Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

Acts tells the story of the Apostolic Age of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus.

Those in favor of apostolic authorship point to the testimony of the early church fathers ( see " Early Theories " above ) and similarities between the Gospel of John and Revelation.

Saint Columba ( 7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD )— also known as Colum Cille, or Chille ( Old Irish, meaning " dove of the church "), Colm Cille ( Irish ), Calum Cille ( Scottish Gaelic ), Colum Keeilley ( Manx Gaelic ) and Kolban or Kolbjørn ( Old Norse )— was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period.

Initially the sole preserver of literate scholarship in Western Europe, the church established Cathedral schools in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education.

Early settlements in the area of present-day Luxembourg City before the 10th century with the church Saint-Saveur, today St. Micheal, built in 987

Early in 313, Constantine and fellow Emperor Licinius reached an agreement at Milan that they would grant freedom of religion to the Christians and other religions and restore church property.

Proponents of preterism sometimes argue that this position was the original eschatological understanding of the Early Christian church, a claim contested by historicists and futurists.

Bramante's work in the city, which included Santa Maria presso San Satiro ( a reconstruction of a small 9th-century church ), the beautiful luminous tribune of Santa Maria delle Grazie and three cloisters for Sant ' Ambrogio, drew also on his studies of the Early Christian architecture of Milan such as the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

Early in September, Cromwell also completed a new set of viceregential injunctions declaring open war on " pilgrimages, feigned relics, or images, or any such superstitions ", and commanding that " one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English " be set up in every church.

Early church lists place him as the second or third bishop of Rome after Saint Peter.

Early in the morning of Christmas Eve, the head of the family would go to a forest in order to cut badnjak, a young oak, which is then brought into the church to be blessed by the priest.

Early in 1866, a church committee was formed to investigate sexual misconduct reports about Alger.

Early church writers appear to indicate that Matthew's gospel was written first.

The church is constructed in the Early English style with a nave of 5 bays leading to a chancel arch and reduced chancel area beyond.

Early English legends have created the belief that the church was built on the site of a monastery founded by Botolph in 654, but with the main source of this being the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, this is heavily disputed.

Early settler Lewis W. Reinhardt established a church in 1834 in the settlement known as Reinhardt Chapel and befriended many of the native Cherokee population.

Early in Æthelred's reign, Theodore, the Archbishop of Canterbury, began a substantial reorganization of the church in Mercia.

The first mention of Whitkirk itself is in 1154-66 in the Early Yorkshire Charters as ‘ Witechirche ’, meaning ‘ white church ’.

A 13th century Early English doorway, from a former building, was retained in the construction of the church.

During Early modern age sculpted cribs were set in every Catholic church and aristocratic palace, representing an entire traditional Italian hilltop village with its artisans and vendors.

A Celtic stone carved with cup and rings / channels, known as the Runic Cross ( although there are neither runes on it, nor any evidence that it was a cross shaft ) was found on the slopes of the Leithen valley suggesting that a church existed during the Early Middle Ages.

Early in the 13th century was the parish church, Hemsedal stave church, which was probably built around 1207-1224.

Early in 1964 Cardinal Bea notified Cardinal Cicognani, President of the Council's Coordinating Commission, that the Council fathers wanted the Council to say something about the great monotheistic religions, and in particular about Islam.

It was at Cerne, and partly at the desire, it appears, of Æthelweard, that he planned the two series of his English homilies ( edited by Benjamin Thorpe, 1844 – 1846, for the Ælfric Society and more recently by Malcolm Godden and Peter Clemoes for the Early English Text Society ), compiled from the Christian fathers, and dedicated to Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury ( 990-994 ).

Early play allowed brute strength, wrestling and holding opposing players underwater to recover the ball ; the goalie stood outside the playing area and defended the goal by jumping in on any opponent attempting to score by placing the ball on the deck.

* Fort Early: Named after General Jubal Anderson Early, whose Confederate troops defended the city against invasion by Union General David Hunter.

Gen. Wheaton had become a local folk hero when he successfully defended Washington, DC and nearby Fort Stevens from an attack by Confederate General Jubal Early on July 11 – 12, 1864.

Early during his reign, Yazdegerd was entrusted the care of the Roman prince Theodosius by his father Arcadius on the latter's death in 408, and Yazdegerd faithfully defended the life, power and possessions of the Roman prince.

Early in his career, Repton defended Brown's reputation during the ' picturesque controversy '.

Early on, The Forward defended trade unionism and moderate, democratic socialism.

His death accepted as during or after 1126 at page 291 of " Early Scottish Charters, Prior to 1153 ", Sir Archibald Campbell Lawrie ( editor ), Glasgow, 1910, Published by James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow, 1905, it is stated that Eadmer died on 13 January 1123 .. Eadmer must also be credited with being one of the first serious proponents of the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary when he defended popular traditions in his De Conceptione sanctae Mariae.

Early Christian writers ( c. 120-220 ) who defended their faith against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called apologists.

He defended members of the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC ) and African National Congress ( ANC ), was a member of the Unity Movement throughout the Early 70's and 80's before he joined and became a leading member of the United Democratic Front and was a human rights activist throughout his life.

He saw that Washington had to be heavily defended if Early was still on the loose.

Despite his wartime differences with Longstreet, McLaws initially defended Longstreet in the post-war attempts by Jubal Early and others to smear his reputation.

Early on the morning of September 28, 1918, Stowers ' company was ordered to assault Côte 188, a tall, heavily defended hill overlooking a farm near Ardeuil, France.

Early on the afternoon of May 18 < sup > th </ sup >, Suchinda publicly accused Chamlong of fomenting violence and defended the government ’ s use of force.

Early in January 1849, news came that the British had recaptured the city of Multan ( although Mulraj still defended the citadel ), but also that the Muslim garrison of Attock had defected to Amir Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan, who was half-heartedly supporting Chattar Singh.

Early Christians found themselves confronted with a set of new concepts and ideas relating to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, as well the notions of salvation and redemption, and had to use a new set of terms, images and ideas to deal with them.

Whereas this belief was only one of many beliefs held about the World to Come in Second Temple Judaism, and was notably rejected by the Sadducees, this belief became dominant within Early Christianity and soon included an insistence on the resurrection of the flesh, against gnostic teachings that flesh was evil.

The Sadducees rejected the belief in resurrection of the dead, which was a central tenet believed by Pharisees and by Early Christians.