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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Christianity</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8A%D1%8D" title="Чыристэныгъэ – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Чыристэныгъэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Чыристан дин – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Чыристан дин" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Christendom" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christentum" title="Christentum – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Christentum" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-alt mw-list-item"><a href="https://alt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%98%D0%B0%D2%A5" title="Христиан јаҥ – Southern Altai" lang="alt" hreflang="alt" data-title="Христиан јаҥ" data-language-autonym="Алтай тил" data-language-local-name="Southern Altai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Алтай тил</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B5%E1%8A%93" title="ክርስትና – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ክርስትና" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ईसाई धर्म – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="ईसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C4%ABstend%C5%8Dm" title="Crīstendōm – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Crīstendōm" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%9B%D1%8C%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Ақьырсианра – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Ақьырсианра" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="المسيحية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="المسيحية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismo" title="Cristianismo – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cristianismo" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A1%DC%AB%DC%9D%DC%9A%DC%9D%DC%98%DC%AC%DC%90" title="ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A7%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Քրիստոնէութիւն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Քրիստոնէութիւն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri%C8%99tinismu" title="Criștinismu – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Criștinismu" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismo" title="Cristianismo – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Cristianismo" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE" title="খ্ৰীষ্টান ধৰ্ম – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="খ্ৰীষ্টান ধৰ্ম" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismu" title="Cristianismu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cristianismu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ईसाई धर्म – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="ईसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesu_rape" title="Hesu rape – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Hesu rape" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B1_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Насранияб дин – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Насранияб дин" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xristianl%C4%B1q" title="Xristianlıq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Xristianlıq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مسیحیت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مسیحیت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama_Kristen" title="Agama Kristen – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Agama Kristen" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE" title="খ্রিস্টধর্ম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="খ্রিস্টধর্ম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karistin" title="Karistin – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Karistin" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki-tok-k%C3%A0u" title="Ki-tok-kàu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ki-tok-kàu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen" title="Kristen – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Kristen" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%A1" title="Христианлыҡ – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Христианлыҡ" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Хрысціянства – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хрысціянства" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Хрысьціянства – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Хрысьціянства" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ईसाई धर्म – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="ईसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianismo" title="Kristianismo – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kristianismo" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaniti" title="Kristaniti – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Kristaniti" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Християнство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Християнство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristndum" title="Kristndum – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Kristndum" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A1%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A4%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="ཡེ་ཤུའི་ཆོས་ལུགས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཡེ་ཤུའི་ཆོས་ལུགས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C5%A1%C4%87anstvo" title="Kršćanstvo – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kršćanstvo" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristeniezh" title="Kristeniezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kristeniezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Христосой шажан – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Христосой шажан" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianisme" title="Cristianisme – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cristianisme" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%C4%83%D1%85" title="Христианлăх – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Христианлăх" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiyanismo" title="Kristiyanismo – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kristiyanismo" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%99es%C5%A5anstv%C3%AD" title="Křesťanství – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Křesťanství" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitendero_chechiKristu" title="Chitendero chechiKristu – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Chitendero chechiKristu" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianisimu" title="Cristianisimu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Cristianisimu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristnogaeth" title="Cristnogaeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cristnogaeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristatali" title="Kristatali – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Kristatali" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendom" title="Kristendom – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kristendom" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="مسيحية – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="مسيحية" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risttala%C5%A1vuohta" title="Risttalašvuohta – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Risttalašvuohta" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christentum" title="Christentum – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Christentum" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%89%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%A9%DE%80%DE%A9%DE%8B%DE%A9%DE%82%DE%B0" title="މަސީހީދީން – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="މަސީހީދީން" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%9Bes%C4%87ija%C5%84stwo" title="Kśesćijaństwo – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Kśesćijaństwo" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristlus" title="Kristlus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kristlus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Χριστιανισμός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χριστιανισμός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Christianity" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Кристаньчи – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Кристаньчи" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismo" title="Cristianismo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cristianismo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristanismo" title="Kristanismo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kristanismo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismu" title="Cristianismu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Cristianismu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristautasun" title="Kristautasun – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kristautasun" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مسیحیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسیحیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isai_Dharam" title="Isai Dharam – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Isai Dharam" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristind%C3%B3mur" title="Kristindómur – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Kristindómur" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianisme" title="Christianisme – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Christianisme" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendom" title="Kristendom – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kristendom" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiristanci" title="Kiristanci – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Kiristanci" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianesim" title="Cristianesim – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Cristianesim" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Chr%C3%ADosta%C3%ADocht" title="An Chríostaíocht – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Chríostaíocht" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Chreestiaght" title="Yn Chreestiaght – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Chreestiaght" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristianl%C4%B1k" title="Hristianlık – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Hristianlık" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%ACosdaidheachd" title="Crìosdaidheachd – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Crìosdaidheachd" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismo" title="Cristianismo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cristianismo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="ЖӀаргахой ди – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="ЖӀаргахой ди" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99" title="基督教 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="基督教" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A8kristiano" title="Ũkristiano – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Ũkristiano" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%96%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE" title="ખ્રિસ્તી ધર્મ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ખ્રિસ્તી ધર્મ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristanvponn" title="Kristanvponn – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Kristanvponn" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%AE-tuk-kau" title="Kî-tuk-kau – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kî-tuk-kau" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%85%EA%B5%90" title="기독교 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기독교" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiristanci" title="Kiristanci – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kiristanci" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Քրիստոնեություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քրիստոնեություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ईसाई धर्म – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ईसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%99es%C4%87anstwo" title="Křesćanstwo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Křesćanstwo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C5%A1%C4%87anstvo" title="Kršćanstvo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kršćanstvo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristanismo" title="Kristanismo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kristanismo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efefe_Kra%E1%BB%8Bst" title="Efefe Kraịst – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Efefe Kraịst" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianidad" title="Kristianidad – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Kristianidad" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekristenan" title="Kekristenan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kekristenan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianismo" title="Christianismo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Christianismo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianisme" title="Cristianisme – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Cristianisme" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukpiqtuaq" title="Ukpiqtuaq – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Ukpiqtuaq" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Чырыстон дин – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Чырыстон дин" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristni" title="Kristni – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kristni" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianesimo" title="Cristianesimo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cristianesimo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA" title="נצרות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נצרות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen" title="Kristen – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kristen" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C9%A9stiyaniism" title="Krɩstiyaniism – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Krɩstiyaniism" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE" title="ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಧರ್ಮ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಧರ್ಮ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianismu" title="Kristianismu – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kristianismu" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%8A" title="Христианлыкъ – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Христианлыкъ" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ქრისტიანობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ქრისტიანობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%96%D8%B3%D9%B2%DB%8C%D9%90%DB%8C%D9%8E%D8%AA%DA%BE" title="عیٖسٲیِیَتھ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="عیٖسٲیِیَتھ" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D2%9B" title="Христиандық – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Христиандық" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristonedh" title="Kristonedh – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Kristonedh" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubukirisitu" title="Ubukirisitu – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Ubukirisitu" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukristo" title="Ukristo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ukristo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyesu" title="Kiyesu – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Kiyesu" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristeva" title="Kristeva – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Kristeva" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisyanis" title="Krisyanis – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Krisyanis" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristyanism" title="Kristyanism – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Kristyanism" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiristiyan%C3%AE" title="Xiristiyanî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Xiristiyanî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Машаякчылык – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Машаякчылык" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianejim" title="Cristianejim – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Cristianejim" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianizmo" title="Kristianizmo – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Kristianizmo" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Ххачпарас дин – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Ххачпарас дин" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%9C%E0%BA%B2" title="ຄິດຕະສາສະໜາ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ຄິດຕະສາສະໜາ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religio_Christiana" title="Religio Christiana – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Religio Christiana" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiet%C4%ABba" title="Kristietība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kristietība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%ABschtentum" title="Chrëschtentum – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Chrëschtentum" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Хашпара дин – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Хашпара дин" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krik%C5%A1%C4%8Dionyb%C4%97" title="Krikščionybė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Krikščionybė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banua_Niha_Keriso" title="Banua Niha Keriso – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Banua Niha Keriso" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestian%C3%AAximo" title="Crestianêximo – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Crestianêximo" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christend%C3%B3m" title="Christendóm – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Christendóm" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokl%C3%ADsto" title="Boklísto – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Boklísto" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianisme" title="Cristianisme – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Cristianisme" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristianskoi_usko" title="Hristianskoi usko – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Hristianskoi usko" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/xi%27ojda" title="xi'ojda – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="xi'ojda" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianesim" title="Cristianesim – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Cristianesim" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kereszt%C3%A9nys%C3%A9g" title="Kereszténység – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kereszténység" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ईसाई धर्म – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="ईसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Христијанство – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Христијанство" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianisma" title="Kristianisma – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kristianisma" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%82" title="ക്രിസ്തുമതം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്രിസ്തുമതം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristjane%C5%BCmu" title="Kristjaneżmu – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Kristjaneżmu" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakapono_Karaitiana" title="Whakapono Karaitiana – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Whakapono Karaitiana" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="ख्रिश्चन धर्म – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ख्रिश्चन धर्म" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ქირსიანობა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ქირსიანობა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%87" title="مسيحيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مسيحيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%81%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="ခရေတ်ယာန် – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="ခရေတ်ယာန်" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86" title="مسیحی دین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مسیحی دین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian" title="Kristian – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kristian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen" title="Kristen – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Kristen" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C4%AD-d%C3%B3k-g%C3%A1u" title="Gĭ-dók-gáu – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Gĭ-dók-gáu" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristandade" title="Cristandade – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Cristandade" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%88%D0%B8" title="Кристозши – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Кристозши" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B3%D1%8D%D0%BB" title="Христ итгэл – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Христ итгэл" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%81%E1%80%9B%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC" title="ခရစ်ယာန်ဘာသာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ခရစ်ယာန်ဘာသာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianoyotl" title="Cristianoyotl – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Cristianoyotl" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotu_Vakaristo" title="Lotu Vakaristo – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Lotu Vakaristo" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Christendom" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Christendom" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE" title="इसाई धर्म – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="इसाई धर्म" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E6%95%99" title="キリスト教 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キリスト教" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestianesemo" title="Crestianesemo – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Crestianesemo" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nqo mw-list-item"><a href="https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%8C%DF%9B%DF%9F%DF%8A%DF%9E%DF%A6%DF%8A" title="ߌߛߟߊߞߦߊ – N’Ko" lang="nqo" hreflang="nqo" data-title="ߌߛߟߊߞߦߊ" data-language-autonym="ߒߞߏ" data-language-local-name="N’Ko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ߒߞߏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Насаралла – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Насаралла" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krastendoom" title="Krastendoom – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Krastendoom" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendom" title="Kristendom – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kristendom" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendommen" title="Kristendommen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kristendommen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%AAtchiennet%C3%A9" title="Chrêtchienneté – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Chrêtchienneté" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristanisme" title="Kristanisme – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Kristanisme" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianisme" title="Cristianisme – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Cristianisme" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Христианлык – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Христианлык" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%96%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%B7%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9F_%E0%AC%A7%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AE" title="ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ଧର୍ମ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ଧର୍ମ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiristaanummaa" title="Kiristaanummaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Kiristaanummaa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xristianlik" title="Xristianlik – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Xristianlik" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88_%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE" title="ਇਸਾਈ ਧਰਮ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਇਸਾਈ ਧਰਮ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مسیحیت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مسیحیت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%81%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%82%8F%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%82%8F%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%82%8F" title="ခရိယာန်ႏဘာႏသာႏ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ခရိယာန်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianismo" title="Kristianismo – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Kristianismo" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="مسيحيت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مسيحيت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristianiti" title="Kristianiti – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Kristianiti" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B6" title="គ្រិស្តសាសនា – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="គ្រិស្តសាសនា" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiannime" title="Cristiannime – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Cristiannime" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%C3%A9sim" title="Cristianésim – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Cristianésim" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotu_Kristen" title="Lotu Kristen – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Lotu Kristen" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Christendom" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrze%C5%9Bcija%C5%84stwo" title="Chrześcijaństwo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chrześcijaństwo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianismo" title="Cristianismo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cristianismo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristianl%C4%B1q" title="Hristianlıq – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Hristianlıq" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cre%C8%99tinism" title="Creștinism – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Creștinism" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiyanismo" title="Kristiyanismo – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Kristiyanismo" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristianissem" title="Cristianissem – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Cristianissem" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiristuyuyay_i%C3%B1iy" title="Kiristuyuyay iñiy – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kiristuyuyay iñiy" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Хрістіанство – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Хрістіанство" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Христианство – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Христианство" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Христианство – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Христианство" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerisiano" title="Kerisiano – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Kerisiano" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="क्रैस्तमतम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="क्रैस्तमतम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%AD_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A2" title="ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مسیحیت – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="مسیحیت" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%C3%A8simu" title="Cristianèsimu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Cristianèsimu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Christianity" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendum" title="Kristendum – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Kristendum" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekriste" title="Sekriste – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Sekriste" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn mw-list-item"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekeresete" title="Sekeresete – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="Sekeresete" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisht%C3%ABrimi" title="Krishtërimi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Krishtërimi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%C3%A8simu" title="Cristianèsimu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Cristianèsimu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%B8" title="ක්‍රිස්තියානි ආගම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ක්‍රිස්තියානි ආගම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="عيسائيت – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="عيسائيت" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukhristu" title="Bukhristu – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="Bukhristu" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kres%C5%A5anstvo" title="Kresťanstvo – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kresťanstvo" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C5%A1%C4%8Danstvo" title="Krščanstvo – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Krščanstvo" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%97%D1%81%D1%82%D1%97%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Хрїстїаньство – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Хрїстїаньство" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krze%C5%9Bcij%C5%8D%C5%84stwo" title="Krześcijōństwo – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Krześcijōństwo" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masiixiyad" title="Masiixiyad – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Masiixiyad" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA" title="مەسیحییەت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەسیحییەت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Хришћанство – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хришћанство" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C5%A1%C4%87anstvo" title="Kršćanstvo – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kršćanstvo" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C3%A9sten" title="Karésten – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Karésten" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristinusko" title="Kristinusko – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kristinusko" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendom" title="Kristendom – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kristendom" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiyanismo" title="Kristiyanismo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kristiyanismo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="கிறிஸ்தவம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிறிஸ்தவம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamasi%E1%B8%A5it" title="Tamasiḥit – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Tamasiḥit" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Христианлык – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Христианлык" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9E%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%80%9E%E1%81%BC%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89" title="သႃႇသၼႃႇၶရိတ်ႉ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="သႃႇသၼႃႇၶရိတ်ႉ" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B5_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%82" title="క్రైస్తవ మతం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="క్రైస్తవ మతం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="ศาสนาคริสต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ศาสนาคริสต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-din mw-list-item"><a href="https://din.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%ABr%C3%ABth%C3%A4nu%C9%94%C9%94i" title="Kërëthänuɔɔi – Dinka" lang="din" hreflang="din" data-title="Kërëthänuɔɔi" data-language-autonym="Thuɔŋjäŋ" data-language-local-name="Dinka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Thuɔŋjäŋ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ti mw-list-item"><a href="https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B5%E1%8A%93" title="ክርስትና – Tigrinya" lang="ti" hreflang="ti" data-title="ክርስትና" data-language-autonym="ትግርኛ" data-language-local-name="Tigrinya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ትግርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D2%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82" title="Масеҳият – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Масеҳият" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE" title="ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ ಧರ್ಮ – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ ಧರ್ಮ" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristiyanl%C4%B1k" title="Hristiyanlık – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hristiyanlık" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristosom" title="Kristosom – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Kristosom" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" 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title="featured article badge, good article badge, recommended article"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%C3%A8zemo" title="Cristianèzemo – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Cristianèzemo" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristanuskond" title="Hristanuskond – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Hristanuskond" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit%C3%B4_gi%C3%A1o" title="Kitô giáo – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Kitô giáo" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krit" title="Krit – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Krit" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ristiusk" title="Ristiusk – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Ristiusk" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustinnisse" title="Crustinnisse – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Crustinnisse" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99" title="基督教 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="基督教" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christndom" title="Christndom – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Christndom" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristohanon" title="Kristohanon – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Kristohanon" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E5%AE%97%E6%95%99" title="基督宗教 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="基督宗教" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ts mw-list-item"><a href="https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vukreste" title="Vukreste – Tsonga" lang="ts" hreflang="ts" data-title="Vukreste" data-language-autonym="Xitsonga" data-language-local-name="Tsonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Xitsonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D" title="קריסטנטום – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="קריסטנטום" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BA%B8%CC%80s%C3%ACn_Kr%C3%ADst%C3%AC" title="Ẹ̀sìn Krístì – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Ẹ̀sìn Krístì" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99" title="基督教 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="基督教" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C4%B1ristiyaniye" title="Xıristiyaniye – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Xıristiyaniye" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg/170px-Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg/255px-Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg/340px-Latin_cross_%28bold%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><figcaption>A cross, the symbol of Christianity as the instrument on which Jesus was crucified</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Christianity</b> is the largest world religion by number of followers (around 2.4 billion). Members of the religion are called <a href="/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christians</a>. Christians generally believe <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a> to be the Son of God, the second person of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is an <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic religion">Abrahamic</a> <a href="/wiki/Monotheism" title="Monotheism">monotheistic religon</a> even though there are three members of the Trinity but represented as one, meaning it has only one <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">god</a> and believes him to be the same deity who spoke to <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monotheism_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monotheism-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has its roots in <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> and is based on the life and teachings of Jesus. </p><p>To most of the people of his time, Jesus was a preacher, teacher, healer, and prophet from ancient <a href="/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)" title="Judea (Roman province)">Judea</a>. However, his disciples and followers today believe him to be much more than that. Jesus was God's one and only son, who was sent down to <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> to die on a cross for their sins. </p><p>The man said to be his father, Joseph, was a <a href="/wiki/Carpenter" title="Carpenter">carpenter</a>. Jesus was executed by being nailed to a cross (or <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucified</a>) under <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a>, the local Roman <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/procurator" class="extiw" title="wikt:procurator">governor</a> at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His life and followers are written about in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. Christians consider the Bible, both the Old Testament and New Testament, as <a href="/wiki/Sacred" title="Sacred">sacred</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a> or "The Good News" are the first four books of the New Testament and are about Jesus' life, death, and his rising from the dead. </p><p>God created the world. Jesus is the name of God the Son. Christians believe him to be the Son of God. They believe that he was the human son of the <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Virgin Mary</a> and the divine Son of God. They believe he <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/suffering" class="extiw" title="wikt:suffering">suffered</a> and <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">died</a> to free humans from their <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a><sup id="cite_ref-McGrath4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGrath4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was later <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">raised from the dead.</a> He then <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">went up</a> into <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a>. At the end of time, Jesus will <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">come back</a> to Earth to <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Judgment">judge</a> all mankind, both alive and dead, giving <a href="/wiki/Immortality" title="Immortality">everlasting life</a> to those who believe in him. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God on the Earth that spoke through prophets. </p><p>The prophets <a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">foretold</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">the Old Testament</a> of Jesus as the <a href="/wiki/Salvation_(Christianity)" title="Salvation (Christianity)">Savior</a>. Christians think of Jesus Christ as a <a href="/wiki/Teacher" title="Teacher">teacher</a>, a role model, and someone who <a href="/wiki/Revelation" title="Revelation">revealed</a> who the <a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">Christian God</a> was. </p><p>Just like <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, Christianity is an <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic religion">Abrahamic religion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-J.Smith98_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J.Smith98-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anidjar2001_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anidjar2001-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christianity started out as a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Sect" title="Sect">sect</a><sup id="cite_ref-Robinson_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinson-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Esler_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Esler-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the eastern <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_region" title="Mediterranean region">Mediterranean</a>. It quickly grew in number of believers and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/influence" class="extiw" title="wikt:influence">influence</a> over a few <a href="/wiki/Decades" class="mw-redirect" title="Decades">decades</a>, and by the 4th Century it had become the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/dominant" class="extiw" title="wikt:dominant">dominant</a> religion in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> was the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion, under the rule of King <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates III of Armenia">Tiridates III</a> of the Arsacid dynasty in the early 4th century.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum" title="Kingdom of Aksum">Kingdom of Aksum</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">empire</a> to adopt Christianity. During the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the rest of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> mostly was <a href="/wiki/Christianization" title="Christianization">Christianized</a>. At that time, Christians were mostly a religious <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/minority" class="extiw" title="wikt:minority">minority</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Discovery" title="Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a>, through <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary work</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colonization</a>, Christianity <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/spread" class="extiw" title="wikt:spread">spread</a> to Africa, the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, and the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">world</a>. </p><p>Christianity has been an important part of the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/shaping" class="extiw" title="wikt:shaping">shaping</a> of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Orlandis_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orlandis-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the early <a href="/wiki/21st_century" title="21st century">21st century</a>, Christianity has approximately 2.2 billion followers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-World_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jesus_Christ">Jesus Christ</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Jesus Christ" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Jesus Christ"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christology">Christology</a></div> <p>The most basic part of Christianity is the belief in <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> as the Son of God and <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>). The title "Messiah" comes from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> word <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">מָשִׁיחַ</span></span> (<i>māšiáħ</i>) meaning <i><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/anointed" class="extiw" title="wikt:anointed">anointed</a> one</i>. The Greek translation <i>Χριστός</i> (<i>Christos</i>) is the source of the <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> word "<a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>". Jesus is English for the Hebrew word Yeshua. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimirskaya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Vladimirskaya.jpg/200px-Vladimirskaya.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Vladimirskaya.jpg/300px-Vladimirskaya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Vladimirskaya.jpg/400px-Vladimirskaya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>A depiction of Jesus and Mary, the Theotokos of Vladimir (12th century)</figcaption></figure> <p>Christians believe that, as the Messiah, Jesus was <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/anointed" class="extiw" title="wikt:anointed">anointed</a> by God as ruler and savior of all people. Christians also believe that Jesus' coming was the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/fulfillment" class="extiw" title="wikt:fulfillment">fulfillment</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">prophecies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>. The Christian belief of the Messiah is much different than <a href="/wiki/Judaism#The_Messiah_and_Saving_The_World" title="Judaism">the contemporary Jewish concept</a>. The main Christian belief is that, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, <a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">sinful</a> humans can be <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/reconcile" class="extiw" title="wikt:reconcile">reconciled</a> to God. Through this, they believe they are given <a href="/wiki/Salvation_(Christianity)" title="Salvation (Christianity)">salvation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Immortality" title="Immortality">eternal life</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been many <a href="/wiki/Christian_theology" title="Christian theology">theological</a> disagreements over the <a href="/wiki/Christology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christology">nature of Jesus</a> over the first centuries of Christian history. But Christians generally believe that Jesus is <a href="/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianity)" title="Incarnation (Christianity)">God incarnate</a> and "true God and true man." Jesus, having become fully human, suffered the pain and temptations of a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/mortal" class="extiw" title="wikt:mortal">mortal</a> man, but he did not sin. As fully God, he defeated death and came back to life again. According to the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, "God raised him from the dead,"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">ascended</a> to <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a>, is "seated at the right hand of the Father"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and will <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">return again</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to fulfill the rest of <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messianic</a> <a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">prophecy</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of the Dead</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Judgment">Last Judgment</a>, and the final creation of the <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Kingdom of God</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> say that Jesus was <a href="/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianity)" title="Incarnation (Christianity)">conceived</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a> and born from <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">the Virgin Mary</a>. Only a little of Jesus' childhood is written in the <a href="/wiki/Canon_(Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon (Bible)">canonical</a> gospels, but <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/infancy" class="extiw" title="wikt:infancy">infancy</a> gospels were popular in antiquity. However, the time of Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Adulthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Adulthood">adulthood</a> the week before his death is written much about in the gospels. Some of the Biblical writings of Jesus' ministry are: his <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miracles" class="mw-redirect" title="Miracles">miracles</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Preaching&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preaching (not yet started)">preaching</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teaching" class="mw-redirect" title="Teaching">teaching</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Deed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deed (not yet started)">deeds</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_resurrection_of_Jesus">Death and resurrection of Jesus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Death and resurrection of Jesus" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Death and resurrection of Jesus"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a></div><p>Christians believe the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">resurrection of Jesus</a> to be the main part of their faith (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015;&version=31;">1 Corinthians 15</a>) and the most important event in human history because it would show that Jesus has power over death and has the authority to give people eternal life.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg/160px-N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg/240px-N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg/320px-N-s-dos-passos-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Jesus helped by Simon of Cyrene, 19th century Brazilian depiction</figcaption></figure> <p>Among Christian beliefs, the death and resurrection of Jesus are two main events of Christian doctrine and theology.<sup id="cite_ref-ACU-Death_&_Resurrection_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACU-Death_&_Resurrection-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From what the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> says, Jesus was <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucified</a>, died a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/physical" class="extiw" title="wikt:physical">physical</a> death, was buried in a <a href="/wiki/Tomb" title="Tomb">tomb</a>, and rose from the dead on the third day afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Christians place his death on a Friday each year, which is the first day of his death. Saturday is the second day, and Sunday is the third day. The New Testament writes that after rising from the dead Jesus appeared many times before his <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciples</a>. Once He appeared before "more than five hundred brethren at once".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was before Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension</a> to heaven. Jesus' death and resurrection are remembered by Christians in their worship services, and most commonly during Holy Week, which has <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a> and <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> Sunday in the week. The date for Holy Week changes from year to year as it is partially based on the Jewish lunar calendar. <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salvation_of_Christ">Salvation of Christ</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Salvation of Christ" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Salvation of Christ"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Salvation_(Christianity)" title="Salvation (Christianity)">Salvation (Christianity)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a> teaches that <a href="/wiki/Salvation_(Christianity)" title="Salvation (Christianity)">eternal salvation</a> is a gift that is given to a person by <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">God's grace</a>. It is sometimes called "unmerited favor." This would mean that Salvation is God bringing humans into a right <a href="/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship" title="Interpersonal relationship">relationship</a> with God through faith in Jesus Christ. It is the belief that one can be saved (rescued) from <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a> and the eternal <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a> of hell. Many Protestants believe in the "assurance of salvation"—that God can put confidence in a believer that he has truly received salvation from Jesus Christ. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> teaches that although in most cases someone must be baptized a Catholic to be saved,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is sometimes possible for people who have not fully joined the Catholic Church to be saved. Catholics normally believe in the importance of "faith working through love" and <a href="/wiki/Sacraments" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacraments">sacraments</a> in receiving salvation. The Catholic Church teaches that good works and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/piety" class="extiw" title="wikt:piety">piety</a>, such as <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/obedience" class="extiw" title="wikt:obedience">obedience</a> to commands, taking the sacraments, going to church, doing <a href="/wiki/Penance" title="Penance">penance</a> giving <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/alms" class="extiw" title="wikt:alms">alms</a>, saying prayers, and other things, are important in becoming holy, but strongly emphasize that salvation is through God's grace alone, and all we can do is receive it.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Different denominations and traditions of Christianity believe in forms <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">divine grace</a>. Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy teach the complete importance of the <a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">free will</a> to work together with grace. <a href="/wiki/Reformed_theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed theology">Reformed theology</a> teaches the importance of grace by teaching that a person is completely <a href="/wiki/Total_depravity" title="Total depravity">incapable of self-redemption</a>, but the grace of God overcomes even the unwilling heart.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arminianism" title="Arminianism">Arminianism</a> believes in a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/synergistic" class="extiw" title="wikt:synergistic">synergistic</a> view, while <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a> and most other Protestant denominations teach <a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">justification</a> by grace through faith alone.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scriptures">Scriptures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Scriptures" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Scriptures"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg/250px-Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg/375px-Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg/500px-Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1377" data-file-height="1545" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Sermon_On_the_Mount" class="mw-redirect" title="Sermon On the Mount">Sermon On the Mount</a> by Carl Heinrich Bloch, a Danish painter, who died 1890</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a></div> <p>Christianity uses the Bible, a collection of many <a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon" title="Biblical canon">canonical</a> books in two parts, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>. It is believed by Christians that they were written by people who were <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/inspiration" class="extiw" title="wikt:inspiration">inspired</a> by the Holy Spirit, and therefore it is most often believed to be the word of God.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bible has been translated into over 600 languages. The translators are able to verify accuracy by using thousands of handwritten copies of the scriptures which are in the original languages of Hebrew Aramaic, and Greek. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creeds">Creeds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Creeds" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Creeds"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Creed#Christian_creeds" title="Creed">Creed § Christian creeds</a></div> <p>Creeds (from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>credo</i> meaning "I believe") are direct <a href="/wiki/Doctrine" title="Doctrine">doctrinal</a> <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/statement" class="extiw" title="wikt:statement">statements</a> or <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/confession" class="extiw" title="wikt:confession">confessions</a>, usually of religious beliefs. They started as formulas used when someone was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptised</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Christology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christology">Christological</a> <a href="/wiki/Controversy" title="Controversy">controversies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/4th_century" title="4th century">4th</a> and <a href="/wiki/5th_century" title="5th century">5th centuries</a> they became statements of faith. </p><p>Some main Christian creeds are: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed" title="Apostles' Creed">Apostles' Creed</a> (<i>Symbolum Apostolorum</i>)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li></ul> <p>Many Christians accept the use of creeds, and often use at least one of the creeds given above.<sup id="cite_ref-UMC_-_Our_Common_Heritage_as_Christians_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UMC_-_Our_Common_Heritage_as_Christians-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A smaller number of Protestants, notably <a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationists</a>, a movement formed in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a> in the <a href="/wiki/19th_century" title="19th century">19th century</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">19th century United States</a>, oppose the use of creeds.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trinitarianism">Trinitarianism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Trinitarianism" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Trinitarianism"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinitarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinitarianism">Trinitarianism</a></div><p>The Bible mentions God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which are three persons of the one True God. This idea, called <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>, was developed at the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of Nicaea</a>, in 325, and formalized during several church meetings or councils. Today, many Christian groups agree with it. <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a> did not agree with the idea, and split after the council. The biggest of the Oriental Orthodox is the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Church">Coptic Orthodox Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Oriental Orthodox Churches agree with the ideas in the First Council of Nicaea, but they disagree with other councils. <i>Trinitarianism</i> is the teaching that God is three different persons, or has three different relations, within One God; the <i><a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">Father</a></i>, the <i>Son</i> (Jesus Christ), and the <i><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a></i>. In the words of the <a href="/wiki/Athanasian_Creed" title="Athanasian Creed">Athanasian Creed</a>, "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg/220px-Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg/330px-Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg/440px-Holy_Trinity_Column_-_top.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Sculptural group from the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Holy Trinity</a> Column in <a href="/wiki/Olomouc" title="Olomouc">Olomouc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, 18th century</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Trinitarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinitarianism">Trinitarianism</a> is the group of Christians who believe in the doctrine of Trinity. Today, most <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">Christian denominations</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Church" title="Christian Church">Churches</a> believe this. Churches have different teachings about the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">trinitarian</a> formula. Some say the Spirit comes only from the Father. Others say the Spirit comes both from the Father and the Son. This is known as <a href="/wiki/Filioque" class="mw-redirect" title="Filioque">filioque</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nontrinitarianism" title="Nontrinitarianism">Nontrinitarianism</a> (also called <a href="/wiki/Oneness_Pentecostalism" title="Oneness Pentecostalism">Oneness</a>) is the <a href="/wiki/Christian_theology" title="Christian theology">beliefs systems</a> that reject the Trinity. Many different Nontrinitarian views, such as <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/adoptionism" class="extiw" title="wikt:adoptionism">adoptionism</a> or <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/modalism" class="extiw" title="wikt:modalism">modalism</a>, <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/exist" class="extiw" title="wikt:exist">existed</a> in early Christianity but were refuted by the majority of Christians, leading to the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispute" class="extiw" title="wikt:dispute">disputes</a> about <a href="/wiki/Christology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christology">Christology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An example of a more recent movement that claims the title of Christian but rejects trinitarianism is the <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Latter-Day Saints started in the first half of the 19th century, in the United States. There are other smaller groups who also reject trinitarianism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_afterlife_and_end_times">The afterlife and end times</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: The afterlife and end times" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: The afterlife and end times"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christians believe that human beings will receive judgement from God and are given either <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">eternal life</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">eternal damnation</a>. This includes the "<a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Judgment">Last Judgment</a>" as well as the belief of a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/judgment" class="extiw" title="wikt:judgment">judgement</a> particular to the <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> after death. </p><p>There are also some differences among Christians in this belief. For example, in Roman Catholicism, those who die in a state of grace, go into <a href="/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory">purgatory</a>, where they are cleansed before they can go into heaven.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christians believe that at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">second coming</a> of Christ at the end of time, all who have died will be raised up from the dead for the Last Judgment, when Jesus will <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/establish" class="extiw" title="wikt:establish">establish</a> the Kingdom of God.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also the belief of Universal Reconciliation. That is the belief that all people will someday be saved, and that hell is not forever.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christians who believe in this view are known as Universalists.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christians have different ways to talk about the purpose of Jesus' coming: </p> <ul><li>to learn the best way to live and to follow his example</li> <li>to pay the price of sin in our lives by being the perfect sacrifice, without sin. (John 3:16)</li> <li>to tell people that their mistakes and <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sins</a> will be forgiven and will be saved if they believe and have faith in the Lord Jesus and confess that they have sinned (1 John 1:9) (John 3:16) (Ephesians 1:7) (Romans 10:9).</li> <li>to display to people his immense power and why they should fear him.</li> <li>to teach people to forgive each other and repent of their own sin through <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">grace</a>. (Matthew 6:14)</li> <li>to "destroy the devil's work" (1 John 3 v 8)</li> <li>to help people share in his life through the gift of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">God's Spirit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship">Worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Worship" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Worship"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Christian worship</a></div><p><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a> is thought by most <a href="/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christians</a> to be a very important part of Christianity all through its <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">history</a>. Many Christian <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologians</a> have called <a href="/wiki/Human_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Human race">humanity</a> <i>homo adorans</i>, which means "worshiping ," and so the worship of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> is at the very center of what it means to be human. This would mean that because God created all humanity, Christians should worship and give praise to God.</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worship-monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Worship-monument.jpg/250px-Worship-monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Worship-monument.jpg/330px-Worship-monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Worship-monument.jpg/500px-Worship-monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1134" /></a><figcaption>Monument honoring the right to worship, Washington, D.C.</figcaption></figure> <p>Most Christian worship has Scripture reading, talk about Scripture from a leader, singing, prayer together, and a small time for Church work. Christians may meet in special buildings, also called Churches, or outdoors, or at schools, or anywhere Christians feel they are needed. </p><p>The main worship service in Catholic Churches is the <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> and the main worship service in many Orthodox Churches is called the <a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a>. In both of these Churches, along with the other parts of worship, the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a> or Communion is central. Here a priest by prayer asks God to change a small amount of bread and wine into what Catholics and Orthodox believe is Jesus's real body and blood, but without changing the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/accidents" class="extiw" title="wikt:accidents">accidents</a> (appearance, taste, colour, etc.) of the bread and wine. Then the people each may receive a portion. Many Protestant churches have worship services similar to the Mass, some every week, others a few times a year. Some Protestants believe Jesus is really present at the Communion service, and some believe the bread and wine are symbols to help them remember what Jesus did </p><p>The Catholic Church has developed a short ceremony, <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharistic Benediction</a>, worshiping Jesus present in the Eucharist. They also may visit a Church building to pray in the presence of the Eucharist, <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharistic Adoration</a>. </p><p>The Orthodox and Catholic Churches spirituality place importance on the use of human senses such as sight and on the use of beautiful things. Catholic spirituality often involves the use of statues and other artistic representations, candles, incense, and other physical items as reminders or aids to prayer. The Orthodox Churches also use candles, incense, bells, and icons, but not statues. Orthodox and Catholic worship also makes use of movements, such as the Sign of the Cross, made by each person touching first the forehead, then chest, one shoulder, then the other shoulder. There is also bowing, kneeling, and prostration in Catholic and Orthodox worship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sacraments">Sacraments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Sacraments" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Sacraments"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament">Sacrament</a></div><p>In <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> belief and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/practice" class="extiw" title="wikt:practice">practice</a>, a sacrament is a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/religious_symbol" class="extiw" title="wikt:religious symbol">religious symbol</a> or often a <a href="/wiki/Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Rite">rite</a> which shows <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">divine grace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blessing" title="Blessing">blessing</a>, or <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/sanctity" class="extiw" title="wikt:sanctity">sanctity</a> for the Christian who receives it. Examples of sacraments are <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">the Mass</a>." <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word is taken from the <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> word <i>sacramentum</i>, which was used to <a href="/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translate</a> the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> word for <i>mystery</i>.</p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fractio-panis1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Fractio-panis1.JPG/250px-Fractio-panis1.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Fractio-panis1.JPG/330px-Fractio-panis1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Fractio-panis1.JPG/400px-Fractio-panis1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The two most regularly used sacraments are <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a> (communion). Most Catholics use seven Sacraments: <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a>, the ritual immersion of a candidate to welcome them into the church; <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_(Christianity)" title="Confirmation (Christianity)">Confirmation</a>, the sealing of the <a href="/wiki/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a>, a ritual where consecrated bread (discs of unleavened, <a href="/wiki/Toast" title="Toast">toasted</a> bread) and wine representing Jesus' body and blood are consumed; Holy Orders, <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/confession" class="extiw" title="wikt:confession">Reconciliation of a Penitent</a> (confession), Anointing of the Sick, and <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">Marriage</a>. Some Christian denominations prefer to call them <i><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordinance" class="extiw" title="wikt:ordinance">ordinances</a></i>. These are the Orders from Christ to all believers found in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liturgical_calendar">Liturgical calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Liturgical calendar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Liturgical calendar"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Christian_calendar" title="Christian calendar">Christian calendar</a></div> <p>Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Christians, and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/tradition" class="extiw" title="wikt:tradition">traditional</a> Protestant groups center their <a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">worship</a> around a <a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">liturgical calendar</a>. Some events that are part of this <a href="/wiki/Christian_calendar" title="Christian calendar">calendar</a> are the "holy days", such as <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/solemnity" class="extiw" title="wikt:solemnity">solemnities</a> which honor an event in the life of Jesus or the <a href="/wiki/Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Saints">saints</a>, times of <a href="/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fasting</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>, and other events, such as <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/memoria" class="extiw" title="wikt:memoria">memoria</a>. Christian groups that do not follow a liturgical tradition often keep some celebrations, such as <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>,and <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>. A few churches do not use a liturgical calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbols">Symbols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Symbols" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Symbols"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/120px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/250px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian cross">Christian cross</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> of Christianity</figcaption></figure> <p>These are some <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbols</a> that some <a href="/wiki/Denomination" class="mw-disambig" title="Denomination">denominations</a> or <a href="/wiki/Individual" title="Individual">individual</a> <a href="/wiki/Church" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Church">churches</a> may use: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_(letter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha (letter)">Alpha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omega_(letter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Omega (letter)">Omega</a> - The <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> letters Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a>. Alpha and Omega is a reference to God, who calls himself the "Alpha and Omega" (the first and the last letter of the Greek alphabet) in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_(letter)" title="Chi (letter)">Chi</a> - The Greek letter Chi is the first letter of 'Christ' (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Χριστός</span> "Christos").</li> <li>Chi Rho - The Greek letters Chi and Rho are the first two letters of 'Christ' in Greek: Christos. Usually, the long stem of Rho (<b>ρ</b>) runs up and down through the cross of the Chi (<b>χ</b>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian cross">Christian cross</a> - The cross is the most common symbol of Christianity. Christians believe that their savior <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> was <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucified</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a>. The cross is important because Jesus died as a sacrifice for the sins of believers. It represents God's love for humanity.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifix" class="mw-redirect" title="Crucifix">Crucifix</a> - The crucifix is a cross with the body of Jesus still hanging on it. It is a more popular symbol with <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a>. It has the same meaning as the cross.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dove" title="Dove">Dove</a> - The dove is a bird and a symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a>. When Jesus was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptized</a>, the Holy Spirit came to him in the form of a dove and rested on him.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ichthus.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Ichthus.svg/250px-Ichthus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Ichthus.svg/330px-Ichthus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Ichthus.svg/500px-Ichthus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>The "ichthys", or "Jesus fish" was used by some early Christians, and is still used today.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/ichthys" class="extiw" title="wikt:ichthys">Ichthys</a> - In Greek, the word <i>ichthys</i> /iktheews/ means 'fish', and forms an <a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a>, "Ίησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ", meaning "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Saviour" in Greek.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamb">Lamb</a> - A lamb may be a symbol of Jesus himself, portrayed as the <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">sacrifice</a> for <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd">Shepherd</a> - A shepherd is also a symbol of Jesus himself and is used in the earliest Christian art. In the Bible, Jesus calls himself the good shepherd who cares for his sheep.</li> <li>INRI - INRI is an <a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a> in <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> "Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum" meaning "Jesus the <a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazarene</a>, <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jews</a>." This is the message that was put on the <a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian cross">cross</a> as being the crime for which he was being punished. Christians now use it as a symbol that Jesus is the <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a>, or King of all kings.</li> <li>Interlocking rings - Three interlocking rings are a symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>. Each ring is a complete circle, representing each complete person of the Trinity. But each ring is locked with the other two rings, showing that each divine person cannot be separated from the Trinity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">History of Christianity</a></div> <p>Christianity has had a large history from the time of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" title="Twelve Apostles">apostles</a> to the present time. Christianity began in the <a href="/wiki/1st_century" title="1st century">1st century</a> AD as a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Sect" title="Sect">sect</a> but quickly spread throughout the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greco</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> world. Although it was originally persecuted under the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, it later became the <a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">state religion</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> it spread into <a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Exploration" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of Exploration">Age of Exploration</a>, Christianity <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/expand" class="extiw" title="wikt:expand">expanded</a> throughout the world, and is now the largest religion of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The religion had <a href="/wiki/Schism_(religion)" title="Schism (religion)">schisms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> disputes that had as result ten main branches or groupings: <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Church of the East (Nestorianism)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" title="Calvinism">Reformed churches (Calvinism)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelicalism</a>—these last five often grouped and labeled as <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a>—and <a href="/wiki/Nontrinitarianism" title="Nontrinitarianism">Nontrinitarianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_Christianity">Types of Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Types of Christianity" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Types of Christianity"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">Christian denominations</a></div> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 700px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChristianityBranches-strip.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ChristianityBranches-strip.svg/700px-ChristianityBranches-strip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ChristianityBranches-strip.svg/1050px-ChristianityBranches-strip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ChristianityBranches-strip.svg/1400px-ChristianityBranches-strip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="659" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:1px; top:-1px"><b>Major <a href="/wiki/Category:Christian_denominations" title="Category:Christian denominations">branches within Christianity</a></b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098456" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><span>This box: </span><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Christian_denomination_tree" title="Template:Christian denomination tree"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Christian_denomination_tree" title="Template talk:Christian denomination tree"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Christian_denomination_tree&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:23.5px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_primitivism" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian primitivism"><span style="color:teal;">Christian primitivism</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:40.3px"><a href="/wiki/Anabaptism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabaptism"><span style="color:olive;">Anabaptism</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:57.1px"><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism"><span style="color:green;">Protestantism</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:70.4px"><a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism"><span style="color: #007FFF;">Anglicanism</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:568px; top:87.9px"><i><span style="color:teal;">("Via Media")</span></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:568px; top:107.5px"><i><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church"><span style="color:red;">(Latin rite)</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:116.6px"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church"><span style="color:red;">Catholicism</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:568px; top:133.4px"><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Catholicism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Catholicism (not yet started)"><span style="color:red;">(Eastern rites)</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:172.6px"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodoxy"><span style="color:blue;">Eastern Orthodoxy</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:193.6px"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy"><span style="color:purple;">Oriental Orthodoxy</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:568px; top:227.2px"><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" title="Assyrian Church of the East"><span style="background-color:Assyrian Church of the East; color:orange;">Assyrian Church</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:309px; top:55px"><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:309px; top:72.5px"><i>(16th century)</i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:183px; top:55px"><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Great Schism</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:183px; top:72.5px"><i>(11th century)</i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:8px; top:211.1px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Council_of_Ephesus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Council of Ephesus (not yet started)">Council of Ephesus</a> 431</div> <div style="position:absolute; left:8px; top:234.2px"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> 451</div> <div style="position:absolute; left:11.5px; top:125px"><span style="color:gray;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Christianity" title="Category:Ancient Christianity">Early Christianity</a></span></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:414px; top:118px">Union</div> </div> <p>People who call themselves Christians may show or live their faith in different ways. They may also believe different things. Through history, the six main groups or "denominations" of Christianity have been: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodox (Miaphysite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Church of the East (Nestorian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nontrinitarianism" title="Nontrinitarianism">Nontrinitarian</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a>)</li></ul><p> Not all Christians use these titles. Some believe Christianity is bigger and includes others. Some believe Christianity is smaller and does not include all these churches.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Famous_Christians.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Famous_Christians.jpg/200px-Famous_Christians.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Famous_Christians.jpg/300px-Famous_Christians.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Famous_Christians.jpg/400px-Famous_Christians.jpg 2x" data-file-width="821" data-file-height="1188" /></a><figcaption>Set of pictures for a number of famous Christians from various fields</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disagreements">Disagreements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Change section: Disagreements" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Disagreements"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of these groups could not agree on certain points about Christian teaching (called “doctrine”) or practice. The first split was in the 5th century after the Church Council of Ephesus. The council agreed <a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Nestorianism</a> was wrong. The <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" title="Assyrian Church of the East">Assyrian Church of the East</a> did not agree and split from the rest. The argument was about the nature of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>. Should he be regarded as God and human in one combined nature, or in two separate natures? Most of the bishops, following the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> (the Bishop of Rome), refused to stay in communion with any bishop who would not say "two separate natures". This was also discussed at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a>, about 20 years later. The Christians who did not agree with the decision of the Council to <a href="/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">excommunicate</a> them, became the non-Chalcedonian Orthodox. The largest Non-Chalcedonian Churches are the <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria" title="Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria">Coptic Orthodox</a> in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, the Ethiopian Orthodox, the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Orthodox Church">Armenian</a>, and some Lebanese Orthodox Churches. In general, these churches are known as <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Church">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a>. Recent discussions between the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> and the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III concluded that they believe many of the same things after all, even though the Coptic Church does not recognize the Pope of Rome as its leader. </p><p>The third split happened in the 11th century. It is called the <a href="/wiki/Great_Schism" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Schism">Great Schism</a>. It was mostly based on the creed being translated incorrectly from Greek into Latin. The disagreements were made worse because the two cultures often did not understand one another. Also, many <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusaders</a> from Western Europe behaved badly. The Christians in Western Europe were led by the Bishop of Rome, known also as the Pope. They are called the <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholic</a> Church. Most Christians in Eastern Europe, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, and northeast Africa belong to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Nestorian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Miaphysite</a> Christianity, led by the Bishops of other cities or areas. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/15th_century" title="15th century">15th century</a>, the invention of the <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> made it easier for more people to read and study the Bible. This led many thinkers over the years to return to biblical ideas and to break away from the Catholic Church. They started the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>. The most important Protestant leaders were Jan Hus, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">John Calvin</a>. Later some of these groups disagreed amongst themselves so that these denominations split again into smaller groups. The largest Protestant denominations today are within <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Reformed</a> Christianity. In <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, a similar protest against the Pope, first political and later religious, led to the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> which has <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a> and officially calls itself Reformed Catholic but is often referred to as Protestant. The Anglican communion of churches includes several churches called "Episcopal" or "Episcopalian" because they have bishops. Some <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> Churches have a style of worship that is closer to the Protestant services, others worship more like Catholics, but none of them accept the Pope, or are accepted by him. The <a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptists</a> also arose from disagreements with Lutheran and Reformed Protestants during what is often called the Radical Reformation. The Evangelical churches arose in reaction to what they views as needs for reform within mainstream Protestantism. This can be seen in the rise of <a href="/wiki/Non-conformism" title="Non-conformism">non-conformist</a> movements against the Anglican church in Britain and during <a href="/wiki/Revival_meeting" title="Revival meeting">revivalist</a> movements, prominently in the several <a href="/wiki/Great_Awakening" title="Great Awakening">Great Awakenings</a> in Britain and North America. Denominations that arose or surged as a result of these Evangelical reform, renewal, and revival movements include <a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Quakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baptist" title="Baptist">Baptists</a>, Moravians, <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restoration (Stone-Campbell)</a> movement, Adventists, the <a href="/wiki/Holiness_movement" title="Holiness movement">Holiness movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostals</a>, the Fundamentalist movement, the <a href="/wiki/Charismatic_Movement" title="Charismatic Movement">Charismatic</a> movement, Messianic Judaism, among others including many independent and non-denominational churches. In general, some Protestant denominations, especially within Anabaptism and Evangelicalism, differ from the Catholic, Orthodox, Nestorian, and Miaphysite churches in having given up some of the traditional sacraments, having no ordained priesthood, and not having the same fondness for Mary, the mother of Jesus, that the Catholic and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern</a> churches have. </p> <ul><li>Groups have different ideas on the nature of God.</li> <li>Groups have different ideas on the nature and work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a> is the leader of all Catholics. Other churches have leaders similar to the pope. For example, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, these are called <a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a>. Still other groups let each church decide about things.</li> <li>Some Christians say that women may not become <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priests</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pastor" title="Pastor">pastors</a>.</li> <li>Some Christians say <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married</a> people may not become priests.</li> <li>Some Christians say that priests can forgive sins by giving out the forgiveness of God, others say that only God can do this.</li> <li>In modern times, the rise of atheism and scientific challenges to the traditional Christian story of creation have caused some to believe in "Young Earth Creationism", or a literal interpretation of the first chapters of the Bible, and others to argue that those parts of the Bible are not literally true, but more like poetry.</li> <li>Most Christians worship on Sunday, but some believe that Saturday is the true "<a href="/wiki/Sabbath" title="Sabbath">Sabbath</a>" and should be kept.</li> <li>Some Christians believe that <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> must mean going fully under water, others put some water on the head.</li> <li>Some Christian groups baptize babies, while <a href="/wiki/Baptists" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptists">Baptists</a> only baptize persons who have chosen for themselves to follow Jesus .</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Change section: Demographics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: Demographics"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With an <a href="/wiki/Estimation" title="Estimation">estimated</a> number of Christians being somewhere around 2.2 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-World_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Major_Religions_Ranked_by_Size_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Major_Religions_Ranked_by_Size-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> split into around 34,000 different <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">denominations</a>, Christianity is the world's largest religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Adherents_-_Religion_Sizes_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adherents_-_Religion_Sizes-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christian share of the world's <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> has been around 33<a href="/wiki/Percent" class="mw-redirect" title="Percent">%</a> for the last hundred years. This has caused Christianity to spread throughout the world, mainly in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is still the main religion of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, and Southern <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However it is becoming smaller in some areas, some of them are; <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>), <a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> and other places), <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_United_States" title="Northern United States">Northern</a> parts of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> (<a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/especially" class="extiw" title="wikt:especially">especially</a> the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>In most countries in the <a href="/wiki/Developed_country" title="Developed country">developed world</a>, the number of people going to church who claim to be Christians has been dropping over the last few <a href="/wiki/Decade" title="Decade">decades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some believe that this is only because many no longer use regular <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/membership" class="extiw" title="wikt:membership">membership</a> in places, for example, churches,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others believe it is because people may be thinking that religion is no longer important.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecumenism">Ecumenism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=16" title="Change section: Ecumenism" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section's source code: Ecumenism"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most churches have for a long time showed that they want to be <a href="/wiki/Toleration" title="Toleration">tolerant</a> with other belief systems, and in the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a> Christian <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenism</a> (the uniting of Christians from different backgrounds), advanced in two ways.<sup id="cite_ref-McManners581_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McManners581-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One way was more <a href="/wiki/Cooperation" title="Cooperation">cooperation</a> between groups, such as the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of Protestants in 1910, the Justice, Peace and Creation Commission of the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical Council">World Council</a> of Churches started in 1948 by Protestant and Orthodox churches, and similar national councils, for example the National Council of Churches in Australia with Roman Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-McManners581_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McManners581-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other way was creating <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/union" class="extiw" title="wikt:union">unions</a> for different churches to join together. <a href="/wiki/Congregation" title="Congregation">Congregationalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> churches joined together in 1925 to form the United Church of Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1977 to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The Church of South India was formed in 1947 by the union of <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a>, Congregationalist, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Reformed</a> churches.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And other such formations have been done by different Christian groups throughout the years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity&veaction=edit&section=17" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander. New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. pp. 514ff.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Monotheism-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Monotheism_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10499a.htm">"Monotheism"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Monotheism&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newadvent.org%2Fcathen%2F10499a.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> tells about this in his Annales: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+15.44"><i>Perseus</i>-Project: Annales 15,44</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080127055323/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+15.44">Archived</a> 2008-01-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> In the passage, Tacitus talks about the burning of Rome, which <a href="/wiki/Nero" title="Nero">Nero</a> attributed to the Christians: <i>Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/">"<i>BBC - Religion & Ethics - 566, Christianity</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170802001933/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/">Archived</a> from the original on 2017-08-02<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Armenia%2C+the+first+Christian+nation&rft.date=2018-03-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2018%2F3%2F16%2F20641780%2Farmenia-the-first-christian-nation&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">McManners, <i>Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity</i>, p. 301-303.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Orlandis-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Orlandis_12-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Orlandis, <i>A Short History of the Catholic Church</i> (1993), preface.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211318/http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html%20">"Major Religions Ranked by Size"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html">the original</a> on 2018-12-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Major+Religions+Ranked+by+Size&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adherents.com%2FReligions_By_Adherents.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-World-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-World_14-0">14.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-World_14-1">14.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">33.2% of 6.7 billion world population (under the section 'People') <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100105171656/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html">"World"</a>. CIA world facts. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html">the original</a> on 2010-01-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-01-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World&rft.pub=CIA+world+facts&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fgeos%2Fxx.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Metzger/Coogan, <i>Oxford Companion to the Bible</i>, p. 513, 649.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts%202:24&version=nrsv">Acts 2:24</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=2:31-32&src=!">2:31-32</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=3:15&src=!">3:15</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=3:26&src=!">3:26</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=4:10&src=!">4:10</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=5:30&src=!">5:30</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=10:40-41&src=!">10:40-41</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=13:30&src=!">13:30</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=13:34&src=!">13:34</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=13:37&src=!">13:37</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20Acts&verse=17:30-31&src=!">17:30-31</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Romans%2010:9">Romans 10:9</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:1%20Corinthians%2015:15">1 Cor 15:15</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=1%20Cor&verse=6:14&src=!">6:14</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Corinthians%204:14&version=nrsv">2 Cor 4:14</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Galatians%201:1&version=nrsv">Gal 1:1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Ephesians%201:20&version=nrsv">Eph 1:20</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Colossians%202:12&version=nrsv">Col 2:12</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Thessalonians%201:10&version=nrsv">1 Thess 1:10</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Hebrews%2013:20&version=nrsv">Heb 13:20</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Peter%201:3&version=nrsv">1 Pet 1:3</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=1%20Pet&verse=1:21&src=!">1:21</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Nicene Creed">The Nicene Creed</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts%201:9–11&version=nrsv">Acts 1:9–11</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:John%203:16">John 3:16</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=5:24&src=NIV">5:24</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=6:39–40&src=NIV">6:39–40</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=6:47&src=NIV">6:47</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=10:10&src=NIV">10:10</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=11:25–26&src=NIV">11:25–26</a>, and <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=%20John&verse=17:3&src=NIV">17:3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span 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Australian Catholic University National. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/Walsh.htm">the original</a> on 2007-09-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p1s1c2a3.htm#II">the original</a> on 2018-11-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Coptic+Orthodox+Church&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.copticcentre.com%2Fthe-coptic-orthodox-church%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kelly. <i>The Athanasian Creed</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma1.ii.iii.iii.html">"History of Dogma"</a>. <i>Harnack</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917232009/http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma1.ii.iii.iii.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2008-09-17<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Harnack&rft.atitle=History+of+Dogma&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccel.org%2Fccel%2Fharnack%2Fdogma1.ii.iii.iii.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mormon.org/blog/do-mormons-believe-in-the-trinity">"Do Mormons Believe in the Trinity?"</a>. <i>www.mormon.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.mormon.org&rft.atitle=Do+Mormons+Believe+in+the+Trinity%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mormon.org%2Fblog%2Fdo-mormons-believe-in-the-trinity&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link since January 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_04081999_en.html">"Audience of 4 August 1999"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080921224204/http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_04081999_en.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2008-09-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Audience+of+4+August+1999&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatican.va%2Fholy_father%2Fjohn_paul_ii%2Faudiences%2F1999%2Fdocuments%2Fhf_jp-ii_aud_04081999_en.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite id="CITEREFCalvin" class="citation web cs1">Calvin, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book3/bk3ch25.html">"Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book Three, Ch. 25"</a>. www.reformed.org. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071210215923/http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/books/book3/bk3ch25.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2007-12-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Institutes+of+the+Christian+Religion%2C+Book+Three%2C+Ch.+25&rft.pub=www.reformed.org&rft.aulast=Calvin&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reformed.org%2Fbooks%2Finstitutes%2Fbooks%2Fbook3%2Fbk3ch25.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Farrar. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tentmaker.org/books/mercyandjudgment/mercy_and_judgment_ch1.html">Mercy and Judgment</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026113855/http://www.tentmaker.org/books/mercyandjudgment/mercy_and_judgment_ch1.html">Archived</a> 2008-10-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i>, p. 378-382.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171122135418/http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/chr-univ.html">"What is "Christian Universalism"?"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/chr-univ.html">the original</a> on 2017-11-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=What+is+%22Christian+Universalism%22%3F&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auburn.edu%2F~allenkc%2Fchr-univ.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God; And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy." Romans 3:23ff</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite id="CITEREFHexham" class="citation book cs1">Hexham, Irving. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/concise/WORDS-S.html"><i>Concise Dictionary of Religion</i></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090303103908/http://www.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/concise/WORDS-S.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2009-03-03<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-08-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Concise+Dictionary+of+Religion&rft.aulast=Hexham&rft.aufirst=Irving&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucalgary.ca%2F~nurelweb%2Fconcise%2FWORDS-S.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hickman. <i>Handbook of the Christian Year</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211318/http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html%20">"Religions by Adherents"</a>. <i>Adherents.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html">the original</a> on 2018-12-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Adherents.com&rft.atitle=Religions+by+Adherents&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adherents.com%2FReligions_By_Adherents.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/christianity/history.html">"History of Christianity"</a>. <i>Mnsu.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mnsu.edu&rft.atitle=History+of+Christianity&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnsu.edu%2Femuseum%2Fcultural%2Freligion%2Fchristianity%2Fhistory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link since January 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">S E Ahlstrom said breaking the church into groups or "denominations" was not real, because many churches said they were the only true Christians. Ahlstrom p. 381. For examples, see the <i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> §816; Donald Nash, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crownhillchurch.com/Why_the_Churches_of_Christ_Are_Not_A_Denomination.pdf#search=%22church%20of%20christ%20not%20a%20denomination%22">Why the Churches of Christ are not a Denomination</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091211133109/http://www.crownhillchurch.com/Why_the_Churches_of_Christ_Are_Not_A_Denomination.pdf#search=%22church%20of%20christ%20not%20a%20denomination%22">Archived</a> 2009-12-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; Wendell Winkler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebible.net/introchurch/ch4.html">Christ's Church is not a Denomination</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083958/http://www.thebible.net/introchurch/ch4.html">Archived</a> 2007-09-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; and David E. Pratt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblestudylessons.com/cgi-bin/gospel_way/denominations.php">What does God think about many Christian denominations?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828195721/http://www.biblestudylessons.com/cgi-bin/gospel_way/denominations.php">Archived</a> 2008-08-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Major_Religions_Ranked_by_Size-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Major_Religions_Ranked_by_Size_46-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211318/http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html%20">"Major Religions Ranked by Size"</a>. Adherents.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html">the original</a> on 2018-12-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Major+Religions+Ranked+by+Size&rft.pub=Adherents.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adherents.com%2FReligions_By_Adherents.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Adherents_-_Religion_Sizes-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Adherents_-_Religion_Sizes_47-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211318/http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html%20">"Major Religions of the World"</a>. Adherents. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html">the original</a> on 2018-12-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Major+Religions+of+the+World&rft.pub=Adherents&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adherents.com%2FReligions_By_Adherents.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ustorf. "A missiological postscript", p. 219f.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071212134124/http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9394911">"Table of religions, by region"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia Britannica">Encyclopedia Britannica</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9394911">the original</a> on 2007-12-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Table+of+religions%2C+by+region&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+Britannica&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Feb%2Ftable%3FtocId%3D9394911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/news/uk/061223/christendom">"New UK opinion poll shows continuing collapse of 'Christendom'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080922131003/http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/news/uk/061223/christendom">Archived</a> from the original on 2008-09-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+UK+opinion+poll+shows+continuing+collapse+of+%27Christendom%27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekklesia.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2F061223%2Fchristendom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AChristianity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Barrett/Kurian.<i>World Christian Encyclopedia</i>, p. 139 (Britain), 281 (France), 299 (Germany).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4499668.stm">"BBC NEWS - Guide: Christians in the Middle East"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111011141003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4499668.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 2011-10-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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