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Christianity originated in the 1st century CE in the eastern Mediterranean and quickly spread throughout the Roman Empire. By the 4th century, it became the state religion of the empire, further expanding into Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia. The religion continued to grow through missionary work and colonization, reaching the Americas, Oceania, and parts of Asia and Africa, resulting in a global presence today with diverse denominations and practices.
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What is the religion of the byzantine empire?
The religion in the Byzantine Empire was Christianity. This was the furthest extent of Christianity to the East. Further East were Islam and other major religions during this time. Christianity became the main religion because of Justinian's influence on the people.
To what extent were the Muslims successful in converting Indians to Islam?
about as successful as Sikhs were at converting Muslims to Sikhism and Christians were in converting Hindus to Christianity....
Was Jesus worshipped in the first century?
Pliny the Younger mentions Christianity as an established sect early in the second century. Since established sects don't appear overnight, this establishes that Christianity must have existed during the first century also.
What is the importance of Jesus and Christianity?
If we did not have Christianity, we would have some other religion that dominated the Western world, whether Buddhism, Judaism, Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, or traditional Roman paganism. Christianity is important to the extent that history favoured its success. With Christianity as the dominant religion of the West and of many of the countries that were colonised by the European powers, Jesus assumes importance as the founder of the faith.
What is a Bible basher?
A bible basher is a person who preaches Christianity, to the extent that they take as many opportunities as possible to publicize their belief and convert those around them.
Why did Westerners not manage to convert the Japanese to Christianity?
Christianity has rarely done well in countries that were not colonies of the Western countries. Japan, while controlled to some extent, was not a primitive land and had an established religious heritage. In China, Western countries had more influence, and missionaries were able to set up schools that also taught Christianity.
What are the different festivals between Judaism Christianity and Islam?
They have their own festivals which don't seem much to be interrelated such as the different Eids in Islam, Easter and Christmas in Christianity and Shabbat in Judaism. Even to an extent the Islamic new year and the Christian new year also varies.
Roman Catholic Christianity is the religion for the majority of the people in which countries?
Italy, Spain, Portugal, to some extent, France; and, of course, Vatican City, as well as in the majority of Latin America
Which invaders wanted to conquer Europe but also tolerated other religious groups?
Arabs, and to a lesser extent, Turks, tolerated Christianity and Judaism, although they followed Islam. The Mongols, initially Buddhist, were aligned with Christianity against Islam, but later many adopted Islam and subsequently persecuted Christians.
Extent?
Extent
What were the four religions of Rome?
The following religions were present in Rome at various times, to a significant extent: * animism * paganism * Mithraism * Christianity * Judaism (probably to a lesser extent than the others) There were sub-division of the above. In early times, Christianity was represented by proto-Catholic-Orthodox and Gnostic (and other) wings, eventually resolving to the Roman Catholic Church only. Mithraism evolved for some, to the worship of Sol Invictus. Paganism also had varous forms, including the 'mystery' religions.
Who was affected by Judaism?
Jews were the most affected by Judaism. To a lesser extent, Christianity and Islam either developed from or borrowed certain moral principles from Judaism. Christianity is the basis of most modern moral philosophies used by the Western Nations, today. More than half the world accept Judeo-Christian Ethics and Morality.
