Yet from the time of the Maccabean martyrs to the early Christian Church, Jew and Christian alike steadfastly refused this token worship of the state, which to them was idolatry. This, to the ...

Of equal importance, the church indicates that there existed a living memory in the Christian community about the location of Bethsaida, home of Peter, Andrew and Philip (John 1:44).” ...

A Princeton sociologist said since the U.S. didn't welcome those fleeing Cold War–era regimes, "churches [and] synagogues declared themselves to be a sanctuary to refugees." ...