But what he is really is a critic of society, of worldliness, who seems to be calling for a change in religious life. But I think we have to think of John the Baptist primarily as one who was ...

The second episode of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Fox Nation series "The Saints" focuses on John the Baptist, a ...

This messenger is John the Baptist, who appeared in the desert of Judaea. Baptism was a Jewish ritual – people were totally immersed in water to symbolise cleansing. John’s baptism was a ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 3 in Year C is Luke 3.7–17, and it follows closely on from last week's reading; verse begins 'He therefore said to the crowds...' which some English ...

And she, consulting with her mother, straightway asked for the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Hence this transgressor of the Law ... Let Herodias lament, then, that she demanded a wicked ...

The church’s serene interior features pristine white walls, polished pews, and brass plaques honouring British soldiers. A ...

We could say this was way before the locust, wild honey, and preaching of repentance that we tend to think of when we hear of ...

The churches have survived in the historically Black towns of Oklahoma; sometimes they are the only institutions still ...