Western Christianity facts for kids
Western Christianity is a part of the Christian religion. Western Christianity talks about the religious traditions of Christians whose ancestors were from Western Europe.
Western Christianity includes people who are members of the Catholic Church, as well as people who are members of Protestant churches. The Protestant churches were formed by people who were former members of the Catholic Church. Many Protestant churches started during the Protestant Reformation in about 1600.
As the Protestant leaders were former members of the Catholic Church, Protestants share many, but not all, religious beliefs and religious traditions with Catholics. However, Western Christianity is different from Eastern Christianity, which has a different set of religious traditions, but many of the same religious beliefs.
Western denominations
Western Christianity makes up about 90% of Christians worldwide. The Roman Catholic Church has over half of all Christians. The many Protestant and related denominations make up another 40%. Baptists, Lutherans, and Anglicans are some of the larger and older Western denominations which are not the Roman Catholic Church.
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Images for kids
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Jesus represented as the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei), a common practice in Western Christianity
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Title page of the Lutheran Swedish Gustav Vasa Bible, translated by the Petri brothers, along with Laurentius Andreae.
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Map of Western Christianity regions in Europe, and the borders of Eastern (blue) and Islam (green)
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Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of the great Western scholars of the Medieval period.
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atholic St.Martin's cathedral in Spišské Podhradie (Slovakia). Behind the cathedral there is the gothic Spiš Castle.
See also
In Spanish: Cristiandad occidental para niños
