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Christianity in Albania began when Christians arrived in Illyria soon after the time of Jesus, with a bishop being appointed in Dyrrhachium in 58 AD. [ 2 ] When the Roman Empire was divided in 395 AD, modern Albania became part of the Byzantine Empire , but was under the jurisdiction of the Roman pope until 732, when Emperor Leo III placed the ...
Ruins of a 12th-century medieval Catholic Church in Rubik. Since the early 4th century AD, Christianity had become the established religion in the Roman Empire, supplanting pagan polytheism and eclipsing for the most part the humanistic world outlook and institutions inherited from the Greek and Roman civilizations.
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The US International Religious Freedom Report of 2022 noted that 38% of the population (just over a million people) have a Christian background. [3] The number of Evangelical Protestants in Albania has risen from approximately 8000 in 1998, [ 4 ] to approximately 14,000 in the early 2020s. [ 5 ]
Shqip; Slovenčina; Türkçe; ... Albanian Christian clergy (4 C, 1 P) E. Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania (1 C, 67 P) F. Albanian former Christians ...
The Christian religious vocabulary of Albanian is mostly Latin, including even the basic terms such "to bless", "altar," and "to receive communion". It indicates that Albanians were Christianized under the Latin-based liturgy and ecclesiastical order which would be known as "Roman Catholic" in later centuries. [ 6 ]
According to Boston University's 2020 World Religion Database, Albania's religious affiliation is 59% Muslim, 38% Christian, 2.5% atheist or agnostic, and 0.6% Baháʼí. [3] Figures in 2022 note that 55% of the population are Sunni Muslim, 4.3% are Shia Muslim, 18.42% are Orthodox Christians and 17.90% are Catholic. [4]
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.