According to the 1993 Census, 89% of the Peruvian population over 12 years old declared themselves as Catholics The word catholic is derived from the Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos), meaning "universal". The word derives from the Greek phrase καθόλο (kath'holou) meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general" and is a combination of the Greek words κατά meaning "about&, 6.7% as Evangelicals Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian theological stream which began in Great Britain in the 1730s. Its key theological beliefs are:, 2.6% as of other denominations The term describes various Christian denominations . The term also describes the four branches of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist), and describes the two main branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia), 1.4% as non-religious Irreligion is an absence of, indifference towards or hostility towards religion. Depending on the context, it may be understood as referring to atheism, nontheism, agnosticism, ignosticism, antireligion, skepticism, freethought, antitheism or secular humanism.[citation needed] Irreligious people may have convictions as strongly held as those of and 0.2% did not specify any affiliation.[1]

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Catholic church in Peru

Most Peruvians are Catholics, although only two-thirds participate in the liturgy and services. The main authorities of this church are in Lima, Arequipa, Trujillo and Cusco. The most important celebration is in honour of the Lord of Miracles. There are also October festivities in Lima Lima is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population fast approaching 9 million, Lima is the fifth largest. Hi lily

Other Religions

The Lima Peru Temple (Mormon)

Seventh Day Adventists

There are currently 769,980 Seventh Day Adventist members in Peru split into 2 conferences, according to the church website. This would represent 2.6% of the current population.

Latter-day Saints

Mormon A Mormon is an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement. Most commonly, the term Mormon refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , which is commonly but imprecisely called the Mormon Church. In addition, the term Mormon may refer to any of the missionaries first arrived in Peru in 1956. In 1981, the Lima Peru Temple was dedicated.

The church has seen rapid growth in Peru. In 2008 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claimed more than 460,000 members in Peru.[2]

Islam

Main article: Islam in Peru The statistics for Islam in Peru estimate a total Muslim population of 1000, representing 0.002 percent of the population. The religion came to Peru by Middle Eastern settlers: Arabs and Iranians. There are a handful of Islamic organizations in Peru, including the Asociación Islámica del Perú and the Musulmanes Peruanos of Naqshbandi Haqqani La Mosque Bab ul Islam The Mosque of Bab ul Islam is located in Tacna, Peru. It was founded in 2000 by Pakistanis immigrants and is the only Islamic construction in the country. The Mosque Bab-ul-Islam is a mrt piece of construction at the heart of City and is now one of the attractions of Tacna. It also accompanied by a formal Islamic School for muslim childrens along en construction (April 2007)

The statistics for Islam in Peru estimate a total Muslim A Muslim or Moslem is an adherent of the religion of Islam. Literally, the word means "one who submits (to God)". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive. All Muslims observe Sunnah, but differences in the definition of what is and what is not Sunnah has led to the emergence of sectarian movements.[ population of 1000, representing 0.002 percent of the population. The religion came to Peru by Middle Eastern The Middle East is a region that encompasses southwestern Asia and Egypt. In some contexts, the term has recently been expanded in usage to sometimes include Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and North Africa. It's often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East. The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern settlers: Arabs Arab people or Arabs (العرب al-ʿarab) are an ethnic group whose members identify as such on one or more of linguistic, cultural, political, or genealogical grounds. Those self-identifying as Arab, however, rarely do so with it as their sole identity. Most hold multiple identities, with a more localized prioritized national identity — such and Iranians Iran (Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn] ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Central Eurasia and Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was also known to the western world as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used. There are a handful of Islamic Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎ al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] [note 1]) is a strictly monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur’an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله‎, Allāh), and by the Prophet of Islam Muhammad's teachings and normative example (which is called the Sunnah in organizations in Peru Peru (pronounced /pəˈrʊ/ ; Spanish: Perú, Quechua: Piruw, Aymara: Piruw), officially the Republic of Peru (Spanish: República del Perú, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðel peˈɾu] ( listen)), is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south. The first mosque in Peru was constructed in Tacna San Pedro de Tacna , or simply Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. It is located on the border with Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of the Caplina River. Tacna is a very commercially active city, located only 35 km (22 mi) north of the border with Chile. holly shit it has many things like things

Notes

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú. http://www.inei.gob.pe/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib0007/ANX-PER/PERU-02.htm.
  2. ^ LDS Newsroom

Musulmanes peruanos. Sufismo en Perú

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