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Christianity ( / krɪstʃiˈænɪti, krɪstiˈænɪti /) 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. [8] Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries ...
The East-West Schism (sometimes also called Great Schism or the Schism of 1054) describes how Christianity split into two big branches called denominations in the Middle Ages. The Western part became the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern part became the Eastern Orthodox Church. During the centuries, views on politics and theology developed ...
Christianity in the Middle Ages covers the history of Christianity from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ( c. 476 ). The end of the period is variously defined - depending on the context, events such as the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, or the Protestant Reformation in 1517 are sometimes used. [1]
The Schism of the Three Chapters was a schism that affected Chalcedonian Christianity in Northern Italy lasting from 553 to 698 AD and in some areas to 715 AD, although the area out of communion with Rome contracted during that time. It was part of a larger Three-Chapter Controversy that affected the whole of Roman-Byzantine Christianity.
Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent Kingdom of God. He was crucified and died c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Afterwards, his followers, a set of apocalyptic Jews, proclaimed him risen from the dead. Christianity remained a Jewish sect for centuries in some locations, diverging gradually from ...
Spiritual Christianity ( Russian: духовное христианство, romanized : dukhovnoye khristianstvo) is the group of belief systems held by so-called folk Protestants ( narodnye protestanty ), including non- Eastern Orthodox indigenous faith tribes and new religious movements that emerged in the Russian Empire. Their origins are varied: some come from Protestant movements ...
Brothers Cyril and Methodius bring Christianity to the Slavic peoples. In the 9th century, Christianity was spreading throughout Europe, being promoted especially in the Carolingian Empire, its eastern neighbours, Scandinavia, and northern Spain . In 800, Charlemagne was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor, which continued the Photian schism .
