Christianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symbolic meaning developed into splendid art and churches.
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Air Date: 2012-11-27
In the first episode Waldemar Januszczak looks at how Christianity emerged into the Roman Empire as an artistic force...
Air Date: 2012-12-04
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Air Date: 2012-12-11
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Air Date: 2012-12-18
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