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2 days ago · Christianity (/ k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n ɪ t i, k r ɪ s t i ˈ æ n ɪ t i /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population.
- History of Christianity
The eleventh century was a period of "relative" peace and...
- Christianity by Country
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in...
- History of Christianity
4 days ago · Christianity is the largest Abrahamic religion with about 2.3 billion adherents, called Christians, constituting about 31.1% of the world's population. Islam is the second largest Abrahamic religion, as well as the fastest-growing Abrahamic religion in recent decades.
3 days ago · Arianism (Koine Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all mainstream branches of Christianity. It is first attributed to Arius (c. AD 256–336), a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt.
5 days ago · Fixing the date on which the Resurrection of Jesus was to be observed and celebrated triggered a major controversy in early Christianity in which an Eastern and a Western position can be distinguished.
- What is Easter?Easter is one of the principal holidays, or feasts, of Christianity. It marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion....
- Why is Easter celebrated?Easter is celebrated by Christians as a joyous holiday because it represents the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament and the revelat...
- When is Easter?In 325 the Council of Nicaea decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (Mar...
- Why is Easter called Easter?The English word Easter, which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. It likely derives from the Christian designation of Easter...
5 days ago · In contrast to the typical approach, then, Interpreting Christian History is avowedly a confessional work. I wrote it as a historian whose career had been largely focused on difference, disagreement, and, sometimes violent, discord within western Christianity.
4 days ago · The authors’ draw attention to one of the ironies of the more recent history of evangelicalism is that while secularisation has increased in the West, the influence of evangelicalism on mainstream Western Christianity has also increased (p. 199).
4 days ago · In the smoldering ruins of the post-1960s assault on Christianity, the bright leaves of sapling resurgence promise hope. To be fair, the assault on Christianity is far older than the astroturfed social movements of the 1960s. In fact, one could argue similar culture-wide assaults have been launched in 1930, 1917, and 1789, among numerous others. Both spiritually and temporally, there are ...
