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300 First Christians reported in Greater Khorasan; an estimated 10% of the world's population is now Christian; parts of the Bible are available in 10 different languages [52] 301 – Armenia is the first kingdom in history to adopt Christianity as state religion; 303–312 Diocletian's Massacre of Christians, includes burning of scriptures
According to Acts 11:26, Antioch was where the followers were first called Christians. Peter was later martyred in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. The apostles went on to spread the message of the Gospel around the classical world and founded apostolic sees around the early centers of Christianity. The last apostle to die was John in c. 100.
This is a timeline showing the dates when countries or polities made Christianity the official state religion, generally accompanying the baptism of the governing monarch. Adoptions of Christianity to AD 1450
[532] [533] It is the world's largest religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers constituting around 31.2% of the world's population. [ 469 ] [ 465 ] [ 534 ] In 2000, approximately one-quarter of all Christians worldwide were part of Pentecostalism and its associated movements. [ 535 ]
Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians by number of followers. Estimates vary from 0.6 to 1.1 billion, or between 24% and 40% of all Christians. Estimates vary from 0.6 to 1.1 billion, or between 24% and 40% of all Christians.
Followers % of the Christian population % of the world population Follower dynamics Dynamics in- and outside Christianity Catholic Church: 1,094,610,000 50.1 15.9 Growing Declining Protestantism: 800,640,000 36.7 11.6 Growing Growing Orthodoxy: 260,380,000 11.9 3.8 Declining Declining Other Christianity: 28,430,000 1.3 0.4 Growing Growing ...
In 2010, 87% of the world's Christian population lived in countries where Christians are in the majority, while 13% of the world's Christian population lived in countries where Christians are in the minority. [1] Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Sub-Saharan Africa. [1]
Eastern Orthodox Church – officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian church in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania ...