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The second-largest Christian group in Europe were the Orthodox, who made up 32% of European Christians. [3] About 19% of European Christians were part of the mainline Protestant tradition. [3] Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy. [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.
1054 – Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Georgia, Alania, Bulgaria, Serbs, and Rus' are Orthodox Catholics with East-West Schism while Western Europe becomes Roman Catholic; 1096 – Maronites return from Monothelite to Catholic [14] [15] c. 1100 – Circassia (most of the country would remain pagan in spite of Georgian expansion into the region)
The Christian culture was one of the more dominant forces to influence Western civilization, concerning the course of philosophy, art, music, science, social structure and architecture. [41] [42] The civilizing influence of Christianity includes social welfare, [43] founding hospitals, [44] economics (as the Protestant work ethic), [45] [46 ...
The era of politically absolutist states followed the breakdown of Christian universalism in Europe. [437] Abuses from absolutist Catholic kings gave rise to a virulent anti-religious sentiment that emerged in the 1680s as an aspect of the Age of Enlightenment. Critique of Christianity grew among the more extreme Protestant reformers.
The second-largest Christian group in Europe was the Orthodox, who made up 32% of European Christians. About 19% of European Christians were part of the Protestant tradition. [95] Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy. [95]
Christendom: a Short History of Christianity and Its Impact on Western Civilization, in series, Harper Colophon Books. New York: Harper & Row. 2 vol., ill. Molland, Einar (1959) Christendom: the Christian churches, their doctrines, constitutional forms and ways of worship.
Christian denominations in Europe by country (27 C) + History of Catholicism in Europe by country (15 C) A. Christianity in Albania (10 C, 2 P) Christianity in ...