Jesus was the Messiah (Christ), the Son of God who was crucified ... Jesus's birth and early life The Gospels of Matthew and Luke claim that Jesus was born in Bethlehem to Mary, who was a virgin.

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life ... Jewish catacombs, and Christian catacombs.

The few words on the fragment describe a "miracle" that Jesus performed as a child, according to the Gospel of Thomas, which says he brought clay figures of birds to life. The document was written ...