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Christianity: The world's largest religion


Quotations:
"Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise." Sam Pascoe 1
"Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words." -- Francis of Assisi.
"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Paul, Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)
A place to begin:We recommend that you read these items first. Otherwise the remaining information may not make much sense.
A brief introduction to Christianity for persons unfamiliar with the religion. Topics covered are: its founders, history, and present status.
A more detailed introduction to ChristianityThis menu contains links to essays that describe:
A very brief introduction to Christianity
Who is a Christian?
Divisions among Protestant denominations (Some people look upon the Protestant wing of Christianity as composed of two or more separate religions.)
Differences between Roman Catholicism and conservative Protestantism (There are major gaps, and they are growing.)
How Christians interpret the Bible. (They start with different assumptions and reach totally different conclusions.)
Background information on Christianity, and why this website is very different from most religious sites.
About the Bible:
Christian books in and out of the Bible: Content, stories, organization, origin, versions, inerrancy, forgeries, copying errors, inspiration, tools, early Gospels and Epistles that were never accepted into the Bible.....
Codes in the Bible: Real, imaginary, or a hoax?
The world and the Bible: archaeology; cosmology; prophecy; Wicca/Witchcraft and the Bible; are some Bible verses hate literature?
Themes & topics in the Bible: A range of Christian interpretations about the Ten Commandments, abortion, anti-semitism, homosexuality, the role of women, predictions of the end of the world, salvation....
Apparently immoral passages in the Bible: Incitements to genocide, intolerance, oppression, violence, etc. in the Bible.
Christian personalities:
God, Yeshua/Jesus, Mary, Saints, and, of course, Satan & demons
Christianity, the religion:
Beliefs, creeds, history, practices, rituals, ecumenicalism, joint efforts, schismatic forces, holy days, trends, urban legends, hoaxes, relics, movies.
Relations with, and comparisons to, other religions
Christian faith groups:
One source estimates that there are 34,000 separate Christian groups in the world.
We have attempted to sort them into:
Four to seven meta-groups, (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism......)
Three wings, (conservative, mainline and liberal)
Fifteen Religious families, (Adventist, Baptist, Lutheran, Reform....)
Dozens of denominations, (from the Amish to The Way), and
Many systems of belief (Arminianism, British Israelism, Calvinism...)
Links to websites of Christian denominations, churches, para-church groups, etc:
Official websites of Christian denominations
Conservative Protestant websites
Progressive & liberal websites
Roman Catholic websites
Other Christian websites
Christian search engines & directories