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e. Christianity was first introduced to Vietnam in the 16th century. [1] Christians represent a significant minority in Vietnam: Catholics and Protestants were reported to compose 7% and 2% of the country's population respectively in 2020. However, the real number of Christian in Vietnam is 10% to 12% [2]
The failure of the revolt had a disastrous effect on the Christians of Vietnam. [31] New restrictions against Christians followed, and demands were made to find and execute remaining missionaries. [32] Anti-Catholic edicts to this effect were issued by Minh Mạng in 1836 and 1838.
According to estimates by the Pew Research Center in 2010, most of the Vietnamese people practiced (exclusively) folk religions (45.3%). A total of 16.4% of the population were Buddhists (Mahayana), 8.2% were Christian, and about 30% were unaffiliated to any religion. [4] Officially, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an atheist state, as ...
Protestantism in Vietnam. Protestants in Vietnam ( Vietnamese: đạo Tin Lành lit. ' Evangelicalism ') are a religious minority, constituting 1% of the population in 2022. [ 1] Though its numbers are small, Protestantism is the country's fastest-growing religion, growing at a rate of 600% in the early 2000s. [ 2]
A young Vietnamese Martyr, Andrew of Phú Yên, was beatified in March 2000, by Pope John Paul II. Vietnamese martyrs Paul Mi, Pierre Duong, Pierre Truat, martyred on 18 December 1838. The tortures these individuals underwent are considered by the Vatican to be among the worst in the history of Christian martyrdom.
Bible translations into Vietnamese. The modern Vietnamese alphabet chữ Quốc ngữ was created by Portuguese and Italian Jesuit missionaries and institutionalized by Alexandre de Rhodes with the first printing of Catholic texts in Vietnamese in 1651, but not the Bible. Some New Testament extracts were translated and printed in catechisms in ...
Caodaism. Cao Đài's left eye, similar to the Eye of Providence. Caodaism Holy See in Tây Ninh is the main religious building in Caodaism's Holy Land, outside of which buildings with the same functions are called Caodaist temples. Caodaism (/ ˌkaʊˈdaɪzm /, Vietnamese: Đạo Cao Đài, Chữ Hán: 道高臺, IPA: [ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ kaːw ...
51,000. Seminaries. Vietnamese Baptist Theology Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City. Official website. giaohoibaptitvietnam.org. The Baptist Convention of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Giáo hội Báp-tít Việt Nam) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in Vietnam. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Ho Chi ...