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'''Audonian Christianity''' comprises {{wp|Christian}} traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in northwestern and western [[Audonia]]. The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination, but does describe a shared current of beliefs and traditions among historic Christians originating in the region. For much of its history, the largest body of Audonian Christianity was the Audonian Church of the East, a Church which had official {{wp|dhimmi}} status within the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] and was lead by the Patriarch of Marand. Prior to the [[Crusades]], this form of Christianity also underwent growth in eastern [[Sarpedon]] as it was viewed by Caliphal authorities to be politically preferable to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] due to its ties to [[Caphiria]] and the [[Holy Levantine Empire]].

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With the growing power of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], many prominent Audonian Christian nobles and thinkers began to flee the continent beginning in 660. One such individual was Prince Artaxerxes of the [[Battganuur#Ashrafinid_Empire|Ashrafinid Empire]], who took his small army of retainers to [[Levantia]] and conquered small native polities in ca 680, establishing the Principality of [[Hištanšahr]]. The Principality would persist until the 11th century with an Audonian Christian ruling class and nobility. Though the religion made limited inroads with the indigenous peoples of the Principality who largely retained their [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] faith, the Principality nonetheless became a place of refuge of many Audonian Christians and noteworthy theologians of the 7th and 8th centuries. Audonian Christianity had several lasting impacts on the liturgy and church design of the [[Gassavelian people]] that would emerge from the Levanto-Audonian cultural exchange in Hištanšahr.

===Partial reunion with Urceopolis===

===Marandite Catholic Church===

The Marandite Catholic Church is a {{wp|particular church}} ({{wp|sui iuris}}) in full communion with the [[Pope|Holy See]]. The Church's origin lay in the increased influence of traders from [[Burgundie|South Dericania]] during the early 16th century and the establishment of Latin [[Catholic Church]]es in [[Audonia]] for the first time around 1550. This period coincided with the final decline and fall of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. The arrival of the Latins and contact with [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] created a significant controversy within the existing Marandite communities.

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