BBC - A History of Christianity (2009) Part 2 Catholicism - The Unpredictable Rise of Rome

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.

Part 2 Catholicism - The Unpredictable Rise of Rome

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the rise of the Roman Catholic Church. Over one billion Christians look to Rome, but how did a small Jewish sect from the backwoods of 1st century Palestine, which preached humility and the virtue of poverty, become the established religion of western Europe? MacCulloch tells how confession was invented by monks in a remote island off the coast of Ireland, and how the Crusades gave Britain the university system.

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