Suppose you are an Indian of 1857 A.D. Can you tell what temptations were given by the Britishers to convert your religion into Christianity? मान लो कि आप 1857 ई. के भारतीय हो। क्या आप बता सकते हैं कि अंग्रजों ने आपको इसाई धर्म अपनाने के लिए कौन से लालच दिए ? *
ਜਾਇਦਾਦਾਂ ਦੇਣ ਦਾ To give properties जायदादें देने का
ਇਨਾਮ ਦੇਣ ਦਾ To give reward इनाम देने का
ਉੱਚੀਆਂ ਨੌਕਰੀਆਂ ਦੇਣ ਦਾ To give higher jobs ऊंची नौकरियां देने का
ਉਪਰੋਕਤ ਸਾਰੇ All of the above उपर्युक्त सभी
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Christianity is India's third-largest religion after Hinduism and Islam, with approximately 28 million followers, constituting 2.3 percent of India's population (2011 census).[2] According to the tradition of Indian Christians, the Christian faith was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle, who is said to have reached the Malabar Coast (Kerala) in 52 AD.[3][4][5][6] According to another tradition Bartholomew the Apostle is credited with simultaneously introducing Christianity along the Konkan Coast.[7] There is a general scholarly consensus that Christian communities were firmly established in the Malabar Coast (Kerala) of India by the 6th century AD,[8] which were communities who used Syriac liturgies. Starting from European colonisations from 15th century several Western Christian communities like Latin Rite Catholics and Protestants were created in different parts of the country.
Total population
31,850,000 (2011)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Majority in Nagaland at 90%, Mizoram at 90% and Meghalaya at 83%. Plurality in Manipur at 41.3% and Arunachal Pradesh at 35%. Significant populations in Goa at 25%, Kerala at 18.28% and Tamil Nadu at 6.2%.
Religions
Mostly Protestant & Catholic; minority of Orthodox and others.
members of different church denominations though some are also non-denominational. The state of Kerala is home to the Saint Thomas Christian community, an ancient body of Christians who according to tradition trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.[6] They are now divided into several different churches and traditions. There are East Syriac Rite denominations: the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Chaldean Syrian Church. There are West Syriac Rite denominations: the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church , the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and the Malabar Independent Syrian Church. Saint Thomas Anglicans are members of the Church of South India (C.S.I.).[9][10][11] Roman Rite Catholicism was introduced to India by the Portuguese, Italian and Irish Jesuits in the 16th century under the influence of its allied empires.[12] Many Christian schools, hospitals and primary care centres originated through the Roman Catholic missions brought by the trade of these countries.
The Church of North India and Church of South India are united Protestant Churches that were established as a result of evangelism and ecumenism by Anglicans, Methodists, and other Protestants in India who flourished in colonial India.[13] The CNI and CSI hold to a mixed polity with episcopal, presbyterian and congregational elements,[14][15][16] and are ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Communion, as well as members of the World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches.[17][18][19] Further Protestantism was later spread to India by the efforts of North American, British, German, and independent non-denominational missionaries who preached the gospel to evangelise Indians; many Christian missionaries suffered from militant persecution and were martyred. Major denominations include non-Conformist reformed churches like Pentecostals, Baptists, Evangelicals, Methodist, Presbyterians, Mennonites, and Lutherans. There is also rising presence of Charismatic and Neo-Charismatic Movements across the nation.