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Christianity arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD; as of 2024, a majority of Africans are Christians. [1] Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including Tertullian, Perpetua, Felicity, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo.
The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world. Traditionally, this was held to be the year Jesus was born ; however, most modern scholars argue for an earlier or later date, the most agreed upon being ...
364 – Rome returns to Christianity, specifically the Arian Church; c. 364 – Vandals (Arian Church) 376 – Goths and Gepids (Arian Church) 380 – Rome goes from Arian to Catholic/Orthodox (both terms are used refer to the same Church until 1054) 402 – Maronites (Nicene Church) 411 – Kingdom of Burgundy (Nicene Church)
The rise of Christianity in the southern hemisphere, especially Africa and Latin America, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is a "grassroots movement" [14] that has generated new forms of Christian theology and worship, [15] and shifted the cultural and geographic focal point of the Church away from the West. [13]
Combining Christianity with questions of civil rights, aspects of the Black Power movement, and responses to black Muslims produced a black theology that spread to the United Kingdom, parts of Africa, and confronted apartheid in South Africa.
[13] [14] Another view however that exists is that Christianity in North Africa effectively ended soon after the conquest of North Africa by the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate between AD 647–709. [15] Many causes have been seen as leading to the decline of Christianity in Maghreb. One of them is the constant wars and conquests as well as persecutions.
Jesus' victory over death became the central belief of Christianity. [33] For his followers, Jesus inaugurated a New Covenant between God and his people. [34] The Pauline epistles teach that Jesus makes salvation possible. Through faith, believers experience union with Jesus and both share in his suffering and the hope of his resurrection. [35]
29 AD: Jesus is executed by crucifixion, according to Roman Catholic tradition. [7] and Tertullian's chronology. [8] 30 AD: 7 April (Good Friday) – Jesus is crucified (according to one dating scheme). He is later reported alive by his disciples. 33 AD: April 3 – According to Colin Humphrey's account, Jesus of Nazareth's Last Supper takes ...