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Christians became an apostle who spread the gospel of christ can be found on the road to damascus. as he near damascus on his journey suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him he fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him saul saul why do you persecute me. this is how saul's conversion is described in the act of the apostles. he grabbed his poems for damascus and i believe that paul had a deeply existential experience on the road to damascus it's cup herson all experience that's how he encountered christ and that's what made him change his life radically and it wasn't because of som...

There was even a god without a name the unknown god or god they even made sacrifices to him just to be sure that no deity had been forgotten when they would take some convincing to abandon this centuries old practice what did paul have to offer the. only apostle spoke to the people at the area up against traditionally the political center of athens it was a disastrous appearance. the greeks saw paul's messages untutored blasphemous and nonsensical. he preached the resurrection of the body for the greeks this sounded like an ancient egyptian mummy cult. far from being able to convert them paul ...

Apostle at the head was the church in rome where peter was centered. >> rome is a giant empire if you're a christian you're saying you believe in a man, jesus, who is a king above all kings and not the roman king, you put yourself in opposition to the roman empire. and that's a really dangerous situation for early christians. >> despite the dangers facing christians in rome, peter holds secret gatherings where he preaches the word of christ. >> rome is a society 75 to 80% slaves. they're not human, can't marry, can be bought and sold, whipped and raped. so suddenly there is this movement that ...

To be preposterous. >> i believe it was more than once she said but i'm listening to you very closely. how does he come to terms with his faith and, you called it, his businessman past. others have called it a playboy past. how does he explain that to you? >> the apostle, paul, who has been called the greatest example of christianity that christianity ever produced, he was none for -- he persecuted the church in his previous life but he said i wrong nod man because the person i am now and the person i was then are two different persons. so the donald trump of today, president trump, is not the...

Pawn of the french crown. and in an attempt to cement his power over the church, his would be the most notorious resignation by undermining its very foundation. >> peter is buried on the vatican hill, and st. peter's basilica is built over his tomb. popes are seen as inheriting that charisma, and that role, standing in for the apostle. his tomb is the foundation charter for the papacy. but king phillip demands that pope clement leave st. peter in rome and move the papacy to operate under his thumb, in france. >> the pope eventually will end up setting up quarters at avignon.