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Another phase of Christianity in Africa began with the arrival of Portuguese in the 15th century. [47] After the end of Reconquista, the Christian Portuguese and Spanish captured many ports in North Africa. [48] Missionary expeditions undertaken by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) began as early as 1548 in various regions of Africa.
This proved especially troublesome in India, where very few local elites were attracted to Christianity. In Africa, especially, the missionaries made many converts. By the 21st century there were more Anglicans in Nigeria than in England, and they were culturally and theologically much more conservative. [40] [41]
364 – Rome returns to Christianity, specifically the Arian Church; c. 364 – Vandals (Arian Church) 376 – Goths and Gepids (Arian Church) 380 – Rome goes from Arian to Catholic/Orthodox (both terms are used refer to the same Church until 1054) 411 – Kingdom of Burgundy (Nicene Church) c. 420 – Najran (Nicene Church) 448 – Suebi ...
While the elite burials begin in the early 6th century, the richest ones occur at a time that Christianity was being established in England, leading to the suggestion that graves like mound 1 were a protest against the incoming religion, demonstrating heathen identity in contrast, or defiance, with Christianity. [80] [86]
By the early 600s, Christianity was established around the Mediterranean, [199] however, between 632 and 750, the Islamic caliphates conquered the Middle East and North Africa. [ 200 ] [ 201 ] Islamic rule devastated Asian urban churches, but the remoteness of Nestorian monasteries better enabled them to survive.
In early Anglo-Saxon England, non-stop religious development meant paganism and Christianity were never completely separate. [118] Archaeologist Lorcan Harney has reported that Anglo-Saxon churches were built by pagan barrows after the 11th century. [ 119 ]
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. This makes Ethiopia one of the first regions in the world to officially adopt Christianity. [4] [5]
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