How many copies of the Bible have been sold worldwide?
The Bible has sold an estimated over 5 billion copies, making it widely considered the best-selling book of all time. It sells approximately 100 million copies annually.
Questions about Christian culture
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What role did Christian culture play in founding universities?
Medieval Christianity created the first modern universities, preceded by cathedral and monastic schools dating to the 6th century AD. Bologna University, specializing in canon law and civil law, was among the earliest; Paris University, Salamanca (founded 1243), and Oxford followed. In America, Harvard College was founded in 1636, just eight years after the Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What percentage of Nobel Prize winners have been Christian?
A review of Nobel Prizes awarded between 1901 and 2000 found that 65.4 percent of laureates identified Christianity as their religious preference. Christians won 72.5 percent of chemistry prizes, 65.3 percent in physics, 62 percent in medicine, and 54 percent in economics during that period.
How many healthcare facilities does the Roman Catholic Church operate today?
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of health care services in the world. It operates around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 percent located in developing countries.
What was the Iconoclasm crisis in Byzantine Christian culture?
Iconoclasm was a controversy over the use of religious images that racked the Byzantine Empire between 726 and 843. It was driven by debate over graven images and the Second Commandment. Its resolution produced a strict standardization of religious imagery in the Eastern Church and an effective ban on monumental religious sculpture.
What were the Jesuits' contributions to science in Christian culture?
By the 18th century the Jesuits had contributed to the development of pendulum clocks, pantographs, barometers, reflecting telescopes, and microscopes. They observed the colored bands on Jupiter's surface, the Andromeda nebula, and Saturn's rings, and theorized about the circulation of blood, the wave-like nature of light, and the way the moon affects the tides.