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There is this story
about Zacheus
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and Christ"s passing through
the city of Jericho.
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I can"t quite remember.
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Can you remember at least
what the Bible is?
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What"s the meaning of all that?
Jericho, the labyrinth?
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- What do I have to do with it?
- Well, you should know it.
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Jericho is a symbol
of the sinful world,
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like The Labyrinth
in which Jericho is.
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There is only one way
out of it.
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Christ"s arrival to Jericho
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symbolizes his descent
among the sinners,
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but also a chance for the
sinners to redeem themselves.
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Just as Zacheus redeemed
his soul.
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- And who was this Arius?
- Arius?
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Arius of Alexandria, a heretic
from the early fourth century.
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To protect The Church
from his teachings
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the first symbol of faith
was established
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on the Ecumenical Synod
in Nicaea.
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What does he have
to do with us?
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In today"s Sremska Mitrovica
there used to be
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an Arian bishopric. I believe
one or two of those bishops
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were from these parts,
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so that here was a great
stronghold of Arianism.
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- What happened to him?
- Arius was banished
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from the church in
the first Ecumenical Synod.
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He wasn"t the first
of the heretics.
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But he was the first
who made the church
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to consolidate itself
to resist him.
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All those divisions,
the schism that happened later,
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the hatred that kept
growing in time,
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it all sort of started there,
with that teaching.
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The decisions made in the synod
only deepened the divisions.
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Just one stone was enough
to cause an avalanche.
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The seed of Arianism survived
to this very day.
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You have to understand Thomas.
He sometimes acts like a child.