Perhaps the Archbishop of Canterbury and his bunch of merry men and women could learn from this excellent series.

@ppullman5470

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, for it's not too late for them, having chosen the path of lefteousness, to repent. If they can come to their senses, they can be forgiven.

@jamesmichael4185

11 ай бұрын

By all definitions of historic Christianity, the senior leadership of the Church of England is heretical

@wendyharris8026

11 ай бұрын

They are nestled in like leeches on a groin. Time to replace them.

@Bobmudu35UK

11 ай бұрын

I fear it's too late for the current Archbishop. He needs to go!

@premro

11 ай бұрын

Soo true

As a Roman Catholic and as a Hungarian, I want to thank NCF as I learned several important historical facts from this program. I would also like to note that England has a wealth of very accessible, relevant heritage of saints and thinkers. Thomas Becket, Thomas More, John Fisher, John Henry Newman, G K Chesterton, C S Lewis, or contamporary philosophers like Swinburne, Polkinghome, etc. etc.

@kbeetles

Жыл бұрын

József, have you come across Tom Holland and his book "Dominion"? Melegen ajánlom!

@jozsefnemeth935

Жыл бұрын

@@kbeetles I like Tom Holland and has bought his book as a gift in the family but I have not read it myself.

@lt5456

Жыл бұрын

Do you read the Bible, Jozsef?

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. Oh wait....

@alsoascot02

Жыл бұрын

I think you might be missing the point a bit. Surely Its the ability to question the very idea that anything is Universal, vthat lies at the heart of Wests dynamism. The idea that there is only one way to do or even understand anything as abstract as God is anti Western thinking. The ideas Christianity spread may have been important but that doesn't say anything about the extent of their actual truth.

Thank you Mark your presentation has made me revalue my Christian background

@DailyCorvid

Жыл бұрын

When called upon we shall arise, not unlike Christ who was raised when needed. It's not a coincidence my Christian Western brother. We are the sleeping giant this time!

@stuartmenziesfarrant

Жыл бұрын

How about your Christian foreground?

@mozdickson

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, God bless you.

@kc1973able

18 күн бұрын

Absolutely same here 👍👍

To quote from G. K. Chesterton: "The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad".

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

Oh, man, you nailed it! A "secular Christian" myself, I see everywhere how Christian messages have been turned to the work of destroying our culture. And this is not to criticize the messages (as GKC certainly does not) but to criticize the "madness" that some have turned them to. And I am not talking about deliberate evil schemers from outside of Christianity but the soft, muddle-brained havoc of so many sincere leaders within the faith (which I am sure is what GKC meant as well). What is happening to Christianity is exactly what has happened to classical liberalism, which it seems to me is rooted in Christian values.

Kudos to all behind this series! Especially this episode. I'm a Catholic from the Philippines. Although I'm not from the West (but I am a traditionalist), I do appreciate its value and importance. And the self-flagellating going on right now is tragic. Thank you to NCF for doing your part in the culture wars going on

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

My Christianity is the secular kind, but I do certainly credit Christianity with the central role in the evolution of the West. IMO, the West is first and foremost "a state of mind" that evolved in the West but is open to the whole world. Just by being a Christian and a Catholic, you have taken a giant gulp of Western culture and are as much a part of it as any of us! The West, excluding a minority of religious dogmatists, is an open culture and does not require the abandonment of the traditions of your native culture that you find of value.

@maritheresereyes

Жыл бұрын

@@edcottingham1 I do agree that the West in now a state of mind. I heard from the historian Stephen Kotkin that Russia may be European but not Western and Japan may be in the East but it is Western. And heartily agree with the last part of your comment, I appreciate both my being Filipino at the same time being a Catholic - it is possible to do both.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@edcottingham1 "Secular Christianity" is an okay start but it's also an oxymoronic fantasy. You either believe that Jesus is literally God's son and that he was crucified and resurrected for your sins or you don't. You have to make the conscious decision to put your faith in God's supernatural, metaphysical existence. It may seem fantastical on the surface but a fair, critical analysis proves its objective truth.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

​@@maritheresereyes "John to the seven churches which are in ASIA: Grace be unto you." - Revelation 1:4 Asia is actually the birthplace of Christianity. Israel is in Asia, just like the Philippines is. It's a big continent.✝

@khanhminhnguyen7274

11 ай бұрын

That is wonderful. I hope you are not a traditional Christian at other minorities' expense.

This excellent series should be part of the western education curriculum.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

,,,if we still had a Western education curriculum!

@chadparsons50

4 ай бұрын

💯

This is beautiful

Dignified. 🙏🏻

I hope this series gets the audience it deserves!

@wakeupuk3860

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, I doubt that very much.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

What audience does it deserve?

@TheBigRedButton

Жыл бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 A large one

Excellent series. It's sad that there's such an appetite for good quality content like this that isn't being met by a lot of the legacy media. But the appetite means there's hope! (Unashamed pleasure taken in beautiful music, architecture and painting too!...) (..And sculpture, murals, cityscapes, etc.) (And ideas, history...)

Great content from the NCF yet again. Thank you. 🙏🙂

Truth is Beautiful.

Great programme, well presented, informative and inspiring - thank you New Culture Forum.

British Indian here, grew up practicing sikhism which still forms part of my indentity, but have great love and respect for Christianity. Always feel at peace within a church and in awe when in a glorious cathedral. Thank you for producing this wonderful piece.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 The Royal Family isn't British, either by your standard. They're German. Windsor used to be Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Also by your standard, Anglo-Saxons aren't British either, since they migrated from the Germanic Region as well. Lastly, Queen Victoria was the Empress of India.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

You should join your Nasrani Indian brothers from Kerala and follow Jesus. The Malabar Coast is home to Christians who followed the disciple, St. Thomas; where Margamkali originated. You may even have Nasrani blood in your veins, since Jesus' ancestor, Queen Esther, ruled over India. You could simultaneously save your soul and honor your British Indian heritage by following the Messiah.🙏🏾✝🕎

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Alfred was from a Germanic Saxon Kingdom, according to Burke's Peerage 🤣🤣🤣

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Also, Christianity was brought to Britain by St. Hadrian from Africa.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 "I am BLACK and beautiful" - Song of Solomon 1:5 ✝

Hope these go viral

As a Muslim who has been studying Western history and thought intensively for almost two decades and who has compared Western civilization with other civilizations, including Islamic one, I am confident enough to declare that yes, the West is the best civilization in history. Western accomplishments in the natural sciences, politics, arts, philosophy are unprecedented, matchless, stunning, and worthy of much admiration.

Keep shouting these positive messages from the rooftops!

Please make alot more content like this. I love it. Reninds me of the great British documentaries of the past.

Profound. It made me think at once how soon would this narrative be rejected by my church, the Church of England. It's that good.

A visually striking recapitulation of the civilisational truths which are now slipping out of the public consciousness. Timely and vital.

Very good, thank you.

Proud Hungarian viewer and defender of the faith right here.

It is a shame that the C of E establishment is no longer Christian.

@rogerwoodhouse7945

Жыл бұрын

Thats due entirely to the present encumbant in Canterbury.

@carolineoates5964

8 ай бұрын

Revelation 18:4 Come out of her my people. So relates to Babylon. But out of the Anglican world I came. Discerning it to be dead religion. 18 years in the C of E.

Thank you, can't wait for the next episode.

Konstantin Kisin is absolutely right when he says we are responsible. When you study the events of the past 10 years objectively, wokeism, the islamization of Europe, the economic recession, the excesses of globalism, , the war in Ukraine etc.., one cannot deny that we are taken hostage by our own western principles on human rights, freedom of religion, guilt, globalism, etc... For example : yes, racism and Islamophobia are wrong but the two may not be mixed together, shouldn't we protect the fight against these dangers against abuse. Why allow the islamization of our societies to grow because there is such a thing as racism? Why let muslims impose islam in the name of freedom of religion? Shouldn't this freedom be protected as well? Since when are rights allowed to be enjoyed without fulfilling our duties? Democracy has become a caricature of itself because leftists, liberals and ecologists are forcing us to accept islam with it's negative aspects without protecting western civilization. People are being pushed into a corner in such a way that anti-social behavior and violence will be the only means as to get out of that corner.. The press, media and traditional politics who seem to have lost their moral compass, the moral compass that till the end 80's guided them to common sense in the general interest, they are the ones who will be responsible for the coming mess but they will, as usual, blame the citizens who care about their countries, about the future of their childeren and grandchildren, they will put the blame on fascism and nationalism without realizing their own responsibility.. We must never forget the Christian - Judeo foundation of Western civilization and respect that, demanding that guests in our countries also respect this, our values, standards and principles. Nothing wrong with Christian based compassion and guilt but we must not let anyone stretch these to the limits or be blinded by them.. About diversity : it is okay as long as it does not come at the cost of our freedom, democracy, social security systems, identity civilization..

@voncarlowitz3506

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Good question.. It's not wrong when muslims impose their religion and have bad intentions.. Islam is dangerous in the way it is interpreted, when young muslims twist all aspects if their lives around islam, it's proof of not being integrated and a threat to our existence.. But when a muslim living in your street who goes to work everyday, not imposing his religion on anyone, just minding his own business, should he be feared? Though, I think I understand you. Too many of them just want islam to expand and who can be trusted? A contract system is what I would implement : make everybody sign a contract stipulating cooperation with society. Agreeing that not respecting the laws, values, etc.., results in willingly leaving Europe and the UK together with a certain amount of family members. Muslims who really respect us and are an added value to society should be properly and positively treated. It's a matter of being direct, clear about what you expect of citizens, correct, honest and especially consequent.

@chiaraimpeduglia1308

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Technically, "Islamophobia" does not exist. A "phobia" is based in irrational fear. There is nothing irrational in fearing Islam. If anything, I would question the ones who do not fear it.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 You, sir are trapped in obnoxious arrogance and stupidity. And you dismiss every previous comment here, all of them beneath your all-knowing perceptions. You are something really exceptional.

@voncarlowitz3506

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 WW3 has broken out a long time ago, it's just not as easy to comprehend like WW2.. But, yes you have a point. That is why I'm in favor of preventive measures like having citizens sign contracts. If the muslim communities complain and point "the finger in the direction of racism and discrimination", we can remind them of the duties foreigners have i. The Middle-east..and what happens to for example africans who, sometimes, are expelled by the hundreds from countries like qatar, saudi-arabia etc..just because the governments want to expell them. The holding of religious ceremonies other than islam is forbidden in saudi-arabia. Isn't mecca one of the 3 most important things in the lives of muslims? The quran, their prophet and mecca.. You know our problem is that we Europeans, westerners want to discuss about and analyze everything, find answers.. This is of course a result of the evolution the Christian foundation went through and a positive evolution if I may say. But when it comes to islam it's a waste of precious time.. Muslims have a total different logic which is heavily influenced by islam. Every aspect of their lives, work, economy, household, marriage, sex, the interaction with non-muslims, it is all soaked in islam so in a sense, technically speaking, islam is 100 % not compatible with western civilization.. Islamic countries have simple, strict rules and the authorities are consequent, (although corruption is rampant in many places!). Therefore it would make life a lot more easier if the west would do the same: no ostensible religious practises, no hijabs in schools, no double nationalities meaning no appropriation of the host country's nationality. In yemen or some other gulf country foreign pregnant women are not allowed to give birth in the country but must go abroad. They are allowed to go back but their child can't get the yemeni or uae (?) nationality.. If we would be more protective about our identity, (without being racist but by being formal and through procedures legitimized by law, so the law applying to every foreign national), then Islamophobia wouldn't exist or at least to a muche lesser extent.. Muslims do respect laws when they are applied consequently with the needed judicial enforcement = a contract which must be signed. If anybody starts nagging about it, we simply can point out that a contract is a contract. Don't want to sign it: off you go.. 🛫..., thank you for visiting our country! But as I pointed out earlier, the leftist-liberal-green block, is holding us hostage by our own principles.. To counter that they must be confronted with the negative results of their decisions : grooming gangs, islamic terror attacks, the terror attacks in sub-saharan Africa (we get confronted with pictures of african babies with swollen stomachs due to malnutrition without pointing out that the african governments mismanage their own countries, corruption, tribalism, islamic radicalism, too many babies, superstition, etc...all problems for which they are responsible themselves..the colonization period is not the cause of things that have been going in for centuries.. Why not confront the public, especially the lefto baboons with the atrocities muslims commit in africa with....yes, european money acquired through EU subsidies, money given to turkey to support syrian refugees starting from 2016 but strangely enough many of those refugees had to pay rent and but food with money sent to them from family living in safe syrian zones.. What happened to the nearly 5 billion euro turkey received from the EU!?

@voncarlowitz3506

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 I admire your honesty. I am Christian myself and a nationalist who respects those who respect my country and all western civilization... I hope it will never happen but if Europe and the UK are threatend, our nations must stand together. Have a pleasant day.

Wonderful! We should all teach our children this.

We can learn far more from these inspiring lessons presented by the "NCF", than from any other source of information! Thanks for reminding us (constantly) of our Great Western Civilization, and its unparalleled contribution to Mankind!...

I was in the US military stationed in the UK for three years in the early 80s and fell in love with its history and heritage. Now a retired educator, I’ve witnessed firsthand the erosion of Western values in our curriculum and academic culture. It’s time to take a stand. Thank you for this important and timely reminder. Your program stirs the soul.

What a wonderful, original programme. And so full of truth. Never mind that the BBC would never make this, NCF did the job for them! Thank you.

Beautifully made programme. The BBC should be feeling nervous!

@markhenry192

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 I very much doubt the BBC would make a programme celebrating all that is great about the UK, at least not these days!

@markhenry192

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 That is not how I saw it!

@markhenry192

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Equality of opportunity is a universal value surely? Something to aspire to at least. Equality of outcome is a leftist value, yes.

Great work. I just wish that the BBC had the foresight to produce such a fine work.

@jozsefnemeth935

Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, BBC has had a few very good programs on Christianity: Newman Saint or. Sinner, Culture shock on St Thomas More

Watching this makes me feel I want to possess it. To make it informative in my life in every corner of my experience and interior synthesis. Every student today should be made to watch this series, and at least have some reason, finally to lay to rest the insane wokeness of this age.

Palm Sunday. Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

I highly recommend Eric Metaxas's book 'Is Atheism Dead?' Thank you to all who created this wonderful series.

@jozsefnemeth935

Жыл бұрын

Also worth checking out Polkinghome

Whether they did it for God, their own pleasure, or just because they needed a job, it amazes me that people centuries ago could build buildings that (when properly maintained) still look 100% better than the glass and steel boxes and most other buildings around them today. And how they were built using little more than hammers and chisels (not forgetting manpower) is even more remarkable. Some of the memorials where a mason has somehow made a piece of cold hard marble look like a flowing curtains and people, or intricate pieces of stone and plaster in exquisite fan vaulting is more incredible still. Yes, I know how sad you must think I am...

@Dudu-ox2rd

Жыл бұрын

Not sad at all! I completely agree with you. At times, their buildings took hundreds of years to construct and many trades were passed from father to son to grandson. They would sign their work by making marks, so that they would get paid for the work done but also to show off what they had achieved. There is beauty, humour and grandeur in these churches.

@gillps5130

Жыл бұрын

I would think it sad that anyone might not hold this view.

@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066

Жыл бұрын

Thoughts expressed very similar to those I found myself contemplating when visiting Fountains Abbey for the first time many years ago.

@richardmcsharry

7 ай бұрын

@Dave5400 Not sad at all. Read the Kingsbridge series of books by Ken Follet. You will be in heaven!

Thanks Marc and Oliver for a delightful second episode which places Christian thought in a pivotal role. As a follow up book to peruse I would recommend Dominion by Tom Holland. God bless 🙏

Thank you NCF for this absolutely superb and enlightening documentary

Another fascinating episode. Thank you so much for the great work you're doing. I'm an English atheist, but I recognise the huge role Christianity has played in shaping the culture and society that has shaped me. I immensely enjoy learning more about it.

I found the way you ended this program very moving. Thank-you. I look forward to the next episode.

All lapsed Christians of whatever denomination should have a re-evaluation. No to any sectarianism, Europeans need to start to become race conscious, not to demean or denigrate any other race but to elevate ourselves and re-establish self esteem.

@evolassunglasses4673

Жыл бұрын

European Civilisation was built by.... Europeans.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

A starkly expressed thought, but I choose to give it a positive interpretation. I would like to point out, though, that European civilization and culture -- created, of course, by Europeans -- is open to and a gift to the whole world. Anyone can join, and they don't even need to move here. It is a "club" of consciousness, a way of seeing and being in the world.

@sammygoodnight

Жыл бұрын

I agree with A G. I was looking forward to this series, but while it's at least refreshingly pro-West, it still seems to operate from the assumption that the West is good only insofar as it is progressive.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@evolassunglasses4673 "I am BLACK and beautiful." - Queen of Sheba, Song of Solomon 1:5 "Moses' wife, Sephora, was ETHIOPIAN" - Numbers 12:1 "You are as the ETHIOPIANS, children of Israel." - Amos 9:7 "Taharqa, King of KUSH EMPIRE, has come to make war with Assyria, and defend Israel" - 2 Kings 19:9 "His (Jesus) feet were like BURNED BRONZE, as if they had burned in a furnace." - Revelations 1:15

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@evolassunglasses4673 Aside from Jesus and his ancestors being mostly African, Britain's transportation infrastructure was first built by an African emperor of Rome named Septimius Severus. And the Church of England was built by an African named St. Hadrian. So, European civilization was also built by Africans, Asians, even Americans after WWII.

Wonderful program.

What an excellent series this is turning out to be

Wonderful!

Although I was Christened C of E I'm not in anyway religious, I can however marvel at the architecture and history of religion, and I dare say on my death bed I'll be making a belated plea to the big fella to look after me and the ones I leave behind. Fascinating episode really enjoyed this cheers.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

Don't wait until you get to your death bed. Your life may end before you have that chance. Repent of your sins and accept Jesus as your Lord and Messiah now before it's too late. ✝

@markdonnaabbott3977

Жыл бұрын

Why wait till your death bed, when you can have a relationship with Jesus now? You don't know what you're missing out on.

@paultaylorphotography9499

Жыл бұрын

@@markdonnaabbott3977 haha it' just for me mate but cheers

This is just utterly wonderful. I was so joyous in my heart when I heard this. The Holy Ghost is witnessing even to pagans that England is the land of angels! In His most precious time which He has bestowed upon us, Our LORD Jesus Christ, the Bishop, will reveal to us our true true true nature . England will be stamped its absolute identity by Our Creator. John 17 and Matthew 25 are being made manifest. Each Nation across the whole Earth will be stamped by each of its messengers. Glory be to God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. This video has gladdened my heart. Our redemption draws nigh !

The instrumental value of Christianity in our cultural development is so obvious that only a fool could miss it, but it only achieved that value in that development because it constituted the mainspring of self consciousness in the hearts and minds of countless men and women.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

I see it exactly the way you see it. Not only was Christianity the mainspring, it was the only flowing-type spring in the minds of most men for at least the first five hundred years after Rome fell. And for many centuries after it continued to be the only philosophical thing on most men's minds. So where else would one possibly look for the seeds of Western civilization?

@peterburns4586

11 ай бұрын

Now we're degenerating into a pagan polytheism

I take back all my ignorant ranting on the first episode. This is a great series. I’m going slowly through the old English Chronicles and am anticipating a great Easter in 2035 where I will go to Winchester and recite that “Her waes Eadward gehalgod to cynga.”

Another excellent episode. Thank you.

Superb. Really enjoying this series

Sublime! The Christian wonder in its splendour!

Thank you one & all. It is vital that we remember where we have come from as a society

As an atheist, I prefer to define myself as a 'Christian Atheist' for exactly the reasons described in this excellent video. Christianity is so embedded in our culture that those of us of a certain generation are simply engulfed by it, for the better morally and ethically, obviously. Young and future generations will lose so much if our culture is allowed to become disengaged with Christianity, and sadly, I see overwhelming evidence that this is so.

@markdonnaabbott3977

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, could you please explain Christian atheist? I'm intrigued yet baffled at that stance. Thank you

@jimpickard3850

Жыл бұрын

@@markdonnaabbott3977 Sure. I define it as someone who has no belief in God, yet tries to live his life in accordance with Christian ethics and the teachings of Jesus, such as Love thy Neighbour and turn the other cheek etc. Many of us brought up in Britain post war are very familiar with Christian doctrine and find it a good way to live our lives, without necessarily attending Church or having a belief in the spiritual. Hope this helps.

@smoothchilling64

3 ай бұрын

​@@jimpickard3850 u cant be a "christian atheist" its a contradiction, no such concept exist! An atheist can run on christian values becos they have being brought up that way regardless they still are no christian! U are either one or the other and not both!

@jimpickard3850

3 ай бұрын

@@smoothchilling64 These days I can identify as anything I want .. haven't you heard ?

Wonderful series, reminding me of so much I have forgotten too.

Thank you for this beautifully-presented and thought-provoking entreaty to look at the values we have that are intertwined with our cultural history. As a woman, I value the equality bestowed on me, woven into our culture by historical acts and scholarly directives.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Equal means the same? Buy yourself a dictionary.

@tigger1038

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 depends what the words AFTER equal are assumed to be. What words would you use? I would use equal in the eyes of God, and you would agree, if you had been watching this video with curiosity, rather than venom

@ClaireGarrard

Жыл бұрын

Of equal value.

@mourlyvold64

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 I would suggest you consult Cambridge dictionary, Merriam-Webster dictionary, Oxford Learner's dictionary, Collins dictionary or any dictionary of choice and read all of many definitions of the word 'equality' to broaden your comprehension of the term beyond the extremely limited representation of it found in your comment. It may guard you from falling into the post-modern habit (that you rightfully despise so much) of abusing language to bend reality, only for it to fit one's political leanings. As surely you are aware, only confusion ensues...

@mourlyvold64

Жыл бұрын

@@wavell14 Tigger wrote: "I would use equal in the eyes of God, and you would agree..." Your answer to that statement completely avoids the point she made, only to spew the very venom she mentioned. Why don't you address the subject at hand? Let go of your pride.

Excellent, thank you

I wonder if the story of Christianity in the West would have been as glorious if the Council of Jerusalem had on that occasion forward begun ordaining women bishops. We would have had 2000 years of pro abortion rhetoric, same sex marriage, and child reassignment surgery.

THE WEST IS THE BEST!!!

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

No, Jesus is the best. ✝

@evolassunglasses4673

Жыл бұрын

But we are occupied by international finance and the forces of open borders Globalisation

So interesting. Thank you.

I doo very needed this. Thank you.

Thank you for posting these thought provoking series.

Although I was convinced at an early age that Abrahamic religions were nonsense in their core metaphysical claims and the fables through which they narrate the story of mankind, I have always accepted that Christianity, in particular, was central to the "soul" of the West. And I have accepted that Christianity has had great utility in giving people the confidence to "get on with life." But I've had only a few, vague ideas about ~how~ , exactly, it managed this shaping of the Western mind, including the secular, Western mind. I found this episode of "The West" to be like drinking from a firehose on that topic. It was, to me, intensely stimulating and intellectually exciting. Am I certain that everything said here was spot-on? No, but I have no particular criticisms on first hearing; I just have so very much to think about and consider. (It would sure be swell to have a transcript.) NCF is a treasure!

@markdonnaabbott3977

Жыл бұрын

You sir are not far from the kingdom. Keep seeking and searching. In reference to your fire hose comment. I leave you with Jesus's words John 4:13-15 13 Jesus said to her(lady at a well), “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Many thanks

These are very well made and interesting films. Great stuff!

Again another fascinating episode in this series. The amazing history of Christianity sadly fading into the distance these days. A timely reminder of human values? Lets hope the fundamentals of human kindness remain. Looking forward to the rest of the series..👏

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

Actually, Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Africa and East Asia. The religion itself is Afro-Asiatic originally. ✝

The paradox, this program shows the few Women who helped the Christian West rise, but now they play a paramount role in tearing it down.

Bravo. This kind of teaching once flourished in schools. The teachings today are almost in tandem with Aleister Crowley - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.' A new fall of Rome awaits.

@MiguelDLewis

Жыл бұрын

“Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.” - Ecclesiasticus 10:8 🙏🏾✝🕎

@carolineoates5964

8 ай бұрын

Babylon/Egypt is collapsing under the weight of its internal contradictions.

This is excellent. Thanks for your great work, and thanks to David Perell for sending me here.

❤

Brilliant. Thank you.

this should be compulsory viewed in western schools

Wow this is great analyses keep it comming im so glad i didnt go to University to be indoctrinated in marxist woke nonesence ive always used libaries when councils cared about educating the plebs and have even splashed out on a few books to help me conne t the dots now this series is def helpi g to clarify and fill in the gaps cheers amigos

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Great and necessary work. But don't let Jordan know that "Christianity broke down hierarchies", he will have a fit!

Good stuff.

Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. - Thomas Sowell

Can you recommend any books on the Barbarians, about how they've played such an integral role in shaping the culture of Western Civilization, as articulated in this episode? Very fascinating. I've never heard this articulated as clearly as is done in this episode, how they played such a pivotal role.

Maybe I have misunderstood what everyone is saying but I think there is a distinction between Christian morals and the Church. The latter has been a bane hence the first Brexit but the former launched us to stars and into the heavens! We have so much to be grateful for the morals of Christianity.

As a born again Christian I am intrigued by this. You have piqued my interest.

Wow!

Plainsong is so beautiful 😍

Should be clearer about geographic details: "After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, dividing England between Anglo-Saxon territory and the Viking-ruled Danelaw, composed of Scandinavian York, the north-east Midlands and East Anglia" ... Wikipedia

I’m a atheist, but we’ve thrown the baby out with the bath water when trying to shed ourselves of superstition (my opinion of super natural claims of religion) there’s a lot of values that should be championed and defended, Instead we’re under siege from the lunacy we see today and are maligned when we try and defend our history culture and values.

The opening background music is haunting. Who is it, Elgar, my guess. Please help me out folks if you can.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

The very first music is Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave/Hebrides Overture. It was also the very beginning of the first episode, giving way in both episodes, of course, to Beethoven. I believe that the Mendelssohn is somewhat more lengthy in the first episode. This episode was replaying in the background as I typed, and the Mendelssohn comes in again at about 9:03. "Haunting" is exactly the word, imo, too! (I am no great student of music. I happened to know this little bit, because sixty years ago, my father, who had very little interest in music, subscribed us to a Time-Life series of boxed sets, each on a separate period of classical music. Mendelssohn was part of the Romantic period. I loved this piece and, well, it "haunted" me. So glad that someone else noticed!)

@jumblestiltskin1365

Жыл бұрын

The music is amazing, love it.

@philiphughes4117

Жыл бұрын

@@edcottingham1 Thank you Ed for this info.

I sincerely hope the episode on rule of law goes into detail at the supreme luck of the West, specifically the English-speaking world, at having such brilliant lawgiver princes such as Henry II, Roger II, and Frederick II whose collective genius continues to form the abiding glory of the Western world. There’s a reason why English legalism has proved THE determining factor of Western democracy and why from infertile historical soil rule of law does not grow.

It's hard to be a Christian when you believe in evidence-base science rather than blind faith but I still value my country's Christian heritage, for many of the reasons laid out in this episode. Christianity was the first "human rights" movement in a sense, with its belief that everyone was created in God's image and hence somehow sacred.

@edcottingham1

Жыл бұрын

A big howdy-do to you from another "secular Christian."

@fisherstrong6

Жыл бұрын

“Hard to be a Christian when you believe in evidence-based science, rather than blind faith” Not really only thing that makes it hard to be a Christian is love of one’s sin. This can be seen in great thinkers in this movement by Tom Holland and Douglas Murray. They may claim science or something else, but deep down it is truly the love of the sin of perversion and lust.

@jozsefnemeth935

Жыл бұрын

@@fisherstrong6 Sin is in all of us, Faith as a virtue , i e piety and running our way as St Paul did his requires saying No to sin I agree. However, there is another thing here, our education at home and at school should explain a few things in a very detailed manner about science, history, Christian theology. Otherwise it does not sink in to most people. On science Vs faith my favourite is for instance, Mr Polkinghorne, For a detailed presentation, one good example is: BTW God exists, Luca the first cell.

@jozsefnemeth935

Жыл бұрын

I see what you mean, but allow me to draw your attention to talks on science Vs faith by Mr Polkinghorne. Plenty of other good ones: Swinburne, Trent Horn,.... Or the archeolog Paul Maier , the real Jesus. Animations by "reasonable faith", William Lane Craig is also a good start for an assessment. Atheist claims are more difficult to believe in even if someone is agnostic, because they reject meaning and purpose of the Universe and it's beings. Furthermore, leading atheists also admit the primacy of information over substance, when they claim their personality is the result of a computation and could be translated to a machine in principle. In this sense materialism is dead, if it was ever living.

@lawrenceplatzky8639

Жыл бұрын

No, the first such faith was and is Judaism. The Old Testament, the Five Books of Torah

Amen

“Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.” - Ecclesiasticus 10:8 🙏🏾✝🕎

South African Christian, stand strong in Christ.

Slight flaw in this story: The West does not begin with Christianity. Its roots are in the classical Greece and Rome, more than 5 centuries BC

*_Why has the completely innocuous comment that I made a few minutes ago been 'Hidden / censored, I'd like to know exactly WHY_* *_that is ..._*

@stevesvids

Жыл бұрын

To protect a channel the uploader can choose options, levels, of comments to withold for later consideration. This relies purely on KZread algorithms. These algorithms are quite often ... useless. Your comment may have been filtered to one side by the algorithm, perhaps. Another problem is that if you are typing your message while the video ends, and another starts playing then your message can appear on the latter video rather than the one you intended. This happens to me quite a lot. I hope that helps. Regards.... Steve

@jane---489

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesvids *_Thanks, Steves. I know all the 'dodges' as I'm always getting censored for my forthright, no holes barred opinions / Views_* *_but sometimes some of the most inoffensive comments possible that I make disappear too, it really p's me off ..._*

@stevesvids

Жыл бұрын

@@jane---489 gotcha 👍 Keep fighting your corner Jane. 👍👋

@NewCultureForum

Жыл бұрын

Your comment appears if you change the comments from "Top" (which shows only certain comments) to "Newest" (which shows all comments). How KZread decides which comments to hide from "Top" comments is one of the great mysteries of life.

@rogerwoodhouse7945

Жыл бұрын

Shadow banning is another tactic UTUBE Use quite often.Its not obvious to the submitter of a comment.

As a Bible - believing , born again Christian, I can’t help but be disappointed that the ‘Christianity’ presented in this video is purely and solely Roman Catholicism, with its saints ( the Bible tells us that all believers are saints , not just a special few , relics and adoration of Mary. These have nothing to do with the true Church as portrayed in the Bible. The only way society and cultures can be changed for the good is for the preaching of the life- changing gospel of Christ to reach out to people. Also, let’s not forget that God first chose Israel to be custodians of His word (OT) and gave them and us the Ten Commandments.

@carolineoates5964

8 ай бұрын

Catholicism is a whole other kettle of fish.

@artifexdei3671

6 ай бұрын

Catholicism is what lifted the fallen Rome up. Protestantsim begun tearing of the church down ultimately resulting on secularism, agnosticism, atheism and wokeism after few centuries of fighting the Catholic church.

Classical Music buffs..... what is that piece of music called at 14:20

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Could anybody tell me the name of this wonderful piece of music at 09:03?

@margaretcchen

Ай бұрын

Mendelssohn, From Hebrides Overture

The Roman Empire was the effectively the vehicle for transmission of Christianity

I have nearly finish both episodes and there is no mention of Constantinople and the Byzantine world. Why?

@artifexdei3671

6 ай бұрын

Because it's the East

The Crusades where defensive, let us not suggest they where anything other than defensive. And you quote psalms 59:11 to suggest no one does harm but then miss verse 13 "13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be" What theological training has the presenter got that qualifies him to teach scripture?

Thanks for this, NCF. Just two points: 1 Christ: 'Love your neighbour'. Yes, but that might not be too difficult if your neighbour is quite a nice person. But what about, 'Love your enemy. Do good to those who hate you.'? That is much harder. 2 'Canterbury is the oldest Christian church in the English-speaking World.' What about Iona?

The dilemma in the West is between Multiculturalism vs Assimilation. Anglo vs Latin, British vs Spanish. The British created this idea that multiculturalism is the standard to create a society. The Spanish on the other hand was unicultural with religion at its core. The Anglo world seems to be realizing just now how important religion is in pulling a country together. Who was right after all was it the British or the Spanish? Perhaps only time can tell.

If none of the talking heads are practicing believers, then that's a terrible shame and a missed opportunity.