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Christianity because he wanted a unified empire, and he wanted to use christianity to help him unifiy his culturally diverse empire, so he wanted christians throughout the empire to agree on major theological issues. >> in the year 325 a.d., constantine called the worlds bishops to the small town of nicaea outside the imperial city of byzantium to grapple with the essence of christian belief. >> what we now call the nicaean creed, "i believe in god, the father almighty and heaven on earth." thos...

Teaching about the nature of god, about the nature of jesus, about relationships within the church. >> but once constantine legalized the church, long standing doctrinal questions broke into the open. the biggest of them going to the core of christian belief. was jesus truly the son of god or just a wise man? >> constantine didnt care which side won this debate. constantine wanted a unified christianity because he wanted a unified empire, and he wanted to christianity to help him unifiy his cult...

His culturally diverse empire, so he wanted christians throughout the empire to agree on major theological issues. >> in the year 325 a.d., constantine called the worlds bishops to the small town of nicaea outside the imperial city of byzantium to grapple with the essence of christian belief. >> what we now call the nicaean creed, "i believe in god, the father almighty and heaven on earth." those tenets of faith come down from the 4th century and are still the bottom line of christian teaching t...

Christianity to help him unifiy his culturally diverse empire, so he wanted christians throughout the empire to agree on major theological issues. >> in the year 325 a.d., constantine called the worlds bishops to the small town of nigh see nicea, outside the empire atcity of byzantium to grapple with the essence of christian belief. >> what we now call the nicean creed, "i believe in god, the father almighty and heaven on earth." those tenets of faith come down from the 4th century and are still...

>> in the year 325 a.d., constantine called the worlds bishops to the small town of nigh see nicea, outside the empire atcity of byzantium to grapple with the essence of christian belief. >> what we now call the nicean creed, "i believe in god, the father almighty and heaven on earth." those tenets of faith come down from the 4th century and are still the bottom line of christian teaching today. >> in the heart of the nicean creed and christian faith is the jesus was both god and man. >> the ear...

Imperial theology that you were talking about that has been with us since 325 a.d. and the council of nicea where there became one empire, one church and god help anyone that differs with either one. and that led to crusades, inquisitions, conqistadors and the idea was lets skip the council of nicea and go back to the days of jesus where he told us to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit those in prison, clothe the naked. so we feel that there was a great error in this imperial theo...

its a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to th...

jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, hes political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but ...