Early Christian Schisms - How the Modern Church was Formed DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of religions and Christianity continues with an episode in which we describe the early church schisms through the prism of Christian schisms, as we try to deduce how the modern Christianity was formed. We discuss Arianism, Monophysitism, Nestorianism and other sects and churches.

Music courtesy of EpidemicSound

00:00 Intro
02:19 Early Church in Jerusalem
04:02 Early Christian Regional Councils
06:33 First Ecumenical Council
11:06 First Council of Constantinople
12:08 Council of Ephesos
15:43 Council of Chalcedon
18:45 Later Councils and conclusion

#Documentary #christanity #schisms

[Liquidsback]

Soooo....you are just NOT going to talk about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and its divisive nature at the Council of Nicaea?

[Imperiumhibernum]

As an orthodox christian i found this video extremely accurate except for the mentioning of Jerusalem as the birthplace of christ. He was born in Bethlehem which is adjacent to Jerusalem but not part of the city. Jerusalem is however the birthplace of the church because it was there that pentecost happened.

[Bpaynee]

Saying this as a not exactly religious person, these debates actually had a huge impact on history and our resulting world today. Perspectives like the humanity or divinity of Jesus have shaped the worldview of generations in ways that are difficult to understand without examining this aspect of history. Great addition, thanks!

[apollosdomain]

Can you guys do one on Zoroastrianism, its origin, early interaction with various polytheistic Iranic and Semitic religions, it’s spread and later how it influenced other religions of the near east.

[christianwalton]

As a religious Christian man: I think this was a pretty good and simplified introduction to the history of Ecumenical Councils for those who are unfamiliar with much of Church history. Thank you for this video :)

[Wkumar]

The divisions of the Early Church shaped not only the modern beliefs of Christianity but also how the secular world would approach the subject of religion. These debates were some of the most important in Western History.

[nourerrahmanebrahmia]

Augustine of Hippo is from my city, Annaba (ancient hippo), Algeria, and his mother Monica too, and Donatus is from modern day Tebessa, he is considered a national hero in Algeria, since donatism is viewed as a Numidian uprising against Roman authority.

[RedX]

Funny how the Great Schism is always remembered as a turning point of Christianity while there had been several important schims before it. Once again, it is important to see who is telling the story.

[QuasarSniffer]

Very glad that the debate between whether or not Free Will can shape our actions or if we are only moral due to Divine Grace would be solved by the end of the 5th century. What a thorny issue that could have been! I'm sure that British Bishop who debated with Augustine didn't bring his resentment back home at all.

[arthegor]

As an Orthodox Christian I love this video explaining in some detail the controversies. I wished you could added the slapping of Arian by Saint Nicholas and how he got thrown in the jail. On account of this, Constantine revoked Nicholas's miter and pallium but in the cell that night he got dressed back by the Virgin and given a book by Christ if I recall correctly. Which is an important event in the eastern church.

[angelb.]

Having attended a Greek Orthodox academy, I had a wish of researching the various Oriental sects of early Christianity and the split that emerged from it before the schism of 1054, just for research though. Kings and Generals does a great job in simplying the events leading to the creation of the sects that would shape the very modern Christian nations of the Middle-East.

And just to be clear, I don't have intentions of picking sides. Just doing research purposes.

[josephthornton]

As a Devout Evangelical Protestant, this explanation of early schisms makes more sense than any attempts at explanation I have ever heard. Watching this seems to mirror Christian differences that persist in denominations today. I especially understand how Christianity became too popular to ignore, yet persecution just fueled the spread even more (still does). So secular and pagan governments like Emperors had no choice but to get involved (like establishing holidays) to settle disputes and uprisings. This also makes sense for Epistles and books of the Bible taking so long to be written, organized and eventually Canonized. Also, good reason for some perceived contradictions in some passages, with all of these books being written in different regions by different sects and over a large period of time.

[shehansenanayaka]

Kings and generals are always brilliant. We always appreciate your time and hard work to make these videos. Love from Sri Lanka ❤

[thetanpopsicle]

Timestamp 11:56 --->According to tradition, the See of Rome was founded by Peter, not Paul; Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not Jerusalem.
Timestamp 15:43 ---> "Nestorianism" still exists among the native Iraqi Christians to this day. The Christians you call "Monophysites" exist in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq as well. Both terms you use are considered pejorative by these communities.

[Ishkur]

Here's a handy cheat sheet for understanding early Christian sects:

Regarding God's nature:

Binitarianism (God is twins)
Trinitarianism (God is triplets)
Sebellianism or Modalism (God is multiple personality disorder)
Subordinationism (One part of God is better than the others)
Arianism (one part ain't God)
Sabbatarianism (one part doesn’t exist)
Adoptionism (one part wasn’t God until later on)
Monarchianism or Unitarianism (you can’t cut God up like a pie, you idiots)

Regarding Jesus' nature:

Monophysitism (Jesus was an indivisible God)
Henophysitism (Jesus was a single humanGod)
Dyophysitism or Nestorianism (Jesus was separately human and God)
Docetism (that’s silly, God would never take physical form – Jesus was a ghost)
Audianism (God can be a physical being all he wants)
Eutychianism (Jesus was human but still better than any other human)
Apollinarism (Jesus had a human body but a God mind)
Patripassianism (God died on the cross to see what it felt like – turns out it really hurt)
Logos[ism] (Jesus was a word that God spoke)
Homoousian (Jesus was three separate but equal realities)

Regarding beliefs:

Donatism (baptism is stupid)
Novatianism (rebirth is stupid)
Pelagianism (salvation is stupid)
Semipelagianism (okay, so salvation may not be so stupid...but it still requires a lot of divine intervention)
Montanism (forgiveness is stupid)
Antinomianism (organized religion is stupid)
Legalism (faith without organized religion is stupid)
Quartodecimism (let’s replace Jewish holidays with Christian ones)
Animism (all dogs go to Heaven)
Esotericism (let’s do everything in Latin so no one knows what we’re up to)
Gnosticism (everyone else is wrong)

Regarding reconciliation with Judaism:

Ebionites (Jesus was the Messiah but not the son of God)
Nazarenes (Jesus was the Messiah and the son of God)
Messianic Jews (Jesus was God: The Son).
Marcionism (a sect of Jewish Christianity that completely rejects Judaism)
Gnosticism (a sect of Christianity that completely rejects Christianity)

All these schisms occurred before the year 400 CE. After then, things start getting crazy.

[angelb.]

18:38 "The Churches of the East continue to exist to this day, having profound impacts on the Middle-East's cultural tapestry".

Me also watching Bishop Emmanuel Yoship/Mar Mari Manuel's videos on Youtube at the same time: It surely does.

[yindoh]

8:39 I am a bit confused. The Nicene creed in its original Greek states that the father and son ARE homoousioi. I think this part of the video is backwards. Nicene side was arguing that they were of the same essence (homoousioi) because the son did not come after the father while the Arians said they were not of the same essence because the son came after the father and was not fully divine. Unless I am missing something…

[ronjohnson]

Good overview of some really complicated stuff. I have some superficial understanding of the topics and this helped make some things clear.

[saadSulimanAyob]

Kings and Generals I have been watching you since I was 9 years old and I'm 13 years old

[nikostombris]

A video on Bogomilism and how Alexios komnenos dealt with it would be interesting