Christianity

Summary

Christianity is a major religious group^[1]. Christianity draws 9,102 Wikipedia views per month (major_religious_group category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• Christianity's image is recorded as Jerusalem Holy-Sepulchre Jesus-Detail-01.png^[3].
• Christianity's instance of is recorded as major religious group^[4].
• Christianity's founder is recorded as Jesus Christ^[5].
• Christianity's founder is recorded as Mary^[6].
• Christianity's founder is recorded as Paul the Apostle^[7].
• Christianity's founder is recorded as Saint Peter^[8].
• Christ is named after Christianity^[9].
• Jesus Christ is named after Christianity^[10].
• Nazareth is named after Christianity^[11].
• Christianity's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 446154387474230970008^[12].
• Christianity's GND ID is recorded as 4010074-1^[13].
• Christianity's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85025219^[14].
• Christianity's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 133183300^[15].
• Christianity's IdRef ID is recorded as 027229955^[16].
• Christianity's location is recorded as worldwide^[17].
• Christianity's subclass of is recorded as Abrahamic religion^[18].
• Christianity's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565950^[19].
• Christianity's Commons category is recorded as Christianity^[20].
• Christianity's foundational text is recorded as Bible^[21].
• Christianity's foundational text is recorded as New Testament^[22].
• Christianity's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002835^[23].
• Christianity's Unicode character is recorded as ✝️^[24].
• Christianity's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1499^[25].
• Christianity's has part is recorded as Western Christianity^[26].
• Christianity's has part is recorded as Eastern Christianity^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Jesus Christ^[5], Mary^[6], Paul the Apostle^[7], and Saint Peter^[8]. +0033-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Christianity^[28]. Christianity's location of formation is recorded as Jerusalem^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Christianity include Under the Glacier^[30], a literary work^[31], written by Halldór Laxness^[32].

Why It Matters

Christianity draws 9,102 Wikipedia views per month (major_religious_group category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2] Christianity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Christianity is known by 180 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Christianity has been cited as an influence by Islam^[35], a major religious group^[36], founded in 0631^[37]; Rastafari^[38], a religion^[39]; Manichaeism^[40]; and Pekka Siitoin^[41], a political activist^[42], 1944–2003^[43], of Finland^[44].

Entities named for Christianity include Under the Glacier^[30], a literary work^[31], written by Halldór Laxness^[32].

FAQs

Who did Christianity influence?

Christianity has been cited as an influence by Islam^[35], Rastafari^[38], Manichaeism^[40], and Pekka Siitoin^[41].