When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do politicians do it at all?

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.

Millions of people read the New Testament printed with the words of Jesus in red Most people don t realize that this is a ...

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through ...

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A very prominent character in oceanographic history and science was Matthew Fontaine Maury. Being born an American in ...

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Psalm 8: 8 "The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas." ...

Despite social media attention, the Constitution protects freedom of religion. So putting a hand on a Bible, or even using ...

First Lady Melania Trump stood by her husband as he recited the oath with both a family Bible and the Lincoln Bible stacked ...

In 1950 an edition of the OT containing all these Books was officially approved by the Holy Synod of the Greek church. Also the Russian Orthodox church in 1956 published a Russian Bible in Moscow ...