In the fourth century, Britain’s Christians acquired a taste for watering down the mystery of their message.

Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf imagines the farewell between Jesus and his Apostles, forty days after his resurrection.

The earliest Christians longed to celebrate the resurrection together at Passover, but that was not as easy as it sounds.

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria dismissed repeated warnings about his imperial ambitions.

The seventh-century Bishop of London helped kings and clergy to shine Christian light into the darkness of mere religion.

The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf explores a prophecy from the Song of Solomon.