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===Etymology===
The name "Christianity" comes from the [[Koine Greek|Greek]] word [[Christos]], meaning "annointed", a reference to [[Jesus]]. The word "Christian" doesn't appear in the entire Bible until the book of [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]].
===[[Essence of Christianity]]===
====[[Christian movies]]====
Some of the most well-known movies have strong [[Christian]] themes. One of the earliest Christian movies was [[The Ten Commandments (movie)|The Ten Commandments]] by [[Cecil B. DeMill]]. In 2004, [[The Passion of the Christ]], describing the night of [[Jesus]]' death was a film that made a world-wide impact. In 2005, the movie [[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]] was being released based on the famous book by [[C.S. Lewis]]. Today, a [[:Category:Media_WorkersFilm|number of Christians]] are producing films in a variety of genres.
====[[Christianity and the Internet]]====
===The [[Persecuted Church]], [[Mission]] and [[Places|Christianity around the world]]===
The world's 5 inhabited continents contain almost 7 more than 8 billion people. The population is increasing rapidly, and it doubled between 1960 and 2000. There are 237 independent states. 66 of these have significant restrictions on religious belief. About 3032% of the world's population call themselves [[Christian]] (2 billion people), 2021% call themselves [[Muslim]] (1.3 billion people), 15% are [[non-religious]] (1 billion) and 13% call themselves [[Hindu]]. Although [[Europe]] is rapidly becoming secular and non-religious, the majority of Christians live in areas where European settlement or missionary work has been significant. [[Asia]] is the least evangelised evangelized continent. Of Christians, there are about over 1 billion [[Roman Catholic]], 700 million [[Protestant]] and 550 million [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians.Also see [[Christianity by country]]
==Quotes==
 
''John Lennon'' - Evening Standard (London, 4 March 1966)
: [[Christianity]] will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than [[Jesus]] now; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity.
''[[C.S. Lewis]]''

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