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Hindu History
Christianity
- Came to India first as a Message of Peace with the Apostle St. Thomas
and then as a Colonial Power of the Portuguese and the British
- by Shri Sudheer Birodkar
The second largest religious minority in India is that of the Christians. The Indian Christians consist of three main sects viz. the Syrian Christians, Roman Catholics and Protestants. Christianity was, we are told, first brought into India only a few decades after the passing away of Lord Christ. But it was the apostle St. Thomas who is popularly believed to have introduced Christianity into India around the 1st century of our era. Thus Christianity seems to have come into India far before it had reached many European countries like Britain and Germany.
A stained glass representation
of the nativity of Lord Christ.
In talking of Christianity one generally loses sight of the fact that it was born in Asia and thus to begin with it is an oriental religion. Jesus Christ whose name the religion bears was born in Bethlehem in what is today the state of Israel.
Author : Shri Sudheer Birodkar
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