr 23, 2010 - Amy Schumaker

The Picts were an enigmatic people who populated Scotland and the Islands before Columba and his compatriots arrived from Ireland. What happened to these warriors?

Mar 23, 2010 - Doreen Taylor

The Runaways were a 1970s all-female punk/glam band that launched the careers of Joan Jett and Lita Ford. A feature film on the band will be released in 2010.

Jan 26, 2010 - Amy Martin

Most movie fans can think of five of the actors in The Magnificent Seven. Some six, but those who can name all seven without resorting to Google are few and far between.

Jan 9, 2010 - Jack Montgomery

Millions of Americans claim Celtic descent. Their ancestors forged the character of Europe before they helped build nations in the New World.

Dec 18, 2009 - Wayne Smith

Druids were teachers, healers, judges, poets, priests and augurs.

Dec 18, 2009 - Wayne Smith

Half man half horse, the Centaur Cheiron was, unlike his violent fellow Centaurs, a wise, benevolent creature that lived in the wooded mountains of Thessaly, Greece.

Nov 22, 2009 - Lito Apostolakou