A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its creation ...

LONDON — June 19 will mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta — the great charter of rights and freedoms drawn up by the abbots of England’s monasteries and the feudal barons of ...

As I’ve mentioned, this year marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede. I previously posted the introduction and my translation of the original Latin of ...

New research suggests that Magna Carta may have been published predominantly by the church – rather than the Royal government of the day. The revelations – announced as Britain prepares to commemorate ...

"So would it be fair to say that if the Church hadn't been involved in politics in the early 13th Century, there would have been no Magna Carta?" It was the first pause in our conversation, as Nigel ...

It comes amid fears within the Church of England that the role of religion in shaping the charter of June 1215 could be “airbrushed” from history and that the commemorations will be “hijacked” by ...

Eight hundred years ago this week, in a meadow by the river Thames near Windsor Castle, one of the most famous documents in world history was born: Magna Carta (The Great Charter). Magna Carta is ...

A tourist from Louisiana helped stop a hammer-wielding thief who unsuccessfully tried to steal the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral and worked in tandem with a church employee to prevent the man ...

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The four surviving original manuscripts of the Magna Carta go on display together today in the House of Lords. The event marks the 800th anniversary of the charter which first laid the foundations of ...

A new law cementing the rights of the poor in the Philippines has been praised by Caritas Manila, the social arm of the Catholic Church in the capital. President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the Magna ...

IN 1215 England’s King John was in trouble. He had spent heavily on a failed attempt to regain bits of France; the French were threatening to invade; rebellious barons, whom he had been fleecing to ...