Was Jesus a Catholic? OF COURSE NOT! Jesus was PRE-Denominational (my word)!

Listen to this beautiful life testimony of the man who has played the Christ on film  repeatedly. He speaks on the gifts of Humility and Mercy; and shares the stages of his faith:
1. Prayer
2. Expectant Faith
3. Surrender (and Relief/Rest) 

 

In a culture that apparently likes to complain, compare and divide, the newest "controversy" is whether the new multi-season series about Jesus called "The Chosen" is 'too Catholic' or 'not Catholic enough,' or some such silliness. 

 

My guess is that in the spiritual realm, the Big "S" - and father of lies - is mad as heck at this beautiful (hi)story-telling that is reaching millions and breaking barriers left and right. 

 

YET, was Jesus a Catholic? OF COURSE NOT - Jesus was PRE-Denominational (my word)! 

 

The show actually is the gospel - but a lot of extrapolated and created character development and dialog, and some compressing of multiple situations into connected stories (actually histories). Obviously much of the day to day dialogue and interactions between disciples was not written in the Bible, nor a full fleshing out of the disciples personalities, so The Chosen in that sense is not "true" per se. But as long as it does not contradict Scripture, neither is it 'false'. It is amazing, compelling, and sometimes heart-aching, soul-sustaining, storytelling. 

 

 

 

But the actor, Jonathan Roumie, who plays the Messiah in "The Chosen," IS Catholic. He calls himself a born-again Catholic.Roumie grew up Greek Orthodox (in a mixed Irish and Egyptian family), and went to Catholic school, where he joined the Catholic Church through their catechism. (He says herein that the liturgy and sacraments are similar). 

 

The testimony is beautuful, and actually brought tears to my eyes several times. POWERFUL! It is FASCINATING how a childhood passion (literally) and act on Jonathan's part became a prophetic act!

 

You can watch 'The Chosen' each release date on Youtube for 24 hours, then on the VidAngel App thereafter. It is free, with a pass it on donation option and related products as the soul funding source. That means it is the HUGEST EVER crowd funded project in history! Learn more on FB at The Chosen, on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChosenSeries ; get the App 'The Chosen' on Google Play or Apple.

 

Want to read the original story for yourself? Try the Gospel of John as a starting point!

 

There are LOTS of translations, so may I suggest either the King James Version or NIV - both of which I grew up with. Here is an (affiliate) link to a Holy Bible that is most read and worn, pages falling out, in my household. 

 

 

 

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And a piece of art by Heather J. Kirk that fits the theme! :)
Available as art on the wall, notebook, note card, pillow, shower curtain, t-shirt, ummm... you name it!

 

 

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Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather 

Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk 

Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com 

 Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

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