paul s open door mission to the pagan gentiles was a huge problem for peter, who thought the resurrection of jesus was for the jews alone. if you wanted to follow jesus, you had to become a jew and obey jewish law. and peter wielded considerable power back in jerusalem, power given to him by jesus. according to the gospel of matthew, jesus says to peter, you are peter, the greek term for rock, petros, and on this rock, petra, i will build my church. peter became the head of the small christian church that was centered in jerusalem itself. so early on, peter was the key player in early christianity, and according to our traditions, was the one who converted jews early on to believe in jesus as the messiah. but there was another crucial leader of the early followers of
talking about that with the new pope, st. peter doubted, doubted he could walk on water in the bible , in the series. and denied jesus three times. what were the scenes like? did you relate to the role? of course, the one thing about peter, he s very human and we can appreciate when we try and do the right thing and fail and peter does it time and time again, but he jumps out of the boat and tries to walk on water and doubts himself. he looks back. and he does deny jesus, but he does fight back and in the garden, and the way i tried to understand him is that he wanted to go all the way in order to prove he wasn t going to deny him, but then jesus says those who live for the sword die at the sword and
galvanize. tell these people to to knock off insulting easter. that s what it is, ladies and gentlemen. it s an insult to you. if you believe in easter. if you know that that holiday is designed to plootion please children in a secular. the east are bunny does not have any association to the resurrection of jesus. bill, i would say there is a real cautionary tale here. as we have seen christianity especially erode from europe. europe has become poorer and europe has become much less powerful. and it will happen over time. there will be ebbs and flows. but i think in this country as we become more secular and perhaps more progressive, but especially more secular. if the traditional people feel like it s always a war against them. if they are the evil doers. if he they re the haters, they are going to receive from public life, maybe from civic life, maybe they are not going to signed up to be in the military as much. maybe they are just going to we are going to take care of our fam
marks. and the dna contamination over the years and many people handled it, touched it, but the dna they pulled from it they believe carbon dates back to ancient times, hundreds of years before it was alleged to be a fake. so, the pope though actually talking about this, pope francis, in a message yesterday about this, a video message he sent to the turin cathedral. he didn t make any mention that it wasn t real, but he went on to say it s iconic. ainsley: not a relic. clayton: an important distinction, icon, but not a relic. ainsley: the vatican around this issue. clayton: to come out and say this is definitely jesus burial garment is one thing to say, but i think the science is out. another year, we ll have more evidence next year. let s check with rick reichmuth on this easter sunday, how does the weather look around the country.
always men. but he s going the lowest of society and prison inmates and women, and still in the days of women liberation, and he s going to what society has determined are the low heest of society and he s now honoring them. which is what the bible talks about jesus. this is what jesus did, and wrangled, the traditional, what jesus did as well. clayton: and i saw one writer this week say this was the straw that broke the camel s back for him and traditionalists be damned. and in a sense, this is the honeymoon period for him. holy week. you always want to pay attention during holy week, but when holy week ends, get down to the business of running the church and all of the things that were wrong before he became pope are still there and he s going to address them. great special that airs this weekend. thank you very much. and happy easter to you. thank you. same to you. coming up here on the show, it might be the biggest medical break through for