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>> the gospel of mary suggests that marys relationship with jesus is resented by peter. >> once marys finished instructing, a full scale argument breaks out between mary and peter. >> did he prefer her to us? >> what do you think? that i made this up in my heart, that i am lying about the savior? >> this is clearly a fight between the disciples for supremacy, for who is going to be the chief disciple and who properly carries on jesus teachings and missions. >> peter might have felt that it was h...

Jesus, you were raised christian, i understand. >> um-huh, yeah. >> did you have a frame of reference about jesus? >> he is the savior. thats how i go about it. without apology, im a christian. im not -- i was raised as a christian scientist but im not a practicing christian scientist although i still observe many of the tenants of mary and her writings. he is the guy. he is the one. >> when you got the role, and you started to research it, did you learn anything? >> funny. maybe its a karma or ...

Christian, i understand. >> um-huh, yeah. >> did you have a frame of reference about jesus? >> he is the savior. thats how i go about it. without apology, im a christian. im not -- i was raised as a christian scientist but im not a practicing christian scientist although i still observe many of the tenants of mary and her writings. he is the guy. he is the one. >> when you got the role, and you started to research it, did you learn anything? >> funny. maybe its a karma or a moment. universe fill...

Tangible representation of her savior, of her lord. ♪ >> sometime later, pieces of the true cross start appearing throughout the roman empire. >> our first evidence that fragments of the cross are being spread around the mediterranean is from the late 340s and 350s when we learn that people have taken pieces of the true cross over to the north african seaboard. >> if the tradition is correct, then that would only have been 20 years or so since its first finding that shows that physical particl...

>> reporter: a christmas celebration in a land that is not their own. they fled for their lives fearing death, but nothing could kill their faith. nearly 2,000 miles from mosul, iraq, where isis murders have tormented their people, including their muslim neighbors, these christian refugees have found a place to celebrate the birth of their lord and savior. >> "my last christmas was in my family house, my mom, and my dad and my brother and myself" she says "and we were hoping to be together once ...

According to christian history, 300 years after the crucifixion of christ, helena, the empress of rome, discovers the actual cross jesus died on. >> from the moment that the cross is found, people become interested in having a piece of the wood itself. because of its direct connection to the body of christ. >> legend says helena divides the cross into pieces. >> i imagine when helena broke up the cross, it was such a desire for her to take it with her. to be able to share this tangible represent...

Numbers of people leaving their country. while it is so devastating in places like iraq and syria, for christians in particular. christians have been targeted so they are leaving their homeland with the hope of returning, but they want to make sure they can keep their christianity as part of their lives. >> they thread florida their lives. 200 miles from mosul, iraq, tormented their people, lug their muslim neighbors, these christian refugees have found a place to celebrate the birth of their lo...

There are a group of christians who came together from iraq to remember the birth of christ and to think about how one day they may be able to go home. a christmas celebration in a land that is not their own. they fled for their lives fearing death but nothing could kill their faith. nearly 2,000 miles from mosul, iraq where isis murderers have tormented their people, including their muslim neighbors, these christian refugees found a place to celebrate the birth of their lord and savior. my last...

Star on all of his coins. and so when you say in a nativity story that the real star is, in fact, over a manger in bethlehem and a little peasant jewish boy is the savior and lord of the universe, that is a dramatic counterclaim to the message of roman imperial theology. >> i think these details become food for thought. i also agree with the expression "the devil is in the details." >> reverend a.r. bernard is the pastor and founder of the christian cultural center in new york city. >> to me, th...

Holiest site. rachel was the beloved wife of jacob, the third patriarch. she died in childbirth. muslims also revere bethlehem. the believe the prophet muhammad stopped here, escorted by the angel gabriel, on his midnight ride to jerusalem to visit the birthplace of jesus. ♪ and, of course, for christians, bethlehem, the city of king david, is the birthplace of jesus christ. >> you can see how it attracts people from all over the world, cause this is the birth of the savior, not just of an imp...