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How did Christianity shape identity in Europe.

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Christianity was developed in Europe, after being born in Asia Minor.

To expand, see below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Christianity refers to the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches.

Europe is a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Capsian seas on the SE. In British Usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).

How has Christianity influenced the culture of Europe?

  1. Morality. (The Western World’s traditional, and societal values is made up pretty much entirely of post Judeo-Christian morality. Secular Humanism was entirely brought into existence by several post-Christian Western & European societies.)
  2. Culturally (Easter, Christmas, St.Patrick’s Day and Palm Sunday are all Christian Holidays commonly celebrated by a vast amount of people in the West as a social norm.)
  3. Economically (The Industrial Revolution of Great Britain, and the Late Renaissance Period of Colonial era Italy was started by academically educated Christian men, deeply influenced by their faith in the Bible.)
  4. Musically (This automatically includes Easter & Christmas music, but also includes music like 4 Seasons by Vivaldi, The 5th and 9th Symphonies by Beethoven or Requiem by Mozart.)
  5. Philosophically (Although there were many impressive pre-Christian Graeco-Roman Philosophers before Rome ever adopted Christianity, Philosophy in Europe from the 4th Century A.D. and onwards was guarded theologically by the Christian Church. The classical-era philosophy schools of ancient Greece & Rome soon turned into Renaissance-era Universities and Colleges. That’s how advanced both philosophy and schooling had become thanks to Christian Influence in Europe. This beautiful quote by St. Augustine of Hippo greatly shaped European Societal Norms. “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” { - Augustine of Hippo was an early Christian Theologian and Philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. }
  6. Artwork (Glass-stained Mosaic-Fresco Church Windows. Need I say more?)
  7. Academically (Modern Science used throughout the Western World today was originally started by the Catholic Church. Unlike modern thoughts which accuse the Church of oppressing Science, Scientific discoveries, Literary skills among both the common & elite classes, and academy excelled to a high level far more then it ever did when Europe was Pagan, or a worshiper of Mithra.)'
  8. Scientifically (Our modern post-Christian Secular world view that many people in the West have today, was made possible thanks to extraordinary Christian men and their efforts to discover the secrets of God’s creation. Isaac Newton, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci, Copernicus, Georges Lemaître, Albert Einstein to a certain extent, Francis Collins and Francis Bacon were all heavily inspired by their faith in Christ and the Bible.)
  9. Linguistically (The Spanish, Cyrillic, Post-Latin Italian, Modern Greek, Dutch and English languages were all invented by Medieval Christian Clergymen and Nationalists. Spanish was invented by Catholic Iberians fighting off Islamic Moors, Cyrillic was invented by the Orthodox Byzantines, Dutch and German was developed by the Catholic Church in the Holy Roman Empire in Germania and Denmark, and English was invented by the Catholic Church in Medieval Britain, as well as modernized by the Protestants in Industrial-era Great Britain.)
  10. Modern Architecture & Urban Settlements (This modernized world with it’s greatly advanced buildings, roads with traffic lights and mega statutes, Such as those of Christ in post-Portuguese Brazil, was all made possible by the advent of European Christianity.)
  11. Modern Schools, Adoption Centers, Disability Care Organizations, Charities, Rehabs and Hospitals (Schools, Hospitals, Adoption Centers, Charities, Disability Care Organizations. and Rehabs originally started in Christian Churches.)

  1. So, in short… Christianity basically created not only the Modern Global World, But also Western Civilization outside of Greece & Rome, The Medieval & Renaissance History of Europe, and even “civilized” the Greeks & Romans to be better, and more socially & scientifically progressive people!
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