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Did the apostles likely expect the kind of structured ecclesiastical organization that existed by Nicaea?

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Do we know how many people Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther caused to commit suicide?

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What factors determine if an Empire's religion takes hold of the countryside but not cities (e.g. Islam in Western Anatolia before Ataturk) or cities instead of the countryside (e.g. Islam in Lebanon)?

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If I were an educated person in the Eastern Mediterranean of antiquity (say, 1st Century BC) how old would I believe the Pyramids to actually be? How much would I likely believe the chronology of texts like the Sumerian Kings List should be trusted?

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What the Jewish relationship to other peoples ever colored by Christians or Muslims professing to worship the Abrahamic God? Was their treatment of Christians distinct from that of Pagans in any special way in any time or place?

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What generally happened to crosses constructed for Roman state executions after their use?

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Is there sufficient evidence for scholars to believe Shakespeare was a closet Catholic?

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If I were an educated person in the Eastern Mediterranean of antiquity (say, 1st Century BC) how old would I believe the Pyramids to actually be? How texts like the Sumerian Kings List be trusted as a chronological account of civilization?

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What relationship did american Catholics during the largest waves of their immigration have towards classical liberalism? Were know-nothings and "anti-papists" in any way valid in saying the faith that produced the Syllabus of Errors and Pius X would produce less support for democracy and liberty?

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[WP] An archeological study positing the doctrines of the religion of the "man on the 't'" from a far future where written accounts of Christianity are lost or untranslatable, and historians only have scant surviving churches, statues, etc.

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Did the apostles likely expect the kind of structured ecclesiastical organization that existed by Nicaea?	4	AskHistorians
Do we know how many people Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther caused to commit suicide?	3	AskHistorians
What factors determine if an Empire's religion takes hold of the countryside but not cities (e.g. Islam in Western Anatolia before Ataturk) or cities instead of the countryside (e.g. Islam in Lebanon)?	3	AskHistorians
If I were an educated person in the Eastern Mediterranean of antiquity (say, 1st Century BC) how old would I believe the Pyramids to actually be? How much would I likely believe the chronology of texts like the Sumerian Kings List should be trusted?	3	AskHistorians
What the Jewish relationship to other peoples ever colored by Christians or Muslims professing to worship the Abrahamic God? Was their treatment of Christians distinct from that of Pagans in any special way in any time or place?	3	AskHistorians
What generally happened to crosses constructed for Roman state executions after their use?	2	AskHistorians
Is there sufficient evidence for scholars to believe Shakespeare was a closet Catholic?	2	AskHistorians
If I were an educated person in the Eastern Mediterranean of antiquity (say, 1st Century BC) how old would I believe the Pyramids to actually be? How texts like the Sumerian Kings List be trusted as a chronological account of civilization?	2	AskHistorians
What relationship did american Catholics during the largest waves of their immigration have towards classical liberalism? Were know-nothings and "anti-papists" in any way valid in saying the faith that produced the Syllabus of Errors and Pius X would produce less support for democracy and liberty?	1	AskHistorians
[WP] An archeological study positing the doctrines of the religion of the "man on the 't'" from a far future where written accounts of Christianity are lost or untranslatable, and historians only have scant surviving churches, statues, etc.	1	WritingPrompts