Europe's Untold Christian History | Parable Investigates

History tells us that the Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in the 4th century. But did Christianity conquer Rome or did pagan Rome conquer Christianity? Did Christianity also secretly thrive within the Roman army? And could the eruption of Vesuvius have actually spurred on the spread of Christianity? Join Simcha Jacobovici on this remarkable journey into the true origins of Christianity, challenging everything we thought we knew.

00:00 The Emperor Constantine
44:03 The Roman Army's Secret Christians
1:28:04 Vesuvius & The Spread Of Christianity

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[FaithAndMystery]

Faith plays a crucial role in shaping cultures and societies. It influences traditions, moral values, social norms, and laws. Different faiths have led to the creation of diverse cultural practices and rituals around the world.

[SecretsOfScripture]

Praise God for your incredible testimony! Your journey from homelessness and addiction to finding Jesus and transforming your life is truly inspiring. Your story is a powerful reminder of the redemptive power of faith and the hope that comes from a relationship with Christ. May your home continue to be filled with love and blessings. Hallelujah! 🙌🌟

[kennymichaelalanya]

You guys should do a video on "the truth about Christianity's origin in Africa"
I love to hear the Ethiopians perspective.

[Myopinionmatters]

Growing up over seas and my dad made me love documentaries. I saw a people with a culture. Everyone is poverty and still happy. It made me ask myself a lot of questions. It brought me here. 🙏

[sharlagrant]

Oh my lord, litterally, I love you and how far you go to relate history, science, and the Bible together. It is a rare breed of people that really deep dive into the most important book ever written.

[TIENxSHINHAN]

Humans used to have some of the most insane architecture. A giant statue strategically placed so it looks like the sun is rising over your king's head is some nut shit.

[devidattagiri]

Mitra is also another name for Sun 🌞 in Hinduism

Food for thought

[lucasroche]

Programs like this demonstrate to us how history isn't hidden from us in the way people think but rather evidence, writings and events are generally seen in isolation rather than as part of one continuous series timeline, often things aren't placed into the bigger picture because it would mean that every discipline involved would have to be stopped and it's history added to (or even changed) and passed on immediately to all the world to keep up to date and correct at every moment. So much research goes on around the world at all times as it is and not every new discovery gets included to the subject for many reasons, not all discoveries become well known among other associated disciplines or they are wrongly ignored and so on.
To bring every bit of new information included to create an all encompassing databank of a subject like Christianity would mean creating a central organisation of history and that would immediately get assisted of bias towards and against ...whoever, it would be distrusted, accused of bias, heresy, anything you can think of, then there would be the different sects of the religion, arguments between disciplines because say, Paleography disagrees with carbon dating or again, anything you can think of.
Then there is 'what kind of Christianity was it?' that would cause disagreements about any secr you can think of. And then.... Associated religions, what type of Islam? Of Judaism? Some would argue 'should they even be included?' or, what ever differences they have enterally regarding elements of Christianity or, Christianities.
There is too much information on the topic that its history and events can't be centralised and it presented as one continual linear situation taking place over a 2000+ year period.
To have a presentation of Christianity presented in that way would mean a documentary shown nightly over a 35 years length, and it would have to include random recaps regarding sometimes almost pointless events about new things that have shown up at archaeological digs and in libraries etc.
It would be a life long never ending endeavour that's for sure

[arunanand]

Mitra, in the pantheon of Vedic Hinduism, one of the gods in the category of Adityas, sovereign principles of the universe. He represents friendship, integrity, harmony, and all else that is important in the successful maintenance of order in human existence.

[doloresburmeister]

Constantine hijacked christianity Thank you for this programme.

[incorruptibleword]

Rome certainly collected the gods and subsequent aspects of faith/religious beliefs of the people they conquered. To learn the ways and beliefs of the people they conquered would have been highly beneficial to them when it came to ruling over foreign subjects. Out of the mixing pot of religious beliefs they accumulated it would be within their best interest to incorporate the fastest growing belief into their own religious structure in order to consolidate authority for themselves.

[teosinghsyiem]

thank you sir. historical information like this makes Bible reading very interesting.

[NimrodTargaryen]

One of the best documentary preparatory to the Council of Nicaea, when government and church set the rules for diverting the simple doctrines of Christ for dominating the minds and spirits of mankind

[theseustoo]

It's easy to understand why Constantine saw himself as 'divine'... the Cult of the Emperor has its roots in the 'Cult of the Hero', which stretches back through ancient history through heroes such as Julius Caesar (and the other Caesars too!), Alexander, Cyrus, Achilles, Theseus, Jason and Perseus to Herakles and Osiris... and even further!

The basis of this cult of the hero was that the hero who conquered all his enemies and thus subdued and subjected the whole (of the known) world to his rule, by doing so, proved his position as the 'Son of Heaven' (or the 'Son of God'...) and thus his semi-divinity. This was what the 'Mysteries' (i.e. the various 'mystery cults' or 'mystery religions') were all about. So it's hardly surprising that Christianity (yet another 'mystery religion') should thus appropriate Constantine as one of 'their own'...

Oh, and the 'god' they were supposedly the 'son' of, was most often the Sun! (Though the 'divine Julius' was seen as the descendent of Venus, while Alexander was the 'son of Zeus'). And, as Dr Carrier has shown, intimations of a 'resurrection' were drawn from the 'death and rebirth' of the sun... i.e. the winter solstice.

Btw, why does this video of Simcha's remind me so much of Richard Carrier's work? Certainly Mr Jacobovici doesn't quote Carrier or cite him in any of this video... but perhaps he should... I've a feeling he owes a large intellectual debt to Carrier, to say the least. :/

[keitharcher]

during the time God was convicting me of my sinful life I was in he gave me a dream, in that dream I was living with a partner and she came running into our flat to tell me to come outside,
she then ran ahead me when I got out side people were running about look like they was in a state of panic, then all of a sudden I was engulfed by bright orange fire I fell to the floor like a planc of wood just as my face hit the floor I woke up totally freaked out, a week later spoke to a friend who I hadn't spoke to in years, he aske me if I dreamt about fire, shortly after that God led me to Jesus to accept him and I did by onward convictions from the holy spirit as I began to understand, I will never forget that dream. I hope this helps to understand his love for us that he pre warns us b4 time.

[davidsinger]

I agree sister. I love everyone in our local church, but I feel that something is missing. I think this book and what you’re talking about is on point.

[janettedavis]

There is a statue of Constantine in Yorkshire England.
I heard his mother converted to Christianity and Constantine converted later.

[iskhamza]

It's enjoyable to listen to other people portray their theories. You can only learn from people by understanding their way of thinking, even if it doesn't sit well with you.

[BibleResearchTools]

At about the 41:30 mark you mentioned Domitian as one of the greatest persecutors of early Christians. I have found no evidence that there was any widespread persecution by Domitian. Eusebius mentioned a Domitian persecution about 200 years after the fact, but that appears to be more of an embellishment than a historical fact. What are your sources for a Domitian persecution?

Thanks,
Dan

[rsrusli]

Greetings from Indonesia! Thank you so much for sharing the information.