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48 to 49, the first apostolic council is called in order to resolve the issue of gentile christians. do they convert or don't they convert? >> paul argues that the holy spirit had descended upon the gentiles apart from the law of moses. therefore, there was no reason to insist that those gentiles be converted first to judaism in order to be a member of the church. and james, the brother of jesus, presiding over this jerusalem council, agrees with paul. >> it was a huge triumph for the new faith, and especially for paul, whose argument had won the day. the jesus message was for the whole world,...

Filth through layer after layer of the heavens to the true spiritual realm. it's very attractive. it offers a form of self-discovery, of self-truth, self-realization. >> the gnostic message was very seductive. a mix of greek philosophy, egyptian religion and eastern mysticism, all very contemporary in its spirituality. >> the new testament gospels are gospels of the cross. the gnostic gospels are gospels of wisdom. the new testament gospels care about salvation from sin. the gnostic gospels care about salvation from ignorance. the new testament gospels look to stimulate faith.

And as this begins to be understood by the jews, then opposition to this movement is no longer a political thing. it's a very strong religious thing. >> in fact, it will come to bitterly divide the family and lead to centuries of persecution. but now in the years after the death of jesus, his followers needed to keep his message alive. and they get two messengers, who could not be more different. peter, the simple fisherman from galilee, who was jesus' chief apostle. and paul, the sophisticated pharisee. together they will create a religion that would change the world. ♪ ♪ [ construction s...

Was convinced would put in awe all those people of rome. >> believers in jesus also provided answers to the central mystery of life. >> the questions pagans were asking were, "what was going to happen to me when i die? how do i get forgiveness from sin?" the christian church said, "we can provide you those answers." >> believe in the resurrected jesus and win eternal life. that was the message that had appealed across the roman empire. a message that first spread throughout the huge jewish community outside israel. >> over a million jews in egypt and alexandria, jews in damascus, jews in antio...

>> in the acts of the apostles, luke tells us that it was an antioch that the believers were first called christians. >> there's some evidence to suggest the term "christian" itself was actually used by the opponents of the followers of jesus, as a term of derogation that, in fact, these are christians, little christs. who was christ? he was the one who was crucified, that's what these people deserve, as well. >> the christians now had a name and an identity of their own. it marked the beginning of the public split with judaism. >> you both claim the same heritage going back to abraham. at som...