INTERESTING FIGURES AND SPECULATIONS.
[FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION - .] (Received It, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, A paper prepared by Mr. Mulhal', the well-known statistician, and read at the Catholic Church Conference, showed that of 1450 millions of people in the world at the end ei 1898, five hundred and one million six hundred thousand were Christians, made np as Mows -.-Catholics,- 240,000,000; Protestants, 163,300,000, and Greeks 98,300,000. It would be interesting to ascertain which, phase of Christianity, Catholic or Protestant, increases numerically faster. Tlure was no doubt that the principle Protestant nations advanced with ;yo .t stride:-;, | while the Catholic couun-i-.-s Las sliow:i' little or no iuercas? y&n-ly, butuuikiu-' a general survey of chiiitcidom, wjulA ■*~ find the 4 ;ul.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19000915.2.25
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 15 September 1900, Page 3
Word Count
116INTERESTING FIGURES AND SPECULATIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 15 September 1900, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in