Christianity-The First Two Thousand Years
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Artist: Christianity-First Thousand YeBrand: A&E
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 400 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Christianity-The First Two Thousand Years
DVD Review: DVD "Christianity- The first two thousand years"
Summary: 4 Stars
Christianity-The First Two Thousand Years
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DVD Review: Viewer Beware
Summary: 3 Stars
First of all, 'documentaries' by A&E usually do not carry any guarantee of accuracy. But the real red flags should go up when Elaine Pagels or anyone from the "Jesus Seminar' offers their opinions. The private agendas of both are never stated but are highly suspect.DVD Review: Christianity First Thousand Years Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the VHS 4 tape set of Christianity - First Thousand Years and it is a very good source for studying the History of Christianity. It is a wonderful 4 tape set worth the viewing! I would advise all Christians to watch it and be more informed of what happened in the past and how Christianity is still flourishing all around the world. If you do not know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, I advise you to get to know Him. His is more than a good prophet and teacher. He is the Savior of the world for all who will put their faith and trust in Him.DVD Review: Truth and Certainty - Where is it to be found?
Summary: 1 Stars
(I wanted to rate this DVD zero, but the webstie wouldn't let me!)
This DVD set presents a view of Christianity frought with evil, mistakes, dictator popes, violence and injustice. Islam is never presented in a negative light. To the contrary, Muslims are the victims of the Christian aggressors who rape and torture and kill (according to Karen Armstrong, a disgruntled ex-nun). How anyone could view this DVD and not see the bias is astounding to me. They chose to include no orthodox, devout Catholics among their scholars and theologians, even though the Catholic Church was the only church that existed during ? of Christianity, including the break with the Orthodox church in 1054. John Dominic Crossan, is a renegade Catholic ex-priest (who married), who's written very unorthodox views of Jesus. Two of the scholars founded the "Jesus Seminar," which redefines Jesus as a common peasant and egalitarian. And then there's Paul Meyer (I've watched him before), Lutheran theologian, with a chip on his shoulder against the Catholic Church, who claims that Mary had other kids, that James was the head of the church, etc. I guess they think that John Q. Public will believe anything they say, simply because they are a professor at some college.
Yes, according to this "history," the Catholic Church did nothing right, absolutely nothing, and Christianity somehow struggled along and survived in spite of the Church. The historical pope is painted as an arrogant dictator, demanding that he be the head of the Church, leaving out the necessity of defending against Turks and Muslims who have launched a united (violent) attack against Christendom.
Another fable--Celibacy was never mentioned or required of priests until the 11th century. Sorry, folks, it was there from the beginning, although some chose to ignore it. But this DVD claims, and goes into detail, that on the thoughtless whim of a pope, celibacy was demanded, and this new, unreasonable demand ripped up happy homes and marriages.
The most profound omission is the lack of any sources, references, or documentation of the facts. We are just supposed to accept these so-called academics because they are academics.
They try to make up for the gaping omission of positive Catholicism by throwing in the frequent background chant (the same chant over and over) and some photography of the architecture.
This is an attack on truth and orthodoxy.
DVD Review: Good Exposure
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been interested in history but never read about Christian history except tangentially. These dvds provide a decent chronology especially as to the first 1000 years and they provide important details I was not aware of: St. Ignatius returned to school with adolescents to learn Latin, etc., so as to be allowed to preach; Nicea was prompted by Constantine's desire to publish 50 collections of what today we call the Bible; Pope Gregory enforced a very unpopular decree that (married) priests must be celibate; etc. Well worth the time.
Louis J Sheehan
Description of Christianity-The First Two Thousand Years
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 10/30/2001 Run time: 400 minutes Rating: Nr"This story is enormously unlikely." --Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion, Princeton University
Pagels is right on the mark: what began two millennia ago as a Jewish sect has grown into the most widespread religion in history, despite unbridled oppression in its early years and countless denominational splits ever since. The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in church history, and A&E's documentary Christianity: The First Thousand Years is a splendid example of solid scholarly research meshed with entertaining production values that speaks to this interest. The result is a resource with equal appeal for the historian and the theologian alike.
The issues that confronted the early church seem now quite strange since there are 2,000 years of tradition behind them today:
- Should gentile converts to the Jesus movement have to adhere to the laws of kashrut?
- What authority did Paul have as an apostle though he never personally knew Jesus?
- What is Jesus' relationship to God?
- How can a tripartite Christian theology be resolved with Judaism's strong tradition of monotheism?
- Which texts should form the Christian scripture?
- What relationship do the apostolic bishops at Jerusalem, Damascus, Rome, Constantinople, and elsewhere have to each other--and how should the church be structured?
- What should be the central statement of faith of Christians?
The rapid spread of the church from the controversial conversion of Constantine to the conquests of Otto is tied closely to the history of the Roman Empire itself. Without the empire as its catapult, it is unlikely that Christianity would have spread even to remote Iceland and Finland by the year 1000. The early church modeled itself structurally on imperial institutions, and it integrated itself into the fabric of imperial life. Indeed, the central role of Christianity in Byzantine life is one of numerous often-overlooked but fascinating historical perspectives that A&E manages to cover here.
The four-part set features Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, whose unusual but pleasant voices will be well known to viewers of A&E's TV series Mysteries of the Bible. Like the TV series, Christianity: The First Thousand Years is marked by thorough scholarship, including interviews with many highly regarded scholars such as Pagels. Snippets of these interviews are interspersed with photography from the Holy Land and some reenactments, leading to an informative and revealing exploration of the early church. --Erik J. Macki
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