Christianity: The Second Millennium(2000)

Christianity: The Second Millennium is a documentary series tracing the faith's evolution from the Renaissance through the modern era. The program examines Christianity's peak influence during the 1500s, when the Church wielded unprecedented spiritual and political power across Europe and beyond. From there, it charts the seismic shifts that followed: the Protestant Reformation's fracturing of religious unity, the rise of scientific rationalism, secularization, and the faith's struggle to remain relevant in an increasingly pluralistic world. The series explores how Christianity adapted, fractured, and persisted through centuries of upheaval, offering viewers a sweeping historical perspective on one of humanity's most influential belief systems and the forces that have tested its foundations.