Synopsis
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the origins of Christianity and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Programme: Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
- Episode: Wellspring of Holiness
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Religious Education | Christianity | The Christian Church through a study of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church | The birth, development and beliefs of the church
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