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The
Long Journey Home
Paul's
determination to face
his enemies sets off
a riot in Jerusalem,
and sees him through
trial and storm to his
final reward
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Jordan
River
of History, river of
God
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The
Quo Vadis Legend
In
his last trial, did
Peter fail? An old tale
says he did, then died
heroically
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The
leaven in the bread:
steady, silent, relentless
Man
to man, woman to woman,
parent to child, the
faith spreads irresistably-like
a disease, says officialdom,
moving massively to
wipe it out
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Rome
builds on North Africa's
wealth
Severus's
monuments still stand
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Unlike
today's, the old Druids
served their gods with
fire, blood and dagger
The
Galic rituals of human
sacrifice claimed both
criminals and innocents
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It's
a whole new era with
a whole new peril
An
overnight convulsion
changes the Christians
from outcasts to men
of distinction, wealth
and power, facing utterly
novel problems
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Coded
artwork in the catacombs
At
first, cautious Christians
decorated the tombs
mainly with signs and
symbols, but by the
fourth century many
catacombs included unmistakable
scenes from Jesus'
life
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The
real Santa Claus
Though
Nicholas and Valentine
have become festive
saints, both suffered
for their faith, Valentine
paying with his life
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The
man who stood against the world
Defying
emperors, bishops, officialdom, fire and
sword, Athanasius fights alone to save
the creed Christians would recite for
the next sixteen hundred years
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Justinian's
Masterpiece
Under
his watchful eye, magnificent Hagia Sophia
came into being, and to this day it dominates
Istanbul
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Attacked
by seeming half-humans
Squat,
flat nosed, arrogant, deadly and
so it appeared indefatigable, the
Huns were feared most of all, but
after Attila died, they faded fast
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