Ancient Christianity Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

A meeting of the first Christians in Rome - a letter from Paul is read. Wood engraving, published in 1886.

Mosaic of Jesus Christ (13th century), found in the church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.

Close-up of a 19th Century statue by Giuseppe De Fabris, showing Saint Peter the Apostle holding a gold key (symbolising the key to heaven). The statue is located in St Peter's Square in the Vatican City, Rome.

Monk praying inside monastery

Overlooking Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

"So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, aMen of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: aETo an unknown god.aa Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you. (Acts, Chapter 17, 22-23). Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872) from my archive, published in 1877."

HERMIT ISOLATED IN A CAVE

Vintage Biblical illustration features Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh after the Tenth Plague, Death of the Firstborn. Babies lay dead on the steps with their mothers distraught as Pharaoh finally grants permission to the Israelites to leave Egypt.

Basilica and Church of the annunciation in Nazareth - the place where Jesus was born

A stock photo of a tomb crypt under the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy built in the 6th century.

Old stone chapel in the village of Saint Alban, ancient ruined church. Photo taken near Cerdon village in Bugey mountains, in Ain departement, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France, in Europe, shot during a sunny summer day.

Madaba, Jordan - September, 30, 2013: the Madaba Mosaic Map, a map with hills, valleys and towns in Palestine and the Nile Delta dating from the 6th century on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George

Bible on the wooden table

Old representation of Christian celestial hemisphere. From Atlas Coelestis, created by Andreas Cellarius, published in Amsterdam, ca. 1660

image of open antique book on wooden table with glitter overlay

Man explores narrow passage in ancient abandoned underground chalky cave monastery.

Vienna, Austria - May 20, 2017: An ancient tome with miniature illustration, open inside a display case of the Austrian National Library, famous historic library of Vienna, on may 20, 2017

Bit tattered.

Open old book, light from the sunset sky, heaven. Fantasy, imagination, education, religion concept.

Rila Mountain, Bulgaria - August 19, 2019 : Followers of the Universal White Brotherhood,perform a dance-like ritual called paneurhythmy

"An old 19th century map, engraved and printed in England in 1845, depicting ancient Palestine ('Antiqua Palestina' as it's written on the map itself) at the times of Jesus Christ, from Damascus in the north down to the land south of the Dead Sea in the south. On the bottom right corner there's an enlargement of the old city of Jerusalem."

Paul preaches in Athens (Acts 17). Wood engraving, published in 1886.

Jesus Christ heals the sick people. Bible theology. Christianity. Illustration published 1879. Source: Original edition is from my own archives. Copyright has expired and is in Public Domain.

Religious still life of 5 loaves of bread, an antique wine jug and 2 fish

The Dome of the Rock (Qubbet el-Sakhra) is one of the greatest of Islamic monuments, it was built by Abd el-Malik, Jerusalem, Israel

St John the evangelist as a young man without a beard and st Paul with a book, romanesque painting from the 1100s in Övraby church, Sweden, November 6, 2009

A Vector illustration of the Cross of Three Nail Elements. Perfect for acrylic blanks, cricut, tumblers, glasses, t-shirts, pillows, tote bags, garden flags, towels and plus many more!!

Panoramic view from drone of Czech town of Kutna Hora overlooking medieval Jesuit College and St. Barbara Cathedral on sunny autumn day, Central Bohemian Region

Ark of the Covenant Isolated on a White Background

Paul ends the letter to the Ephesians, and hands it over to Tychicus (Ephesians 6, 21 - 23). Wood engraving, published in 1886.

Witches' Sabbath 17th century As Hexensabbat or Teufelstanz designated hexene theorists in the early modern regular secret, nocturnal, solid-like so-called meeting hexene and Hexer a region with the devil at a certain, usually remote place, the so-called Hexentanzplatz . Original edition from my own archives Source : Bilder-Atlas - Ikonographische Encyklopädie 1870 after Michael Herr (1626): Witches' Sabbath on the Brocken ( B. Berg / Blocksberg )

a whale in the historic old town of cologne in front of the romanesque basilica of great saint martin in blurred background

A drawing of Michelangelo's The Creation of Man from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Rome, Italy, from a Victorian book dated 1879 that is no longer in copyright

GENOA, ITALY - June 2020: antique statue of angel (1910, marble) in a Christian Catholic cemetery - Italy

Dark old room in Poblet cloister with stained glass window and candelabra, Spain

ISTANBUL - JANUARY 03 :Hagia Sophia was beautifully decorated with mosaics within the centuries during Byzantine period in January 03,2012 in Istanbul.

Bible, religion, christianity concept. Old Testament biblical Genesis religious series. Fight struggle of young fighter David with sling against giant philistine warrior Goliath with spear and shield.

Saint Peter holding the key of heaven statue on Holy Angel Bridge in Rome, made in the 17th century by sculptor Lorenzetto

ancient stained glass angel playing a harp

Antique gold cross isolated on white background

Ruins of the Basilica of St. John at Ephesus - Selcuk, Turkey

Engraved illustration of Jesus on the Way to Emmaus Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored.

Ephesus (Éphesos; Turkish: Efes) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. The city was famous in its day for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), which has been designated one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its many monumental buildings included the Library of Celsus and a theatre capable of holding 24,000 spectators. Ephesus was recipient city of one of the Pauline epistles; one of the seven churches of Asia addressed in the Book of Revelation; the Gospel of John may have been written there; and it was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils (see Council of Ephesus). The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263. Although it was afterwards rebuilt, its importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. In 614, it was partially destroyed by an earthquake. Today, the ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, being accessible from Adnan Menderes Airport and from the resort town Kuşadası. In 2015, the ruins were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Gypsy Girl Mosaic of Zeugma. The mosaic is 2000 years old. And made by unknown artist from the ancient time. these mosaics are still in Gaziantep city of Turkey.

Vintage painting shows a panoramic view of Gaza in the State of Palestine, 1839.