Ephesus in the Early Christian Period
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2024
- Ephesus was an important city in early Christianity. It had originally been an important Greek city, and eventually got absorbed into the Roman Empire. The Romans made it the capital of their province of Asia, which turned it into a world class metropolitan center, a large population center bustling with trade and commerce.
Being such a large city meant that Christianity naturally spread quickly in the city. John the Apostle and Saint Paul came here to establish the first Christian community. It’s likely that they saw this large urban center as good potential for building a new church and seeking new converts. As a result, Ephesus became one of the most important Christian cities in the early centuries of Christianity.
There is also a tradition that Mary came here with John, and spent her last years in Ephesus.
The city also hosted The Council of Ephesus, one of the first and most important councils in early Christianity that discussed the nature of Christ, and decided on a consensus of what Christian doctrine would look like for the rest of its history. The decision made in the Council of Ephesus still holds today as a foundational pillar of Christian doctrine.
Written, Edited, and Narrated by Jordan Amit
jordanamit.com
Special thanks to Taylan Oner for providing the rare footage of the Cave of Saint Paul. For inquiries about tours in Ephesus, Taylan is a local guide. You can find him on his Instagram:
/ taylanstravels
The wonderful reconstructions of ancient Ephesus are by Balage Balogh of Archaeology Illustrated:
archaeologyillustrated.com
Public Domain Image Credits
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Imagine if somehow you had a direct relative that met Mary.
Really respect your clear distinction between historical evidence and speculative tradition. Your presentations never fail to impress.
Thanks Dr. Reason :)
cool videos. simple, packed in info and great visualisation
Thanks!
Bro your channel is sooo good. Found it today, watched them all, and look forward to more. Subscribed. Thanks for what you do!
Thanks man! Glad to have you subscribe!
🤯🤯🤯🤯 I love how you break these parts of history down into easy to watch videos. Great information and visual presentation! I enjoy your videos on these subjects. Thank you for your creations!
Thank you Sam. Hopefully you'll be there yourself this year.
Great video. Content, narration, background music just right, the editing. Well done.
Thank you so much. I love these appreciative comments.
Just found you and I’m four videos in 👍 think I’ll go through a few more tonight
Haha amazing. That's a lot of history to binge on. I wish I could get them out more often.
Amazing videos! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
Mr. Amit, thank you, as always, for the enlightening video! I am a student of the teachings of Jesus, and always interested in learning about the geography, as well. In this video, I marveled at the stunning artwork depicting scenes and landscapes! Or even the re-created scenes with actors. It was all a visual feast, and I am so grateful for your effort, and the efforts of all involved! Thank you!
Hi! Thank you for your comment! I really tried to bring a strong geographical component into the video and show how it ties to other places, so I'm glad you noticed. I'm also happy that you thought it was a visual feast. I love Early Christian art, like those frescos inside the cave. I hope this video makes its way to more people like yourself.
@@Street-GemsHi, I'm not picking, but apostle is pronounced a-pos-sal, no 't.' Thanks for your great videos! 😊
@Street-Gems Just like the word apostle does not pronounce the 't', neither does epistle. It's like the word castle. Cassel, not cas-tel. 😊
@@denisehorner8448 Haha thanks. I'm not Christian so I haven't heard these words being pronounced too many times, if ever. I appreciate the corrections.
Excellent production and content. Thank you!
Thank you,J .most educational .❤
This is the 2nd of your videos that I've watched today, both excellent. Subscribed.
Thank you Steven. Welcome to my channel.
Beautifully crafted, inspiring as always, fascinating in its content. Thank you !
Thank you!
Great video mate 👍!
Thanks!
Just found your channel, love it and keep it up¡
Thank you! Glad you found me ☺
Danke!
Thank you Walter
I can just imagine how great it would be to sit in the theater in Ephesus and see that wonderful view of the bustling city and port!!
Totally!
the picture you present as that of Nestorius is actually an icon of Saint Spyridon, who would have balked at Nestorius' doctrine. Nonetheless, thanks for the video.
Yeah someone already corrected me on that. I made a mistake. I'm glad you still enjoyed it though.
Great video! Has anyone located the remains of the 1st century Jewish synagogue or the School of Tyrannus?
No I don't think so. At least not to my knowledge.
Hi again, Jordon Street Gems.
With your detail and fall out concerning the Christian Churches after the Council of Ephesus,
I was surprised that you didn't mention that, Mary was assumed, body and soul, into heaven.
She was born without Original Sin, so as to make her the perfect vessel of God.
It all makes sense.
I try to stick to just historical things on my videos Michael, that's why I stated it's only a tradition that John and Mary were in Ephesus.
@@Street-Gems Well said, Jordan.
But, then consider that your placing Mary's burial place in Jerusalem
is only another tradition, not based on historical evidence.
All in all, I am enjoying all of your posts. Nice work; and a lot of hard work!
I'm impressed.
@@michaelinminn Yes agree, the burial at Jerusalem is also a tradition, and I made sure to state that too, that it's a competing tradition.
I'm glad you're enjoying my videos.
Beautifully written and very nicely edited video! There is one thing that can be updated though: the icon showing Nestorius at around 4:30 is actually an icon of Spyridon, a saint of the Orthodox Church. Nestorius was rejected by the church as he was seen as a heretic and therefore no ‘real’ icons exist of him.
Interesting. I google image searched and that's what I got. How do you have such deep knowledge of early Christian history?
@@Street-Gems His name is on the icon. Can you not read Greek? I would be surprised considering your interest in the ancient world and your amazing videos.
@@atherdain4913 Oh damn that's embarrassing. No I don't know ancient Greek, and therefore I didn't notice his name on the icon. Thanks for correcting me. Have you seen the movie Agora? The character of Cyril is one bad guy. Wouldn't surprise me if he was actually like that in real life.
@@Street-Gems Learning Greek script is very easy. You should manage in two days. Modern and ancient Greek have the same letters. Nothing changed but some of the phonetics. But yet again, i am shoked that you cannot read it considering your interest in the ancient world.
Yes, i have seen Agora, i like and disliked it. It's an interesting movie in the sense that it tries to frame late antique religious transition period atmosphere but it is ofc completely unhistoric and negatively frames Christians. That's at least my opinion.
@@atherdain4913 I hope shocked in a good way. My degree was in ancient history and archaeology. But I only did my bachelor's, and I wasn't trained in Greek, just some Latin. Oh I guess learning the script would be easy. But the whole language would take years.
Excellent piece .
Fyi -apossel
epissel
-Correct Pronunciations in English .
Yeah others have pointed out my mistake. I legit didn't know that when making the video. I barely ever used these words before. But now I know.
They dig at all to see if johns bones are there ?
I actually read somewhere that they did dig and didn't find anything. Must have been disappointing.
Quite frankly, his remains may have been broken up and sold for relics. This had become a very lucrative trade by the time of the Middle Ages.
@@logicaredux5205 Yeah interesting, and like I said in the video, it's a tradition that he was buried there in the first place, so who knows. But they believed it enough to construct a massive basilica.
@@Street-Gems That is a massive plus in archeology. I think it is a strong probability St. John was buried there.
@@Street-Gems As an example, if there is a site in the Holy land that has an existing church built upon the remains of a Crusader church which is itself on top of a Byzantine church… it’s got nearly 20 centuries of attestation.
Some important aspects that I think you got wrong.
1. Paul was not a Jew. He was of the tribe of Benjamin and was previously a follower of Judaism until his conversion on the road to Damascus. If he were considered to be a Jew, the Jews would not have attempted to murder him as murdering a fellow Jew is forbidden in the Talmud but the murder of a Goyim is considered kosher.
2. He didn't flee Ephesus because he was scared or didn't feel welcome. He left because Christians are instructed to "Shake the dust from your feet" if a town rejects the Gospel and allow it to fall into God's divine judgement.
I admit I gave myself a bit of historical liberty to say that he felt threatened and left, or didn't feel welcome. However, when a Jew converts to Christianity, he's actually still considered a Jew by the Jews. According to the Jews, when you're born a Jew, you always remain a Jew.
@@Street-Gems That all depends on your definition of a Jew. Do you mean a person from the kingdom of Judea, a person from the tribe of Judah, or a person who follows Judaism? The definition of a Jew according to Strong's Concordance is a Judahite or a descendant of Judah. Since the temple was burned down and the birth records were lost and most Jews are of Turkic origin anyway and not Israelite, then the term Jew can only be applied to an adherent of Judaism. The problem is when a person is a convert and leaves a faith, then can you still label them according to the faith they left? Is an ex-Muslim who converts to Christianity still a Muslim?
@@kickinthegob Jews are not just a faith. That's where the confusion arises for most people. According to the Jews, if your mother is Jewish, then you're Jewish, whether you're religious or not.
@@Street-Gems I understand the theory as my father's side are descended from Mizrahi Jews and my mother's from Ashkenazi Jews. The problem is that this definition is entirely a religious method of defining who is a Jew - which is fine if you use the Jewish religious definition and are happy to apply it to others such as Romans being "Pagans", Arabs being "Muslims" etc.
Considering they make a point about Jesus lineage through Joseph to Adam and then say 'The son of God' after saying Adam. The christian line of thought that lost might have been correct. Especially since it could be true anyway. Because God is described with a human body in the bible. And human bodies produce the seed of life. Having those atributes never to atleast have one son wouldnt make sense.
I am fairly late to the comment section, but I want to note that saying, the burial place of Mary, is a false idea entirely. The Virgin Mary, the mother of God, Jesus Christ was taken up into heaven, she was never touched by death.
Note, Jesus rose into heaven (with his own "Godly" powers) and Mary was taken up into heaven my God.
it's interesting that Christianity developed during the Pax Romana, but when Christianity took power, the Pax ended 🤔😐😳🤣👉
Yes the Pax ended circa 180 AD, and Christianity started picking up a lot of momentum in the 4th and 5th centuries.
Let's be real, the writing was long on the wall for the end of Rome.
@@chadparsons50 Everything has an end
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@@Street-Gemsshould have known it’s not your fault