UBQARI MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2022

UBQARI MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2022

 

About Ubqari

Ubqari institute is a world-renowned organisation founded by the Islamic Spiritual Scholar Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Chughtai otherwise known as ‘Sheikh-ul-Wazaif’.

Our Mission is to provide humanitarian and spiritual services world-wide, regardless of religion, creed, or nationality.

Our organization is head-quartered in Lahore, Pakistan and is popularly known as ‘Tasbeeh Khanna’ the Centre for Health, Peace, and Spirituality and visited by thousands of people each week from both within Pakistan and internationally.

Our Mission

A single drop of water in fire of Hate & Evil:

“According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham (A.S) was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried these meagre drops to where the fire was lit before going back for more. The water it fetched was of course, not enough to quell the raging flames.

An arrogant crow mocked the bird’s scurrying efforts and haughtily told him: ‘How can you hope to douse the fire with such little water. Surely you realise that there is nothing you can do?’

The bird remained unperturbed and calmly replied: ‘When I meet with God, He will not ask me whether I was able to put out the fire, He will only inquire whether I did my part to see that it was extinguished”

Ubqari has made a commitment to extinguish the destructive fire of hate and evil around the world. Its mission is to fill it with love, peace, and tranquillity for all of humanity. 

Its efforts are no greater than that of the bird, yet it share’s a similar spirit.  

For the sake of the Creator, the magnificent Allah (Subhan O Wa Talah) Ubqari shall try our best to extinguish the fire.




    WAZAIF UL ABRAR BY MAULANA HAFIZ FARMAN ALI FREE READ AND DOWNLOAD

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    About Ubqari

    Ubqari institute is a world-renowned organisation founded by the Islamic Spiritual Scholar Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Chughtai otherwise known as ‘Sheikh-ul-Wazaif’.

    Our Mission is to provide humanitarian and spiritual services world-wide, regardless of religion, creed, or nationality.

    Our organization is head-quartered in Lahore, Pakistan and is popularly known as ‘Tasbeeh Khanna’ the Centre for Health, Peace, and Spirituality and visited by thousands of people each week from both within Pakistan and internationally.

    Our Mission

    A single drop of water in fire of Hate & Evil:

    “According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham (A.S) was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried these meagre drops to where the fire was lit before going back for more. The water it fetched was of course, not enough to quell the raging flames.

    An arrogant crow mocked the bird’s scurrying efforts and haughtily told him: ‘How can you hope to douse the fire with such little water. Surely you realise that there is nothing you can do?’

    The bird remained unperturbed and calmly replied: ‘When I meet with God, He will not ask me whether I was able to put out the fire, He will only inquire whether I did my part to see that it was extinguished”

    Ubqari has made a commitment to extinguish the destructive fire of hate and evil around the world. Its mission is to fill it with love, peace, and tranquillity for all of humanity. 

    Its efforts are no greater than that of the bird, yet it share’s a similar spirit.  

    For the sake of the Creator, the magnificent Allah (Subhan O Wa Talah) Ubqari shall try our best to extinguish the fire.




    UBQARI MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2022

    UBQARI MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2022

     

    About Ubqari

    Ubqari institute is a world-renowned organisation founded by the Islamic Spiritual Scholar Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Chughtai otherwise known as ‘Sheikh-ul-Wazaif’.

    Our Mission is to provide humanitarian and spiritual services world-wide, regardless of religion, creed, or nationality.

    Our organization is head-quartered in Lahore, Pakistan and is popularly known as ‘Tasbeeh Khanna’ the Centre for Health, Peace, and Spirituality and visited by thousands of people each week from both within Pakistan and internationally.

    Our Mission

    A single drop of water in fire of Hate & Evil:

    “According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham (A.S) was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried these meagre drops to where the fire was lit before going back for more. The water it fetched was of course, not enough to quell the raging flames.

    An arrogant crow mocked the bird’s scurrying efforts and haughtily told him: ‘How can you hope to douse the fire with such little water. Surely you realise that there is nothing you can do?’

    The bird remained unperturbed and calmly replied: ‘When I meet with God, He will not ask me whether I was able to put out the fire, He will only inquire whether I did my part to see that it was extinguished”

    Ubqari has made a commitment to extinguish the destructive fire of hate and evil around the world. Its mission is to fill it with love, peace, and tranquillity for all of humanity. 

    Its efforts are no greater than that of the bird, yet it share’s a similar spirit.  

    For the sake of the Creator, the magnificent Allah (Subhan O Wa Talah) Ubqari shall try our best to extinguish the fire.




      UBQARI MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2022

      UBQARI MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2022

       

      About Ubqari

      Ubqari institute is a world-renowned organisation founded by the Islamic Spiritual Scholar Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Chughtai otherwise known as ‘Sheikh-ul-Wazaif’.

      Our Mission is to provide humanitarian and spiritual services world-wide, regardless of religion, creed, or nationality.

      Our organization is head-quartered in Lahore, Pakistan and is popularly known as ‘Tasbeeh Khanna’ the Centre for Health, Peace, and Spirituality and visited by thousands of people each week from both within Pakistan and internationally.

      Our Mission

      A single drop of water in fire of Hate & Evil:

      “According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham (A.S) was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried these meagre drops to where the fire was lit before going back for more. The water it fetched was of course, not enough to quell the raging flames.

      An arrogant crow mocked the bird’s scurrying efforts and haughtily told him: ‘How can you hope to douse the fire with such little water. Surely you realise that there is nothing you can do?’

      The bird remained unperturbed and calmly replied: ‘When I meet with God, He will not ask me whether I was able to put out the fire, He will only inquire whether I did my part to see that it was extinguished”

      Ubqari has made a commitment to extinguish the destructive fire of hate and evil around the world. Its mission is to fill it with love, peace, and tranquillity for all of humanity. 

      Its efforts are no greater than that of the bird, yet it share’s a similar spirit.  

      For the sake of the Creator, the magnificent Allah (Subhan O Wa Talah) Ubqari shall try our best to extinguish the fire.




        Christian Perspectives on Marriage A Discussion Document Author Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

        Christian Perspectives on Marriage A Discussion Document Author Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

        Christian Perspectives on Marriage A Discussion Document Author Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

         

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        Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest religion, with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[1][2] Its adherents, known as Christians, make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[3] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[4]

        Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus’ apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire (380). The early history of Christianity’s united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the “Great Church” (though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics, Marcionites, and Jewish Christians). The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus (431) and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon (451) over differences in Christology,[5] while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism (1054), especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era (16th century) over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages.[6][7][8][9] Following the Age of Discovery (15th–17th century), Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.[10][11][12]

        Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally hold in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the “good news”. Describing Jesus’ life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel’s respected background.

        The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion/50.1%), Protestantism (920 million/36.7%), the Eastern Orthodox Church (230 million), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (62 million) (Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%),[13][14] though thousands of smaller church communities exist despite efforts toward unity (ecumenism).[15] Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.[16] Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populous continents.[17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.[18][19]

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        Noah and the Great Flood English Author Edward Hughes

        Noah and the Great Flood English Author Edward Hughes

        Noah and the Great Flood English Author Edward Hughes

         

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        Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest religion, with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[1][2] Its adherents, known as Christians, make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[3] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[4]

        Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus’ apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire (380). The early history of Christianity’s united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the “Great Church” (though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics, Marcionites, and Jewish Christians). The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus (431) and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon (451) over differences in Christology,[5] while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism (1054), especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era (16th century) over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages.[6][7][8][9] Following the Age of Discovery (15th–17th century), Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.[10][11][12]

        Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally hold in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the “good news”. Describing Jesus’ life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel’s respected background.

        The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion/50.1%), Protestantism (920 million/36.7%), the Eastern Orthodox Church (230 million), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (62 million) (Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%),[13][14] though thousands of smaller church communities exist despite efforts toward unity (ecumenism).[15] Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.[16] Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populous continents.[17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.[18][19]

        From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




        How To Know The Will Of God Author John Edmiston

        How To Know The Will Of God Autor John Edmiston

        How To Know The Will Of God Autor John Edmiston

         

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        Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest religion, with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[1][2] Its adherents, known as Christians, make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[3] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[4]

        Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus’ apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire (380). The early history of Christianity’s united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the “Great Church” (though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics, Marcionites, and Jewish Christians). The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus (431) and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon (451) over differences in Christology,[5] while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism (1054), especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era (16th century) over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages.[6][7][8][9] Following the Age of Discovery (15th–17th century), Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.[10][11][12]

        Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally hold in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the “good news”. Describing Jesus’ life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel’s respected background.

        The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion/50.1%), Protestantism (920 million/36.7%), the Eastern Orthodox Church (230 million), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (62 million) (Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%),[13][14] though thousands of smaller church communities exist despite efforts toward unity (ecumenism).[15] Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.[16] Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populous continents.[17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.[18][19]

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        The Proverbs 31 Woman One Virtue at a Time Autor Courtney Josep

        The Proverbs 31 Woman One Virtue at a Time Autor Courtney Josep

        The Proverbs 31 Woman One Virtue at a Time Autor Courtney Josep

         

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        Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest religion, with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[1][2] Its adherents, known as Christians, make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[3] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[4]

        Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus’ apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire (380). The early history of Christianity’s united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the “Great Church” (though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics, Marcionites, and Jewish Christians). The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus (431) and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon (451) over differences in Christology,[5] while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism (1054), especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era (16th century) over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages.[6][7][8][9] Following the Age of Discovery (15th–17th century), Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.[10][11][12]

        Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally hold in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the “good news”. Describing Jesus’ life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel’s respected background.

        The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion/50.1%), Protestantism (920 million/36.7%), the Eastern Orthodox Church (230 million), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (62 million) (Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%),[13][14] though thousands of smaller church communities exist despite efforts toward unity (ecumenism).[15] Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.[16] Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populous continents.[17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.[18][19]

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        UBQARI MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2022

        UBQARI MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2022

         

        About Ubqari

        Ubqari institute is a world-renowned organisation founded by the Islamic Spiritual Scholar Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Chughtai otherwise known as ‘Sheikh-ul-Wazaif’.

        Our Mission is to provide humanitarian and spiritual services world-wide, regardless of religion, creed, or nationality.

        Our organization is head-quartered in Lahore, Pakistan and is popularly known as ‘Tasbeeh Khanna’ the Centre for Health, Peace, and Spirituality and visited by thousands of people each week from both within Pakistan and internationally.

        Our Mission

        A single drop of water in fire of Hate & Evil:

        “According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham (A.S) was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried these meagre drops to where the fire was lit before going back for more. The water it fetched was of course, not enough to quell the raging flames.

        An arrogant crow mocked the bird’s scurrying efforts and haughtily told him: ‘How can you hope to douse the fire with such little water. Surely you realise that there is nothing you can do?’

        The bird remained unperturbed and calmly replied: ‘When I meet with God, He will not ask me whether I was able to put out the fire, He will only inquire whether I did my part to see that it was extinguished”

        Ubqari has made a commitment to extinguish the destructive fire of hate and evil around the world. Its mission is to fill it with love, peace, and tranquillity for all of humanity. 

        Its efforts are no greater than that of the bird, yet it share’s a similar spirit.  

        For the sake of the Creator, the magnificent Allah (Subhan O Wa Talah) Ubqari shall try our best to extinguish the fire.




        A B C Christian Marriage Author Father Daoud Lamei

        A B C Christian Marriage Author Father Daoud Lamei

        A B C Christian Marriage Author Father Daoud Lamei

         

         

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        Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest religion, with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[1][2] Its adherents, known as Christians, make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[3] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[4]

        Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus’ apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea (325) where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire (380). The early history of Christianity’s united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the “Great Church” (though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics, Marcionites, and Jewish Christians). The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus (431) and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon (451) over differences in Christology,[5] while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism (1054), especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era (16th century) over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages.[6][7][8][9] Following the Age of Discovery (15th–17th century), Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.[10][11][12]

        Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally hold in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the “good news”. Describing Jesus’ life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel’s respected background.

        The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion/50.1%), Protestantism (920 million/36.7%), the Eastern Orthodox Church (230 million), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (62 million) (Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%),[13][14] though thousands of smaller church communities exist despite efforts toward unity (ecumenism).[15] Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.[16] Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populous continents.[17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.[18][19]

        From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia