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According to the 2020 census combining all Christian categories, 91.5% of the population is Christian; [2] 79% belong to the Catholic Church while 13% belong to Protestantism and other denominations such as Iglesia ni Cristo, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Philippine Independent Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Apostolic Catholic Church, United Church of ...
Indigenous Philippine folk religions are the distinct native religions of various ethnic groups in the Philippines, where most follow belief systems in line with animism. These Indigenous folk religions [ 1 ] where a set of local worship traditions are devoted to the anito or diwata (and their variables), terms which translate to Gods, spirits ...
Filipino religious leaders (5 C, 7 P) M. Religious mass media in the Philippines (2 C) P. Filipino people by religion (6 C) R. Religious buildings and structures in ...
Christianity is the country's dominant religion, [1] [2] followed by about 89 percent of the population. [3] The 2020 Census reported that 78.8 percent of the population professed Roman Catholicism ; other Christian denominations with a sizable number of adherents include the Iglesia ni Cristo , the Philippine Independent Church , and Seventh ...
The original faith of the people of the Philippines were the Indigenous Philippine folk religions. Belief systems within these distinct polytheist-animist religions were later influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism. With the arrival of Islam in the 14th century, the older religions slowly became less dominant in some small portions in the southwest.
The Spanish referred to Muslim inhabitants of the Philippines as "Moros," after the Muslim "Moors" they had regarded with disdain in Iberia and the Maghreb. [4] The subsequent Spanish conquest led to Catholic Christianity becoming the predominant religion in most of the modern-day Philippines, with Islam becoming a significant minority religion ...
Filipino deities (4 C) M. Philippine mythology (6 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Indigenous Philippine folk religions" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of ...
Category: Religion in the Philippines by province. 1 language. ... Religion in Zamboanga del Sur (1 C, 2 P) Religion in Zamboanga Sibugay (1 C, 1 P)