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  2. History of Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    The "Third Great Awakening" was a period of religious activism in American history from the late 1850s to the 1900s. It affected pietistic Protestant denominations and had a strong sense of social activism. It gathered strength from the postmillennial theology that the Second Coming of Christ would come after mankind had reformed the entire earth.

  3. Christianity in Europe - Wikipedia

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    At all times, traditions of folk religion existed largely independent from official denominations or dogmatic theology. [4] From the Middle Ages onwards, as the centralized Roman power waned in southern and central Europe, the dominance of the Catholic Church was the only consistent force in Western Europe. [4]

  4. Timeline of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    2005 United Church of Christ becomes first Protestant denomination to support same-sex marriage in the U.S., and one of the first denominations worldwide to do so; 2006 Legion of Christ begins to rapidly decline following the disgrace of its founder Marcial Maciel

  5. Timeline of official adoptions of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    1054 – Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Georgia, Bulgaria, Serbs, and Rus' are Orthodox Catholics with East-West Schism while Western Europe becomes Roman Catholic; 1124 – Conversion of Pomerania; 1160s – Obotrites; c. 1200 – (Southwestern) Finland; 1227 – Livonia (including mainland Estonia and northern Latvia), Cumania (Transylvania ...

  6. List of the largest Protestant denominations - Wikipedia

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    Federation of most Congolese Protestants. Largest United Protestant denomination worldwide. Three-Self Patriotic Movement: State-regulated theology various Protestants: 1951 Chairperson Fu Xianwei Secretary General Xu Xiaohong Shanghai, China China 23,000,000 [15] It is the only Protestant denomination approved by the Chinese government.

  7. List of Christian denominations - Wikipedia

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    New denominations and organizations formed through further divisions within Protestant churches since the Reformation began. A denomination labeled "Protestant" subscribes to the fundamental Protestant principles—though not always—that is scripture alone, justification by faith alone, and the universal priesthood of believers.

  8. Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    As mainline Protestantism shrinks in Europe and North America due to the rise of secularism or in areas where Christianity is a minority religion as with the Indian subcontinent, Reformed, Anglican, and Lutheran denominations merge, often creating large nationwide denominations.

  9. Christianity in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, the Roman Catholic Church strongly opposed liberalism and culture wars launched in Germany, Italy, Belgium and France. It strongly emphasized personal piety. In Europe there was a general move away from religious observance and belief in Christian teachings and a move towards secularism. In Protestantism, pietistic revivals were common.