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While the CESNUR (an Italian think tank devoted to religious studies, especially on new religions in Italy) asserts that there are 442,377 Protestants in Italy, due to the difficulty of keeping accurate records regarding the proclaimed religion of immigrants to the country, that number likely reflects, at best, only an approximation of the ...
Clarke and Beyer estimate that Protestants constituted 15% of all Europeans in 2009, while Noll claims that less than 12% of them lived in Europe in 2010. [5] [7] Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant. [3] [7] [22] Since 1900, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 November 2024. Catholic Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. Saint Francis is one of the patron saints of Italy. Christianity in Italy has been historically characterised by the dominance of the Catholic Church since the East–West Schism. However, the country is also home to significant Christian ...
Pisa Cathedral, a notable example of Romanesque architecture, in particular the style known as Pisan Romanesque [5]. The 2012 Global Religious Landscape survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (an American think tank) found that 83.3% of Italy's residents were Christians, 12.4% were irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 3.7% were Muslims and 0.6% adhered to other religions. [6]
This map is based on two sources: Pew Research Center's Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population and List of countries by population in 2010. Both the numbers from the report and population estimates were used to calculate approximate percentage of Protestants in each country mentioned in ...
In 2006, Protestants made up 2.1% of Italy's population, and members of Eastern Orthodox churches comprised 1.2% or more than 700,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians including 180,000 Greek Orthodox, [116] 550,000 Pentecostals and Evangelists (0.8%), of whom 400,000 are members of the Assemblies of God, about 250,000 are Jehovah's Witnesses (0.4% ...
The number of individuals who are members of historical Protestant Churches totals to 300–600 million. [ 23 ] [ 20 ] A map of countries that have a church that is a member of the Anglican Communion (blue), [ dubious – discuss ] the Porvoo Communion (green), comprising European Anglican and Lutheran churches, and the Union of Utrecht of the ...
In 2010, the most numerous international bodies accounted for more than a half of worldwide Protestant population, [n 1] while the most numerous national bodies accounted for more than 200 of the world's 800 million Protestants. [n 2] [1]