CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANITY
CHRISTIANITY
subdivision
•CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION THAT IS VERY FAMILIAR TO
FILIPINOS BECAUSE THE PHILIPPINES HAS BECOME
PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC SINCE THE SPANISH OCCUPIED
THE COUNTRY FROM THE 16TH TO THE 19TH CENTURIES.
•IT IS CONSIDERED THE WORLD’S LARGEST RELIGION , A
RELIGION BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST WHO
IS CONSIDERED THE SON OF GOD AND THE MESSIAH OR
SAVIOR.
•FOLLOWERS OF CHRISTIANITY ARE CALLED
CHRISTIANS.
•AS OF 2010, THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 BILLION
CHRISTIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHICH
MAKE UP MORE THAN 30% OF THE WORLD’S
POPULATION OF 6.9 BILLION.
•ACCORDING TO THE GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY : A
REPORT ON THE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
THE WORLD’S CHRISTIAN POPULATION (2011).
10 CENTURIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER
OF CHRISTIANS ARE THE FOLLOWING :
countries Estimated 2010 Percentage of Percentage of
Christian population that is world Christian
population Christian population
United States 246,478,000 79.5% 11.3%
Brazil 175,770,000 90.2 8.0
Mexico 107,780,000 95.0 4.9
Russia 105,220,000 73.6 4.8
Philippines 86,790,000 93.1 4.0
Nigeria 80,510,000 50.8 3.7
China 67,070,000 5.0 3.1
DR Congo 63,160,000 95.7 2.9
Germany 58,240,000 70.8 2.7
Ethiopia 52,580,000 63.4 2.4
Subtotal for the 10 Countries 1,043,880,000 40.4 47.8
Total for Rent of World 1,140,180,000 603 52.2
World Total 2,184,060,000 31.7 100.0
SYMBOLS
• THE SYMBOLS SHOWN ABOVE ARE THE MOST
COMMON SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH
CHRISTIANITY. THE CROSS SERVES AS A SYMBOL
OF JESUS CHRIST’S VICTORY OVER SINS WHEN HE
DIED ON THE CROSS FOR HUMANITY’S
REDEMPTION AND SALVATION.
•IN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ,
THE CRUCIFIX IS A REGULAR
FEATURE , WITH THE IMAGE OF
CHRIST NAILED ON THE CROSS.
•PROTESTANT CHURCHES OFTEN
FEATURES ONLY THE CROSS WITHOUT
THE IMAGE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, TO
EMPHASIZE CHRIST'S RESURRECTION
AND NOT HIS SUFFERING.
•THE FISH SYMBOL IS AS OLD
CHRISTIANITY ITSELF, FOR IT WAS
USED BY PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
AS A SECRET SIGN WHEN MEETING
OTHER CHRISTIANS.
•ICHTYS : ISEOUS CHRISTOS
THEOU YIOS SOTER, MEANS
JESUS CHRIST , SON OF GOD ,
SAVIOR