Christendom

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cultural sphere historical concept religious civilization

Christendom refers to the worldwide community of Christian-majority societies and cultures, especially in Europe and the West, historically united by Christian faith and institutions.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Latin Christendom	11
Christian Europe	4
Western Christendom	3
Catholic Europe	2
Catholic states of Europe	1
Christendom canonical	1
European Christian culture	1
Holy Roman Church	1
section "Christendom"	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural sphere ⓘ historical concept ⓘ religious civilization ⓘ
basedOn	Christian faith ⓘ Christian institutions ⓘ
contrastedWith	Dar al-Islam ⓘ non-Christian world ⓘ
culturalExpression	Christian architecture ⓘ Christian art ⓘ Christian literature ⓘ Christian music ⓘ
declineFactor	Enlightenment ⓘ modern pluralism ⓘ secularization ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	Middle English ⓘ Old English ⓘ
etymologyRoot	-dom ⓘ Christen ⓘ
hasConcept	Christendom vs. heathendom ⓘ Christian West ⓘ Christian commonwealth ⓘ Christian nation ⓘ
hasCoreBelief	belief in Jesus Christ ⓘ belief in the Bible ⓘ belief in the Trinity ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	Christian education ⓘ Christian festivals ⓘ Christian holidays ⓘ Christian moral norms ⓘ church-centered community life ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature	Christian-majority societies ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Late Antiquity ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ modern era ⓘ
hasInstitution	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Christian universities ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Church Protestant churches ⓘ cathedrals ⓘ ecumenical councils ⓘ missionary societies ⓘ monastic orders ⓘ papacy ⓘ parishes ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasMajorityReligion	Christianity ⓘ
hasRegion	Australia ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ parts of Africa ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ
historicalEvent	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Christianization of Europe ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ Crusades ⓘ East–West Schism ⓘ surface form: Great Schism of 1054 Reformation ⓘ colonial expansion ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Christendom Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christendom the West ⓘ surface form: Western world
historicallyCenteredIn	Europe ⓘ
historicalOpponent	Islamic world ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
includesTradition	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Baptist churches ⓘ Calvinism ⓘ Catholicism ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism ⓘ Methodism ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
languageOfTerm	English ⓘ
legalInfluence	Christian moral teaching ⓘ canon law ⓘ natural law tradition ⓘ
politicalExpression	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Christian kingdoms of medieval Europe ⓘ Christian monarchy ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Papal States ⓘ
relatedConcept	Christian world ⓘ Christianity in Europe ⓘ Eastern Christian world ⓘ Latin West ⓘ Western civilization ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Schism → divided → Christendom ⓘ

pontificate of Innocent VI → appliesToJurisdiction → Christendom ⓘ

subject surface form: Pontificate of Innocent VI

this entity surface form: Western Christendom

Bishopric of Bruges → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Christendom

Bertramus → hasCulturalContext → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Europe

Bishopric of Leuven → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Christian culture → hasRegionalVariant → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Christian culture

Bishopric of Leiden → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Through (or By) the Cross → hasCulturalOrigin → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Europe

Bishopric of Veere → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Catholic–Ottoman conflicts → mainBelligerent → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic states of Europe

Iadera → hasCulturalContext → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Italo-Romans → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Treaty of Verdun → languageContext → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

King of Burgundy → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Christendom

Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae → regionOfInfluence → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic Europe

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern → culturalContext → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Europe

Piasts of Brzeg → culturalSphere → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Bishopric of Bergneustadt → partOf → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Piasts of Racibórz → culturalSphere → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Islamic period → hasCulturalImpactOn → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Europe

The Counterlife → hasPart → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: section "Christendom"

Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex → regionOfReception → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic Europe

Piasts of Pomerania → culturalSphere → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom

Elector of Salzburg → associatedWithInstitution → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Roman Church

Marshal of the Army of God and Holy Church → languageOfName → Christendom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Christendom