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Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences

ISSN 1978-760X

Vol. 1 / No. 2 / Published : 2009-04

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Original Article :

Early signs of christianity in indonesia

Author :

  1. Josef Glinka SVD*1

Abstract :

There is a common opinion that Christianity first was brought to Indonesia by the Portuguesetraders in the 16th century. After Jesus’ Ascension, Christianity expanded from Jerusalem in alldirections – in Roman Empire and outside of it. During the apostolic age, Christianity began toestablish itself throughout the Mediterranean. According to travancore manual, Thomas of Cana,a Mesopotamian merchant and missionary, introduced Christianity to India in 345 AD. In themidst of the 7th century there were Christians in Pancur, now Kota Barus, Sumatra. There were anarchbishop and two bishops in the 8 th century in the Sriwijaya empire. From Sumatra, Christiansexpanded to the central and east Java. Like other religions – Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam –Christianity came to Indonesia from India.

Keyword :

Christian, early, history, religion, expansion,


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