Vision Video, cat. # 4184. Initially sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert, Raymond Burr, Jose Ferrer, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Herbert Lom, Jean Peters.
Contents:
Stephen is executed. --Saul is transformed into an apostle. -- Saul meets Peter for the first time. --Peter is imprisoned in Jerusalem and escapes. --Saul changes his name and accompanies Peter to Asia Minor. --The Jews oject to conversion of gentiles. -- Compromise. --Peter and Paul journey to Phillipi, Athems, and Corinth. --Paul is attacked. --Nero imprisons Paul. --Paul and Peter are executed in the same year.
Summary:
This epic network television mini-series brings to life the precarious existence of the early Christian church which was beset by violent oppositon from without and within. Peter and Paul emerge as two key leaders and struggle to keep the faith alive. The story of Peter and Paul is a story of the meaning of faith and love, liberty and law, victory and defeat, and life and death.
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