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Christianity

Abrahamic monotheistic religion
Organization major_religious_group Q5043
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Summary

Christianity is a major religious group[1]. Christianity draws 66,655 Wikipedia views per month (major religious group category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Abrahamic religion[3], religion[4], monotheistic religion[5]
  • Founder: Jesus Christ[6], Mary[7], Paul the Apostle[8], Saint Peter[9]
  • Named after: Christ[10], Jesus Christ[11], Nazareth[12]
  • Location: worldwide[13]
  • Subclass of: Abrahamic religion[14]
  • Commons category: Christianity[15]
  • Foundational text: Bible[16], New Testament[17]
  • Unicode character: ✝️[18]
  • Has part(s): Western Christianity[19], Eastern Christianity[20], Christian denominational family[21], Christian denomination[22], Christian movement[23]
  • Inception: 33[24]
  • Location of formation: Jerusalem[25]
  • Significant event: Resurrection of Jesus[26], crucifixion of Jesus[27]
  • Separated from: Judaism[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Christianity[29], Q33096581[30]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Christianity[31]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: religion=christian[32]
  • Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[38]
  • Topic has template: Template:Christianity sidebar[39], Template:Christianity footer[40]
  • Has characteristic: monotheism[41]
  • Different from: stoicism[42]
  • Member count: 2,400,000,000[43]
  • History of topic: history of Christianity[44]
  • Hashtag: christianity[45]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Christianity include Under the Glacier[46], a literary work[47], written by Halldór Laxness[48].

Why It Matters

Christianity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Christianity is known by 206 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Christianity has been cited as an influence by Islam[51], a major religious group[52], founded in 0631[53]; Rastafari[54], a religion[55]; Manichaeism[56]; and Pekka Siitoin[57], a political activist[58], 1944–2003[59], of Finland[60].

Entities named for Christianity include Under the Glacier[46], a literary work[47], written by Halldór Laxness[48].

FAQs

Who did Christianity influence?

Christianity has been cited as an influence by Islam[51], Rastafari[54], Manichaeism[56], and Pekka Siitoin[57].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM252881
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM252881, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  2. 9w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Francis Marrash
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 11w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → major religious group, Abrahamic religion, religion +1
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ Instance of"
  4. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Donald deAvila Jackson
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q321585, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 13w ago · A826 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Femiwiki id → 145
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  6. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Hq4Tt
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  7. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → christianity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: christianity, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923479|christianity (#289923479)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  8. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000330-krestanska-vira, h0002286-krestanstvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000330-krestanska-vira, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  9. 19w ago · Daask · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Abrahamic monotheistic religion
    Instance of → major religious group, Abrahamic religion, religion +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Abrahamic religion"
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