Christianity in Morocco

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Christianity in Morocco appeared since the Roman times ^[1]. Before the arrival of Islam in the 8th century, Berber Christians had embraced the Coptic so-called monophysitic doctrine^[2].

According to tradition, the martyrdom of St Marcellus took place on 28 July 298 at Tingis (nowadays Tangier). Since the Tetrarchy (Emperor Diocletian's reform of governmental structures in 296), Mauretania Tingitana became part of the Diocese of Hispaniae (a Latin plural) and hence in the Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls (Mauretania Caesariensis was in the diocese of Africa, in the other pretorian prefecture within the western empire), and remained so until its conquest by the Vandals. Lucilius Constantius is recorded as governor (praeses) in the mid to late fourth century.

Contents 1 The Church 2 Roman Catholicism in Morocco 3 Protestant 4 Anglican 5 Orthodox 6 Converts in modern times 7 References and notes 8 Further reading 9 External links

[edit] The Church

• The Roman Catholic
• Protestants (Evengelical)
• Anglican
• Orthodox (Russian, Greek)

[edit] Roman Catholicism in Morocco

two Archdioceses in Morocco; Rabat and Tangier.

• The Catholic Church in Morocco (ECAM Eglise Catholique Au Maroc).

[edit] Protestant

• The Evangelical Church of Morocco (EEAM Eglise Evangelique Au Maroc).

[edit] Anglican

• The Anglican Church of Morocco.

[edit] Orthodox

• The Orthodox Church of Morocco (Russian, Greek).

[edit] Converts in modern times

There are have been some muslim converts to christianity lately, but they have mainly kept a low profile as rejecting Islam might be punished by death sentence by many Islamic schools. Conversion to other religions or Atheism is also very severely judged by the Moroccan society.

[edit] References and notes

1. ^ Cook, Paul David (January 2004). In these last days. Xlibris Corporation, p.470. ISBN 1-4134-4102-5.
2. ^ Asiwaju, A.I. (January 1985). Partitioned Africans: Ethnic Relations Across Africa's International Boundaries. C. Hurst & Co, p.237. ISBN 0905838912.

[edit] Further reading

• (French) Baida, Jamaa, Vincent Feroli (2005). Présence chrétienne au Maroc, XIXe-XXe siècles. ISBN 1299267.

[edit] External links

• EEAM The Evangelical Church of Morocco
• ECAM The Catholic Church in Morocco
• AECAM Aumonerie des Etudiants Catholiques Au Maroc
• Enseignement Catholique Au Maroc
• Church Directory of Morocco
• Google Groups: Tamazight-Bible
• Google Groups: Moroccan-Catholics
• (French) Hiwar Maroc a site of Moroccan converts to christianity.