Christendom
The faithful, collectively
Christendom is the Christian world considered as a collective whole—the community of Christian peoples, nations, and institutions throughout history.
The term evokes Christianity as a civilizational force rather than just a religion: medieval Christendom, the spread of Christendom.
It appears most often in historical contexts, describing the era when Christianity unified European political and cultural life.
Modern usage sometimes carries nostalgic or polemical overtones.
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
- ConstantineEmperor who embraced Christianity
- CharlemagneEarly medieval Western unifier
- ByzantiumEastern Roman civilization
schism · Inquisition · papacy · Protestantism · Catholicism · heresy · indulgences · iconoclasm
Bishop's principal church
- stained glassColored window art
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
Renaissance · Baroque · manuscript · illumination · chant · hymn · oratorio · reliquary
Trust without proof
- theologyStudy of the divine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- salvationDeliverance from harm
worship · sacrament · liturgy · clergy · piety · divinity · prayer · sermon
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- believersThose having faith
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- laityNon-ordained church members
parish · flock · denomination · ecumenism · brotherhood · sisterhood · diocese · synod
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
- ConstantineEmperor who embraced Christianity
- CharlemagneEarly medieval Western unifier
Byzantium · schism · Inquisition · papacy · Protestantism · Catholicism · heresy · indulgences · iconoclasm · theocracy
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- stained glassColored window art
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
mosaic · Renaissance · Baroque · manuscript · illumination · chant · hymn · oratorio · reliquary · pilgrimage
faith
Trust without proof
salvation · worship · sacrament · liturgy · clergy · piety · divinity · prayer · sermon · apostle
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- believersThose having faith
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
laity · parish · flock · denomination · ecumenism · brotherhood · sisterhood · diocese · synod · episcopate
- religious nationalismreligious nationalism, theocracy, state religion, Zionism, Islamism
- WestWestern civilization, Western culture, Western Europe, Western powers, Western values
- CrusadesFirst Crusade, crusade, crusader, Third Crusade, Knights Templar
- medieval governancefeudal hierarchy, vassalage, lordship, commons, royal authority
- medieval placesvillage, hamlet, town, borough, burg
- theocracytheocracy, theocrat, hierocracy, caliphate, Vatican City
Christendomsecular society
Culture separating state from religion
secularism · secular humanism · godlessness · irreligion · modernity
Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christology, Christmastide, Christlike