War, power and propaganda. From pagan, polythesis and previous monothesis ideas, symbols and stories comes the New Testament in a precise political time period. To understand the New Testatment as a peaceful and pacifying messiah story opposing force to the war messiah ideas of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The forensic anthropological/archeoligical of coins and catacombs are compelling. Constatin made Christianity legal but it was never truly persecuted and Flavius created the intial cult with inclusive narrative that had pagan ideas and symbols. Very good propaganda!! Positive portrayal of Jew and non-Jew real histrorical figures in Paul's gospel Power people pulled psychological strings lomg time ago. People do not eant to ser the truth and seek safety, stories and comfort. They allow themselves to be controlled until today, believing they found the way when the way was paved for them and they cannot think beyomd the bonds they were exposed to.
Catholic comes from "universal" in Greek. This story of poltics, power and religion is universal. We see all this before and after. In Asia (Zoorastrian, Hindu, Islam, etc.) and the Americas (Aztec, Mayas, Chimu, etc.)
Faith and fear are human everywhere amd every time. Nicely done doc about a specific place, time and contezt to create the world #1 Religion today.