Gloria Aeterna

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

Matthew 28:19-20/Opening Lines to the series' intro.

Gratia Aeterna ( US : Eternal Glory ) ( JP : 永遠の恵み: キリストの聖徒たちの生涯-Eien no megumi: Kirisuto no seito-tachi no shōgai/Eternal Grace: The Life of Christ's Saints ) Is a Biographical/Christian Religious Animated Series, created by David Productions with partnership with Tatsunoko Productions and Bandai Namco. It was distributed in Netflix, Hulu, and latter, premiering in CBN and TV Tokyo.

The show revolves around various saints, blesseds and martyrs from the main saint venerating churches, including the Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican Church.

For historical, religious, archaeological, sociological and cultural research, the studio contracted various historians, theologians, archaeologists, sociologists, biblical scholars, biblical archaeologists, and cultural anthropologists. Some notable examples include Jason Sobel, David Guffey, Dr Doug Huffman, known for their works on The Chosen, Jonathan Pageau, who was known for making the webseries Dog of God.

The series had various controversies, most notably its protrayal of the Hindu and Buddhist gods as demons on the episode St.Anthony: The Desert Father Part 3. The reason being that the episode was based on Flaubert's novel The Temptations of St.Anthony, and on the page 105 to 108, from the chapter entitled All Gods All Religions, it includes the controversial scene. This caused the episode to be banned in India and Pakistan, and an apology letter was sent shortly after. Some minor controversies included the Anti-Semitism by John Chrysostom, which bothered some of the staff, mostly the jews.

Based on

 * The Holy Bible ( 325 AD )/KJV ( 1611 AD )/ERV ( NT:1881/OT:1885 )/OSB ( 2008 )/
 * Temptations of St.Anthony ( Gustave Flaubert;!875 )

Spin-Off

 * Mater Dei : Mater Dei was released in April 9th 2027. It's an spin-off detailing Mary's life.
 * Saints, Idolatry or Intercession? : Saints, Idolatry or Intercession

Reception
TBA

Controversies
Although the series had good ratings on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, there were various controversies surrounding some scenes and views.

Trivia

 * The series' name means Eternal Grace.