The series also digs into inter-Muslim disputes, between Sunni and Shia, between Turks and Arabs, that can shed some light on the endless Muslim-on-Muslim violence that plagues the Middle East to this day. And it clearly shows that persecution of Christians, genocide of Christians, abuse of Christian children and women, and so on, is nothing new.
Stanislav Minakov
Rating: 8.7|Votes: 6
Alas, Russian society did not heed the remarkable clairvoyance and warning of Fr. Nicholai (and not only of him), and therefore underwent the onerous punishments of the twentieth century.
Rating: 1|Votes: 1
Today, we continually ask the question of radical Islam: “Why do you hate so violently? Why are you so intolerant?” Maybe, just maybe, we should have asked that question of European leaders long ago — historically speaking.
Deacon Joseph Gleason
Rating: 9.8|Votes: 6
I am forever grateful to the faithful people who built that simple church for God in the early nineteenth century. They probably didn’t realize their efforts would impact people, and their devotion to Christ, for centuries to come.
Rating: 6|Votes: 3
From the perspective of visual art and culture, the Reformation was one of the greatest catastrophes that ever befell Europe. Obviously, there were also cultural gains, in the form of mass literacy, and new forms of visual media, including pamphlets and cartoons. But in terms of paintings, murals, sculpture, architecture, and stained glass, the losses were irreparable.