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Catholicism – broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole. Catholic Church – also known as the Roman Catholic Church; the world's largest Christian church, with more than 1.3 billion members.
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 .
Christianity. Christianity ( / ˌkrɪst ( ʃ) iˈænɪti /) 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]
The history of the Christian religion and the Christian church began with Jesus and his apostles, twelve disciples (students) of Jesus Christ for a mission. Christianity is the religion that is based on the birth, life, death, resurrection and teaching of Jesus Christ. Christianity began in the 1st century CE after Jesus died and was resurrected.
e. Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north. [1] The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination. Eastern Christianity is a category distinguished from ...
1917 True Jesus Church founded in Beijing. 1918 Execution of Holy Martyrs of Russia, including the last tsar, Nicholas II, and his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna. 1919 Karl Barth 's Commentary on Romans is published, critiquing Liberal Christianity and beginning the neo-orthodox movement.
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 ...
