I watched the Christmas Special last night and it was great!!
Fantastic. I’ll check it out.
Someone on a thread months ago recommended the series - and it’s excellent!!!
Anyone interested in watching The Chosen needs to read the many negative reviews by other Christians, not by non-Christians or the promoters of the movie. What other Christians are saying is that it is not a movie but a series of songs by groups self-promoting themselves.
Go to this link:
https://www.edmovieguide.com/review/christmas-with-the-chosen-the-messengers/158187/
The series started very strongly.
As a Catholic my enthusiasm started to diminish when I got a full sense of where they were going with the character of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I really regret the non-Catholic depiction of Jesus’ birth in the recent Christmas episode. Devout Catholics who have seen the episode will know the basis of my comment in this regard.
None of this should come as much of a surprise since the creative team, though reasonably receptive to Catholic perspectives during the development of the first two seasons, was never likely to deviate to any great extent from current Protestant orthodoxy in terms of denigrating Mary and those who venerate her.
Watched both seasons in their entirety. There was not a single episode where I did not have joy in my heart and tears in my eyes.
The series is a work of art. The series faithfully and effectively presents the message of Jesus. And yes, it is entertaining.
It is astonishing to me that any Christian could object to this series because, to use an example, Simon the Zealot is shown as an actual Zealot, even though there is no historical evidence WHY Simon was called a Zealot. Or Matthew is portrayed as socially awkward. Etc.
This series is a gift from God in these days where our culture has been degraded, and where Jesus is daily hated or distorted.