Western Christianity

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• Western Christianity — is a term used to cover the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the Churches of the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Church and Protestant Churches, which share common attributes that can be traced back to their medieval heritage. The term… …   Wikipedia

• Photian Schism (A 9th-century-AD controversy between Eastern and Western Christianity) — Религия: Фотиев раскол …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь



• Christianity in Asia — Christianity spread from Western Asia to China between the 1st to the 14th century AD, and further to Eastern Asia from the 16th century with the European Age of Discovery. Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity …   Wikipedia

• Western Rite Orthodoxy — or Western Orthodoxy or Orthodox Western Rite are terms used to describe congregations and groups which are in communion with Eastern Orthodox Churches or Oriental Orthodox Churches using traditional Western liturgies rather than adopting Eastern …   Wikipedia

• Western religion — includes Abrahamic religions that have their roots in the ancient Middle East including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and its offsprings (such as gnosticism and Bahai i faiths), as well as Greek and Roman religions. While Western religion… …   Wikipedia

• Christianity and multiculturalism — have a long historical association. Christianity originated as a sect of Judaism in the Middle East,cite book | last =Hopfe | first =Lewis M. | coauthors =Mark R. Woodward | title =Religions of the World | publisher =Pearson | date =2005 |… …   Wikipedia

• Western esotericism — (also Western mysticism, Western occult tradition, and Western mystery tradition) is a broad spectrum of spiritual traditions found in Western society, or refers to the collection of the mystical, esoteric knowledge of the Western world. This… …   Wikipedia

• Christianity and colonialism — are often closely associated because Catholicism and Protestantism were the religions of the European colonial powers[1] and acted in many ways as the religious arm of those powers.[2] According to Edward Andrews, Christian missionaries were… …   Wikipedia

• Christianity in Zimbabwe — is one of the major religions practiced in Zimbabwe. The arrival of Christianity dates back to the 14th century by missionaries. Christianity is embraced by the majority of the population. It is estimated at about 70 to 80 percent of Zimbabweans… …   Wikipedia

• Western Australia — Western Australian. a state in W Australia. 1,273,624; 975,920 sq. mi. (2,527,635 sq. km). Cap.: Perth. * * * State (pop., 2001: 1,906,114), western Australia. Covering 976,790 sq mi (2,529,880 sq km), it constitutes one third of the continent s… …   Universalium