Julian Barnett
Christian Sects of Jerusalem, Part 1
Summary
The focus of this lecture is on the physical aspects of Christian Jerusalem, covering buildings, topography, history, and practitioners. Julian Barnett provides statistics on the Christian population in Israel, emphasizing the unique context of Christians in the Middle East. The discussion delves into gates, the Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, offering historical insights and vivid descriptions of key locations in Jerusalem. Part 1 of 2.
Julian Barnett
Julian Barnett is a teacher, collector, tour guide, and writer with a specialist interest in ultra-orthodoxy within the various faiths. For the last 35 years, he has been investigating and documenting the most extreme sects of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds. His experiences and travels were serialized in the Jerusalem Report and also broadcast on BBC Radio Four Religion. Outside of his full-time history teaching post at Southbank International School, Portland Place, London, Julian lectures at numerous venues around the UK and beyond. In 2013 Julian was a joint winner of the National Teacher of the Year Award.
History. They got there first and that’s why the Anglicans are relatively unimportant from the point of view of pecking order. It was historic in that grab for holy sites. The Armenians kept a presence in Jerusalem pretty much constantly for 1,700 years.
Because St. Peter ended up being crucified in Rome. The obelisk in St. Peter’s Square, sometimes known as the silent witness as it was said to have witnessed the crucifixion of Peter. Once the Roman empire converted to Christianity, Rome was the centre of Christianity.
Jerusalem is a pilgrim city so that is what people are going to Jerusalem for. The same with wailing in some of the Jewish parts of Jerusalem. The same with wailing in Eid al-Fitr. Wailing, zealousness, intensity of worship are hallmarks of the Jerusalem condition, the world of Jerusalem.