{"id":66035,"date":"2026-07-05T18:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66035"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:43:53","slug":"the-expansion-of-christianity-and-the-decisive-role-of-spain-depicted-on-a-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/05\/the-expansion-of-christianity-and-the-decisive-role-of-spain-depicted-on-a-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The expansion of Christianity and the decisive role of Spain depicted on a map"},"content":{"rendered":"

With almost 2,000 years of history, Christianity is today the most widespread religion in the world, with more than 2,400 followers of different branches.<\/p>\n

The 20 Islamic offensives that the Christian territories suffered before the Crusades<\/a><\/rel>
\nSpain did not commit any genocide in America: what it did was to end one<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Unlike Islam, which had a much faster expansion in the Middle East and North Africa<\/a> through conquest, Christianity had a remarkably slow spread in its first centuries<\/strong>, largely due to the persecutions it had to face until it became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 380, with the promulgation of the Edict of Thessalonica by Theodosius I the Great. Ollie Bye<\/a> has published an interesting video showing the expansion of Christianity since the 1st century<\/strong>, showing its advances, setbacks, and divisions over the years:<\/p>\n