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Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine

Series: Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine
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Episodes
6
Rating
TVPG
Year
2015
Language
English
Publisher
PBS

About

Historian Jonathan Phillips journeys to the historic sites of early Christianity.
Embark on an exciting and visually stunning journey to the beautiful and important historical places of early Christianity, starting from where Christianity was born, growing from a small movement called "The Way" to its eventual place as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Today, Christianity is the largest religion in the world, with over 2 billion followers. Author and distinguished history professor Jonathan Phillips takes a 12,000-mile personal journey through seven countries in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East to bring this rich history to life. Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine is both an entertaining and enlightening six-hour journey, full of sights and sounds that capture the essence of Christianity's early history and its incredible triumph against all odds. Episodes Include: Birth of a Faith; The Great Missionary; Age of the Apostles; From Apocalypse to Heresies; Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs; Constantine.
Embark on an exciting and visually stunning journey to the beautiful and important historical places of early Christianity, starting from where Christianity was born, growing from a small movement called "The Way" to its eventual place as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Today, Christianity is the largest religion in the world, with over 2 billion followers. Author and distinguished history professor Jonathan Phillips takes a 12,000-mile personal journey through seven countries in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East to bring this rich history to life. Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine is both an entertaining and enlightening six-hour journey, full of sights and sounds that capture the essence of Christianity's early history and its incredible triumph against all odds. Episodes Include: Birth of a Faith; The Great Missionary; Age of the Apostles; From Apocalypse to Heresies; Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs; Constantine.

Related Subjects

  • History
  • Faith & Inspiration
  • Christian

Episodes

1. Birth of a Faith

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The series begins in Bethlehem and travels throughout the Holy Land. With the Gospels as a guide, host Jonathan Phillips traces the life of Jesus from his birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection.

2. The Great Missionary

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Meet the man whose transformation is one of the most compelling in history, the Apostle Paul. Journey with Jonathan Phillips as he re-traces Paul's bold quest to bring the Christian message to Asia and Europe, a quest which would see him imprisoned, beaten and on the brink of death.

3. Age of the Apostles

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Travel with Jonathan Phillips on Paul's third and final missionary journey as the Apostolic Age comes to an end. Witness how the remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their unwavering beliefs. In Rome, Paul and the Apostle Peter will both meet their fate at the hands of one of the cruelest tyrants in history.

4. From Apocalypse to Heresies

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In this episode, the city of Jerusalem is rocked by war. Host Jonathan Phillips travels to Patmos Island where John was exiled and visits the cave where John wrote the most enigmatic book of the New Testament, Revelation. Phillips traces the crucial battle where powerful heretics claiming special knowledge of Jesus threatened to distort, divide and even to destroy the Christian faith.

5. Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs

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Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today. Phillips visits places where Christians faced unimaginable violence because of their beliefs, where the Roman Empire threatened everything that Christians stood for with their pagan temples, emperor cult and vicious tortures.

6. Constantine

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In the final episode, host Jonathan Phillips explains how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity. The faith grew stronger as the empires and emperors weakened. It would be the conversion of one man – Constantine the Great - that would fully transform the fortunes of the Christian faith.

Extended Details

  • SeriesAncient Roads from Christ to Constantine
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Hector GalanDirector
Hector GalanProducer
Jonathan PhillipsActor