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Christianity has been, historically, a Middle Eastern religion with its origin in Judaism. Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in the Middle East, Egypt, Asia Minor, the Far East, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.
The Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East, descendant churches of the Assyria-based Church of the East, have a combined membership of approximately 400,000. [6] Historically, Eastern Christianity was centered in the Middle East and surrounding areas, where Christianity originated.
The body was further positioned facing the east in a Christian manner whilst also being placed beneath a large howe. It has been argued that trying to ascertain whether the man buried was a Christian or pagan is ultimately unproductive as this period was characterised by ideological experimentation and religious syncretism. [211]
The Christian "King of Colombo" (Kollam in India, flags: , identified as Christian due to the early Christian presence there) [99] in the contemporary Catalan Atlas of 1375. [100] [101] The caption above the king of Kollam reads: Here rules the king of Colombo, a Christian. [102] The black flags on the coast belong to the Delhi Sultanate.
Mingana, The Early Spread of Christianity in Central Asia and the Far East, pp. 300. A.C. Moule, Christians in China Before The year 1550 , pp. 19–26 P.Y. Saeki, The Nestorian Documents and Relics in China and The Nestorian Monument in China , pp. 27–52
The gradual rise of Germanic Christianity was, at times, voluntary, particularly among groups associated with the Roman Empire. From the 6th century, Germanic tribes were converted (or re-converted from Arianism) by missionaries of the Catholic Church. [4] [5] Many Goths converted to Christianity as individuals outside the Roman Empire.
Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted to Christianity. Christianization has, for the most part, spread through missions by individual conversions, but has also, in some instances, been the result of violence by individuals and groups ...
c. 319 – Christianization of Iberia (Georgia) [3] [4] [5] c. 325 – Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 337 – Roman Empire (baptism of Constantine I) 361 – Rome returns to paganism under Julian the Apostate; 364 – Rome returns to Christianity, specifically the Arian Church; c. 364 – Vandals (Arian Church)