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Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population. [ 3 ] Christianity in Ethiopia dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum , when the King Ezana first adopted the faith in the 4th century AD.
1439 – During the reign of Emperor Zara Yaqob, a religious discussion took place between Giyorgis and a French visitor led to the dispatch of an embassy from Ethiopia to the Vatican. [10] 1507 – Mateus, an Armenian, had been sent as an Ethiopian envoy to Portugal. [11] 1520 – an embassy under Dom Rodrigo de Lima landed in Ethiopia. [11]
Printable version; In other projects ... Jewish Ethiopian history (6 C, 13 P) Pages in category "History of religion in Ethiopia"
1622 – Roman Catholicism became state religion to the Empire under Emperor Susenyos I by pressure of Jesuits. [25] 1632 – Orthodox Tewahedo reinstated to state religion by the order of Emperor Fasilides, beginning with Gondarine period. [26] 1636 – Founding of Gondar as capital of the Empire and subsequent Ethiopian Renaissance flourished ...
Ethiopia is the site of the first hijra in Islamic history and the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash. Until the 1980s, a substantial population of Ethiopian Jews resided in Ethiopia. The country is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious movement. [citation needed]
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Ethiopian history timelines" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Printable version; In other projects ... This is a timeline of History of Ethiopia. Each article deals with events in Ethiopia in a given year. Twentieth century ...
This bitter religious conflict contributed to hostility toward foreign Christians and Europeans, which persisted into the 20th century and was a factor in Ethiopia's isolation until the mid-19th century, when the first British mission, sent in 1805 to conclude an alliance with Ethiopia and obtain a port on the Red Sea in case France conquered ...