so this is the 1st papal visit to japan in 30 years what is the significance for japanese christians. well japan has about one to 2000000 christians and only about 500000 perhaps catholics so for them the 1st visit in 38 years by the pontiff because the last one was in 1901 is huge christianity on like in other countries is a minority religion in japan and most of the people here it s here to shintoism and to buddhism so the 1st christian missionaries arrived in the 16th century and however after 20 years or so christianity was outlawed and. what we call human christians period human christian meaning they had to basically . practice their religion in secret so there s even a hue of mark here is in for example that
denominations the greek orthodox and meaning of the star like roman catholic ethiopian orthodox syriac also talks and coptic church is share the care of the basilica the lutherans have no say it was built more than a 1000 years before luther. rennes is over and some of you might call us late comers. but the tradition goes back to the 1st christian centuries that actors were deported because there weren t any protestants until the late middle ages and we ve only been in jerusalem since the 19th century you were living. in. a lake come as they might be but protestants have made their mark all over the holy land. in television for instance it s a curious fact that lutheran christians from southern germany were among the founders of this bustling metropolis 150 years ago if you wanted to live here apart
denominations the greek orthodox and meaning of the star like roman catholic ethiopian orthodox syriac also talks and coptic church is share the care of the basilica the lutherans have no say it was built more than a 1000 years before luther. burns is over in front of you might call us late comers . but the tradition goes back to the 1st christian centuries with the deckers with the sun because there weren t any protestants until the late middle ages and we ve only been in jerusalem since the 19th century there was a living. in. the lake come as they might be but protestants have made their mark all over the holy land. in television for instance it s a curious fact that lutheran christians from southern germany were among the founders of this bustling metropolis 150 years ago if you wanted to live here apart