Faith Approximate start date Approximate number of followers (2014)
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Hinduism c. 2000 BCE 979 million
Judaism c. 2000 BCE 15.6 million
Buddhism c. 500 BCE 480 million
Confucianism c. 500 BCE 6.5 million
Who is the leader of the Protestant Church?
Martin Luther, often called the father of Protestantism, fundamentally changed the Christian world through his force of will and new ideas. He tried passionately to reform the Catholic Church.