Section 15

Surge In Christianity

Showed itself in the Eastern Churches, notably in Russia, independent of what was taking place in Western Europe

Western Europe was free from Moslems and invasions that had poured into East from heartland of Eurasia.

Complete separation from the Church of Rome known as Protestantism

Roman Catholics won back some territory it had lost to Protestants.

Severe blows to Christianity

Presented a paradox

A permanent de-Christianization of large elements in the traditionally Christian peoples of Europe

Affected the Roman Catholic Church much more than Protestantism

Geographic expansion of Christianity was more through Protestantism than through any of the others.