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Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine

Season 1
A compelling six-hour television series, Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine, takes viewers on an exciting and visually stunning journey to the beautiful and important historical places where Christianity was born and grew from a small movement called “The Way” to its place as the official religion of the Roman Empire.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Birth of a Faith
    March 31, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    Hour one begins in Bethlehem and travels throughout the Holy Land. With the Gospels as our guide, we join our host Jonathan Phillips as he traces the incredible journey of Jesus from his birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Great Missionary
    April 7, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    In hour two we meet the man whose transformation is one of the most compelling in history, the Apostle Paul. We journey with Jonathan Phillips as he re-traces Paul’s bold quest to bring the Christian message to Asia and Europe, a quest which would see him imprisoned, beaten, and on the brink of death.
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  3. S1 E3 - Age of the Apostles
    April 14, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    We travel with Jonathan Phillips on Paul’s third and final missionary journey as the Apostolic Age comes to an end. We witness how the remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their unwavering beliefs. In Rome, Paul and the Apostle Peter, will both meet their fate in the hands of one of the cruelest tyrants in history.
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  4. S1 E4 - From Apocalypse to Heresies
    April 21, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    In hour four, the city of Jerusalem will be rocked by war. Then we travel to Patmos Island where John was exiled and visit the cave where John wrote the most enigmatic book of the New Testament, Revelation. We witness the crucial battle where powerful heretics claiming special knowledge of Jesus threatened to distort, divide and even to destroy the Christian faith.
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  5. S1 E5 - Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs
    April 28, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today.
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  6. S1 E6 - Constantine
    May 5, 2015
    56min
    TV-PG
    In our last hour, we see how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity. But both emperors and empires had fallen exhausted, while the faith grew stronger. It would be the conversion of one man that would fully transform the fortunes of the Christian Faith. He is known as Constantine the Great. This is his incredible story.
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Content advisory
Violencesmokingsexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Hector Galán
Producers
Jerry DaigleHector GalánTip McPartlandKelvin PorterMichael ArataEvelyn Ledesma Galán
Cast
Jonathan Phillips
Studio
PBS
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