The world’s primary religions fall into two categories: Abrahamic religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; and Indian religions, which include Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and others. Of the world’s major religions, Christianity is the largest, with more than two billion followers.
Christianity is still the most widely practiced of the world’s major religions, with followers in every corner of the globe, and has been the backbone of Western civilization for almost two millennia. Its largest groups are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the Protestant churches.
Over the centuries, Christianity grew in numbers as it spread around the world, often through missionaries and colonizers. Those who practice Christianity today are as diverse theologically as they are geographically. What does this all mean?
A lot of things if you are searching for answers. Within a plurality of Christian denominations, people initially choose to follow Jesus Christ and then decide on how they will practice their Christian faith through one of the thousands of denominations. Catholic For A Reason exists to help those seeking to understand Christianity’s practice from a Catholic perspective.