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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
[590] [591] It is the world's largest religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers constituting around 31.2% of the world's population. [ 494 ] [ 524 ] [ 592 ] In 2000, approximately one-quarter of all Christians worldwide were part of Pentecostalism and its associated movements. [ 593 ]
This is a timeline showing the dates when countries or polities made Christianity the official state religion, generally accompanying the baptism of the governing monarch. Adoptions of Christianity to AD 1450
History of Christian theology – an overview of various ideas in the development of Christian theology. History of late ancient Christianity – traces Christianity during the Christian Roman Empire – the period from the rise of Christianity under Emperor Constantine (c. 313), until the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 476).
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]
In the traditional history of the Christian church, the Apostolic Age was the foundation upon which the entire church's history is founded. [122] The Apostolic Age is particularly significant to Restorationism which claims that it represents a purer form of Christianity that should be restored to the church as it exists today.
America’s founding motto was “E Pluribus Unum” (out of one many) but in the 1950s religious zealots changed that to “in God we trust” and inserted “under God” into the secular Pledge ...
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus.