Empires - Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution | Salome Jens

Empires - Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution | Salome Jens | Outstanding Analysis of Early Church Growth

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	Empires - Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution Salome Jens Pbs Home Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Early Christianity faced powerful obstacles. The might of the Roman Empire and the power-politics of ancient Jerusalem laid a heavy burden on those who believed Jesus was "the Messiah." But this new faith would not die. In a brief span of time, the fledgling religion would transcend its origins in the provinces of Rome and absorb the capital of the empire itself. With the words of Paul and other ancient writers, interviews with contemporary scholars and dramatic reenactments, Peter and Paul explores how two men weathered crippling disagreements and political persecution to lead one of history's most astonishing religious movements.

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Peter & Paul

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I am very pleased with the CD of Peter&Paul and the Christian Revolution. Is very well made and documentated, clear for us some details that were not so clear before. I highly recomend it to enhance knowledge and faith.

Outstanding Analysis of Early Church Growth

I first watched this program a year or two ago, and although I thought it was good, I didn't think it was up to the level of an earlier PBS series on early Christianity, From Jesus to Christ. Then, in July 2007, in preparation for teaching some Sunday school classes on the book of Acts, I watched it again. In fact, I watched it several times, and went to the companion web site[..], which has a wealth of interesting material related to the people, events, and geography of the first-century church.

I now realize that this is an extraordinarily good and very carefully crafted explanation of the earliest growth of the church. It may not always be right (the series is at pains to point out that the historical record is very thin and often contradictory), but it is a coherent, consistent, and convincing account of how and why Christianity took root in Palestine and then began to spread across the Roman Empire. I had a good knowledge of the gospels, and a fair understanding of church development from the time of Constantine forward, but I never really understood the period from Jesus' death to the acceptance of Christianity in the 4th century. Luke's account in Acts and Paul's accounts in his letters are not consistent, and neither one provides the historical perspective that can only come with the passage of time. The gospels, of course, were written in the second half of the century, and they reflect where the Christian community was then, rather than how it got there. (Even though intuitively they would seem to predate the emergence of the church, in actuality they came afterwards and probably were written as core narratives for existing groups of believers.)

Although there is not a lot of sizzle or razzle-dazzle in the production, everything is meticulously thought out. If you are interested in really coming to a better understanding of Peter and Paul and the early church, rather than just looking for something entertaining on a religous theme, I don't think you can find anything more serious or historically thorough, or anything on video that will do a better job of deepening your understanding and appreciation of these apostles and their lives.

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Goyim Christianity and Messianic Judaism

interesting to note that messianic judaism did die when yerushalayeem died when roma burnt our beloved city to the ground and the Holy Temple destroyed by the savage romans. toda hshem (thank G'D) messianic judaism came back later on in the 20th century. one thing i noticed about the people speaking in this film failed to comment on is Shimeon (Peter) said "Shaul's teaching are hard to understand and that people will twist his teachings to their own destruction".
too say that Paul spoke out against judaism,torah,and torah observance is not biblical and not true. when it comes to the monies that Shaul brought with him to yerushalayeem he got from his goyyim converts too the jewish believers, no one can say that the jewish believes accepted or refused the money. the scriptures never talks about what happened to the money shaul brought with him too the jewish believers.
interesting film i give it 4 stars ****

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A Good Introduction

I think this video could have provided more detail but it is far better than most films. To be fair, there is little information other than the scant information form the New Testament and thus they had to infer about these persons. It is good that they gave the historical context for the Acts of the Apostles and the accepted Gospels and presented deeper meaning for the incidents in the Bible.

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