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__NOTOC__{{Infobox_Contents |topic_name ==Synopsis== Europe is an ethnically diverse continent with around 700 million inhabitants. It is mostly economically wealthy, containing the large and influential [[European Union]]. It has traditionally been the home of Christianity being the centres of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]]. There is widespread freedom of religion, however Europe is rapidly become predominantly secular with [[atheism]] as the major belief system.|subtopics ==Contents== {{topics}}* Regions: [[Albania]] | , [[Andorra]] | , [[Austria]] | , [[Belarus]] | , [[Belgium]] | , [[Bosnia]] | , [[Bulgaria]] | , [[Channel Islands]] | , [[Croatia]] | , [[Cyprus]] | , [[Czech Republic]] | , [[Denmark]] | , [[Estonia]] | , [[Faeroe Islands]] | , [[Finland]] | , [[France]] | , [[Germany]] | , [[Gibraltar]] | , [[Greece]] | , [[Hungary]] | , [[Iceland]] | , [[Ireland]] | , [[Isle of Man]] | , [[Italy]] | , [[Latvia]] | , [[Liechtenstein]] | , [[Lithuania]] | , [[Luxembourg]] | , [[Macedonia]] | , [[Malta]] | , [[Moldova]] | , [[Monaco]] | , [[Montenegro]] | , [[Netherlands]] | , [[Norway]] | , [[Poland]] | , [[Portugal]] | , [[Romania]] | , [[Russia]] | , [[San Marino]] | , [[Serbia]] | , [[Slovakia]] | , [[Slovenia]] | , [[Spain]] | , [[Svalbard]] | , [[Sweden]] | , [[Switzerland]] | , [[Ukraine]] | , [[United Kingdom]] | , [[Vatican]]| opinion_pieces = {{opinionsshort_opinions}}| {{quotes}} ==Main article==
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Europe is an ethnically diverse continent with around 700 million inhabitants. It is mostly economically wealthy, containing the large and influential [[European Union]]. It has traditionally been the home of Christianity being the centres of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]]. There is widespread freedom of religion, however Europe is rapidly become predominantly secular with [[atheism]] as the major belief system.
===History===
Christianity spread through the Roman Empire with the early missionary efforts of the church, and soon after to the invading Germanic tribes.
After Muslim invasion of Northern Africa and the Middle East, Europe, including Byzantium in Turkey, was the only major strong-hold of Christianity. Islam eventually spread into Turkey and Spain through military conquest.
Eastern Europe is mostly [[Eastern Orthodox]].
==Quotes==
==Links==
* [http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Churches/Europe/ Open Directory: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Churches: Europe]
* [http://www.actschristian.com/a/Churches/Europe/ Acts Christian directory of churches]
* [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe/partdir.pdf World Council of Churches]
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Places]]
