A remarkable journey back 200 years to where the seeds of Christianity were sown. Part !: Fishers of Men. No person, apart form Jesus himnself, shaped the History of Christianity like the apostle Paul. His persecution of Christians got the church started in obeying Christ's final command to take the gospel worldwidePaul's personal encounter with Jesus changed his lifePar 2: Triumph of Faith. At 72, in the year 326 A.D, Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, arrived in Judea to visit the wondrous places of her savior, Jesus Christ. Known as the first Christian pilgrim, Helena helped sanctify such sacred and holy places as Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Bethpage, Bethany and Jerusalem.