“Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China.” WorldEarthChristianityCenturyPlanetsIndiaPopulationChinaSurfaceTwentieth CenturyFractionsPersia Author:Kenneth Scott Latourette
“THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY WAS DUE PRIMARILY TO A NEW BURST OF RELIGIOUS LIFE EMANATING FROM THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE. . . . NEVER IN ANY CORRESPONDING LENGTH OF TIME HAD THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE GIVEN RISE TO SO MANY NEW MOVEMENTS. NEVER HAD IT HAD QUITE SO GREAT AN EFFECT UPON WESTERN EUROPEAN PEOPLES. IT WAS FROM THIS ABOUNDING VIGOR THAT THERE ISSUED THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE WHICH DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SO AUGMENTED THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH AND THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.” ChristianGivenReligiousChristianityInfluenceEffectsCenturyMovementWesternSpreadDuesImpulseEnterpriseLengthMissionaryNineteenth CenturyVigorCorrespondingReligious Life Author:Kenneth Scott Latourette
“As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on this planet.” JesusChristEffectsCenturyPlanetsEvidenceJesus ChristInfluential Author:Kenneth Scott Latourette
“In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.” ChristCenturyThirdsSpread Author:Kenneth Scott Latourette
