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| Founder |
Jesus of Nazareth (3BCE-30CE) |
| Place of Origin |
Israel |
| Sacred Text |
The Bible - Old and New Testaments |
| Sacred Building |
Church, Chapel, Cathedral |
| Holy Places |
Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Rome, Canterbury, Lourdes (a popular place of pilgrimage) |
| Major Festivals |
Easter, Christmas, Pentecost (also known as Whitsun) |
| Main denominations |
Anglican, Free Churches, Orthodox, Reformed, Roman Catholic |
| Significant Modern Christians |
Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, C S Lewis |
| Numbers of Christians in England and Wales |
37,337,000 (71%) - 2001 Census |
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