Nor Sir Galahad, the pride of Christendom, who seeks the Holy Grail.

One ideal was that of a unified Christendom, with Europe at its center.

Henry VIII was willing to execute two wives and overturn Christendom in pursuit of a son.

The prospect of EU membership for Turkey would also dispel the outdated notion that Europe stands for Christendom.

Corporatism spread beyond Christendom to Turkey under Atatürk and, using aliases to hide its Catholic provenance, to other Arab countries.

The Gregorian calendar was not accepted in eastern Christendom for several hundred years, and then only as the civil calendar.

Compared with the languages of European Christendom, the Russian language was little influenced by the Greek and Latin of early Christian writings.

One ideal was that of a unified Christendom, with Europe at its center. The Duke of Sully (1559 1641) conceived of a Christian European republic, which the Turks could join only if they converted to Christianity.