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Etchmiadzin Cathedral, regarded the oldest cathedral in the world. It is accepted that the Kingdom of Armenia became the first polity to adopt Christianity as its state religion. Although it has long been claimed that Armenia was the first Christian kingdom, according to some scholars this has relied on a source by Agathangelos titled "The ...
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) 411 – Kingdom of Burgundy (Nicene Church) c. 420 – Najran (Nicene Church) 448 – Suebi ...
[588] [589] It is the world's largest religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers constituting around 31.2% of the world's population. [ 492 ] [ 522 ] [ 590 ] In 2000, approximately one-quarter of all Christians worldwide were part of Pentecostalism and its associated movements. [ 591 ]
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
Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, it was built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. [1] [2] [3] The monastery was built by the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, enclosing what is claimed to be the burning bush seen by Moses.
It emphasizes the "greatness of Christ" and holds the Bible to be the "source of all religious truths". [9] With regard to the New Birth, the Moravian Church holds that a personal conversion to Christianity is a joyful experience, in which the individual "accepts Christ as Lord" after which faith "daily grows inside the person." [9]
Palestinian Christians call themselves “living stones,” tracing their history to the birth of the Church in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago. Today, they fear Gaza’s small Christian community ...
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]