What Divides Christians in the Middle East? An Ancient Dispute About the Natures of Jesus

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was attacked and grievously injured by jihadists last year in Australia, offers an in-depth historical lesson about the doctrinal issues that divide Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Christians in countries like Egypt, Syria, and Iraq — despite their common persecution by intolerant Muslims. Learn about some of the deepest questions over Jesus’s divinity and humanity that bedeviled our ancestors in the faith and still provoke debates today in this seven-minute clip from his message.