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Creating Christ

According tothe catholic encyclopedia, both of these images arepart of a family of...

[Narrator] According to
the catholic encyclopedia, both of these images are
part of a family of symbols used by early Christians, which includes a dolphin on an anchor, an anchor surrounded by fish, dolphins or fish with a trident, and other variations

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- [Narrator] According to the catholic encyclopedia,
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both of these images are part of a family of symbols
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used by early Christians,
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which includes a dolphin on an anchor,
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an anchor surrounded by fish,
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dolphins or fish with a trident,
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and other variations.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:41
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Forensics expert J.S. Valliant reconstructs back story of how Roman Elites conspired to create Christianity, changing the course of history.
- This provided at last the first physical evidence - Creating Christ 00:10
- This provided at last the first physical evidence
- I guess the big discovery they made was that, - Creating Christ 00:18
- I guess the big discovery they made was that,
Around the same period that image, - Creating Christ 00:10
Around the same period that image,
Now if the Romans were hated enemies, - Creating Christ 00:08
Now if the Romans were hated enemies,
It's so strange, it's like - Creating Christ 00:11
It's so strange, it's like
I mean, they do a, - Creating Christ 00:09
I mean, they do a,
But that was a very surprising thing, - Creating Christ 00:09
But that was a very surprising thing,
- [Narrator] Why did Titus flavius mint thousands of coins - Creating Christ 00:08
- [Narrator] Why did Titus flavius mint thousands of coins
And why did early Christians use this image - Creating Christ 00:08
And why did early Christians use this image
What does this symbol mean, - Creating Christ 00:10
What does this symbol mean,
To answer these questions, - Creating Christ 00:10
To answer these questions,
In the second century, St. clement of Alexandria, - Creating Christ 00:27
In the second century, St. clement of Alexandria,
- We know that in the late second century, - Creating Christ 00:13
- We know that in the late second century,
- And among those symbols that he offers are symbols - Creating Christ 00:09
- And among those symbols that he offers are symbols
This struck us as odd, as we've often been told - Creating Christ 00:14
This struck us as odd, as we've often been told
- [Narrator] He refers to Polycrates, - Creating Christ 00:08
- [Narrator] He refers to Polycrates,
- Seleucus the first was a general - Creating Christ 00:06
- Seleucus the first was a general
Alexander the great, in the fourth century BC, - Creating Christ 00:12
Alexander the great, in the fourth century BC,
So the era after Alexander the great is widely known - Creating Christ 00:11
So the era after Alexander the great is widely known
- [Narrator] And one of the conquered territories - Creating Christ 00:13
- [Narrator] And one of the conquered territories