A two-part film, starring
2: Paul's spectacular conversions of Gentiles in Antioch and Galatia give the sect its name - The Christians ' - but his success creates deep divisions among the group's original Jewish members when he rejects insistence on Jewish law for the converted Gentiles. This schism affects relations between the uncompromising Paul and the more conciliatory Peter. While Peter retires to Galilee, Paul decides to carry Christ's message to Europe. He starts down a road that is to lead to Rome and martyrdom; a road Peter is to follow in his turn ...