Kendal’s Reviews > The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died > Status Update
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“When Europeans discovered [Ethiopia] in the 17th century, they were astounded by the degree of Christian devotion. Even [Portuguese Protestant], where [Christianity] was far from scarce, asserted that ‘no country in the world is so full of churches, monasteries, and ecclesiastics as [Ethiopia]; it is not possible to sing in one church without being heard in another....’”
A lost Christian History indeed....
— Aug 08, 2025 10:39AM
A lost Christian History indeed....
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“The question of timeframe is also important. Although Communist regimes devastated churches and other religious bodies, they had only a few decades to impose their will. In contrast, Christian communities suffered sporadic for executions over many centuries. Rare indeed is a religion that can withstand a full thousand years of extreme maltreatment.” p210
— Aug 16, 2025 12:01AM
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“Many Europeans were still in the first or second generation of the faith, a situation comparable to that of modern-day Africa. Most Asian Christians, in contrast, stemmed from Christian traditions dating back twenty-five or thirty generations.” Pg 70
— Aug 12, 2025 04:28PM
