Nasrani (Arabic term for Christian)
Christians
χριστιανοί
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Total population |
c. 2.4 billion worldwide (2015)
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Founder |
Jesus |
Regions with significant populations |
European Union
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373,656,000 |
United States
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246,790,000 |
Brazil
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175,770,000 |
Mexico
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107,780,000 |
Russia
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105,220,000 |
Philippines
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86,790,000 |
Nigeria
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80,510,000 |
China
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67,070,000 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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63,150,000 |
Ethiopia
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52,580,000 |
Religions |
Christianity
- 50% Catholicism: Latin Church, Eastern Catholic Churches
- 37% Protestantism: Adventism, Anglicanism, Baptist churches, Reformed churches, Lutheranism, Methodism, Pentecostalism and other denominations
- 12% Orthodoxy: Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East
- 1% Other Christian traditions: incl. Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarianism and Nondenominational Christianity
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Scriptures |
Bible |
Languages |
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Predominant spoken languages:
Sacred languages:
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A Christian (pronunciation: i or ) is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach.
While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term "Christian" is also used as an adjective to describe anything associated with Christianity, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like."
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