Christianity in the Philippines is the largest religion in the country.
According to the in 2010 the Philippines was home to 86.8 million Christians , who made up 93.1% of the country's population [1] [2] . The encyclopedia of “Religions of the World” by J. G. Melton estimates the share of Christians in 2010 at 89.4% (83.15 million believers) [3] .
The largest direction of Christianity in the country is Catholicism . In 2000, there were 81.2 thousand Christian churches and places of worship in the Philippines belonging to 499 different Christian denominations [4] .
Content
Catholicism
Protestantism
Orthodoxy
Marginal Christianity
Notes
- ↑ Global Christianity . The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (December 19, 2011). Date of treatment May 13, 2013. Archived May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country . The Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project (12-19-2011). Date of treatment December 25, 2014. Archived January 7, 2012.
- ↑ Graham B. Walker Jr. Philippines // Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices / J. Gordon Melton , Martin Baumann. - Oxford, England: ABC CLIO, 2010 .-- S. 2255. - 3200 p. - ISBN 1-57607-223-1 .
- ↑ Patrick Johnstone, Jason Mandryk. Philippines // Operation World 2001 . - London: Paternoster Publishing, 2001 .-- 798 p. - (Operation World Series). - ISBN 1-8507-8357-8 .
See also
- Religion in the Philippines
- Christianity by country