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The Church of the East was the earliest form of Christianity in India, as adopted by the St Thomas Christians of the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) from at least the third century, and possibly much earlier.
Pages in category "Christian denominations in India" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Christian denominations in India Church name Population Orientation Latin Church ("Roman Catholic" Church) 11,800,000 Catholic, Latin Church:
The total number of Latin Catholics in North East India as of 2020 stands at 1,913,431 adherents where the region is divided into 3 Metropolitan Archdioceses and 12 suffragan dioceses with a total of 528 parishes and more than 3500 chapels/mission stations/local churches and congregations as per the statistics mentioned below.
Category: Christianity in India. ... Christian denominations in India (4 C, 9 P) * Indian Christians (15 C, ... In the Name of God's Poor;
Christianity reached India in AD 52 when Thomas the Apostle reached Muziris in Malabar Coast presently called the state of Kerala. [4] He preached Christianity in Eastern and Western coasts of India. [5] These Saint Thomas Christians are known as Nasrani, which is a Syriac term meaning Follower of the Nazarene Jesus. The Christian community in ...
The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of Protestant denominations in South India that occurred after the independence of India. The Church of South India ordains women and transgender clergy, supports LGBTQ inclusion, advocates decriminalisation of same-sex relationships ...
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...