7.3/1019 votes#1 - Birth of a Faith
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2015
The series begins in Bethlehem and travels throughout the Holy Land. With the Gospels as a guide, host Jonathan Phillips traces the life of Jesus from his birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection.
Director: Hector Galan
Writer: N/A
7.9/1017 votes#2 - The Great Missionary
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2015
Meet the man whose transformation is one of the most compelling in history, the Apostle Paul. Journey with Jonathan Phillips as he re-traces Paul's bold quest to bring the Christian message to Asia and Europe, a quest which would see him imprisoned, beaten and on the brink of death.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1015 votes#3 - Age of the Apostles
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2015
Travel with Jonathan Phillips on Paul's third and final missionary journey as the Apostolic Age comes to an end. Witness how the remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their unwavering beliefs. In Rome, Paul and the Apostle Peter will both meet their fate at the hands of one of the cruelest tyrants in history.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1012 votes#4 - From Apocalypse to Heresies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2015
In this episode, the city of Jerusalem is rocked by war. Host Jonathan Phillips travels to Patmos Island where John was exiled and visits the cave where John wrote the most enigmatic book of the New Testament, Revelation. Phillips traces the crucial battle where powerful heretics claiming special knowledge of Jesus threatened to distort, divide and even to destroy the Christian faith.
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7.4/1014 votes#5 - Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2015
Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today. Phillips visits places where Christians faced unimaginable violence because of their beliefs, where the Roman Empire threatened everything that Christians stood for with their pagan temples, emperor cult and vicious tortures.
Director: N/A
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7.0/1013 votes#6 - Constantine
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2015
In the final episode, host Jonathan Phillips explains how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity. The faith grew stronger as the empires and emperors weakened. It would be the conversion of one man - Constantine the Great - that would fully transform the fortunes of the Christian faith.
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The Best Episodes of Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine Season 1
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Jonathan Phillips attempts to find the answer to the question: How did Christianity grow and develop from just a small, Jewish sect to the largest,...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Birth of a Faith" is the best rated episode of "Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Hector Galan and written by N/A, it aired on 4/1/2015. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Great Missionary".