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Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population. [ 3 ] Christianity in Ethiopia dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum , when the King Ezana first adopted the faith in the 4th century AD.
Ethiopian Orthodox believers are strict Trinitarians, [57] maintaining the Orthodox teaching that God is united in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This concept is known as səllase (ሥላሴ), [citation needed] Geʽez for "Trinity". Daily services constitute only a small part of an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian's religious observance.
Ethiopia was one of the first regions in the world to adopt Christianity. Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. Among these mainly Abrahamic religions, the most numerous is Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodoxy, P'ent'ay, Roman Catholic) whose adherents collectively form 67.3% of the population, followed by Islam, adhered to by 31.3% ...
Vatican City and St. Peter's Basilica.. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, in particular, the Catholic Church and Protestantism. [5] [50] Western culture, throughout most of its history, has been nearly equivalent to Christian culture, and much of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians.
A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-41958-2. Begley, Sharon (6 August 2012). "Genetic study offers clues to history of North Africa's Jews". Reuters; Bosc-Tiessé, Claire (2020). "Christian Visual Culture in Medieval Ethiopia: Overview, Trends and Issues". In Kelly, Samantha (ed.).
Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state with over 80 different ethnic groups. Christianity is the most widely professed faith in the country, with the largest denomination being the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. After Christianity, Ethiopia houses a significant minority of adherents to Islam and a small percentage to traditional faiths.
The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The Eastern Rite Ethiopian Catholic Church, the primary Catholic rite in the country, bases its liturgy and teaching on that of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, modified to be in accordance with the Catholic ...
During the 1960s, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was the only Christian denomination accepted by the government. [5] This caused the emergence of Open and Closed areas where Orthodox Churches could practice freely, while Pentecostal churches and other denominations were forced to practice in private and keep a low profile.