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The Art of Searching Church History

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Cecila Incorruptible, Stefano Maderno, 1599

History is written by the victors, we are told. In the church, history was written by the men. How do we know? Because the men, for the most part, held the power.

I’m not throwing shade on the church’s well-documented history of male leadership. They weren’t making things up—men truly did rule the world. We rea…

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