III.
(Enormous gains from numbers, p. 124.)
Christians were now counted by millions. The following tabular view of the Christian population of the world from the beginning has been attributed to Sharon Turner. I do not find it in any of his works with which I am familiar. The nineteenth century is certainly credited too low, according to the modern computists; but I insert it merely for the centuries we are now considering.
Growth of the Church in Numbers.
First century----500,000
Second century----2,000,000
Third century----5,000,000
Fourth century----10,000,000
Fifth century----15,000,000
Sixth century----20,000,000
Seventh century----24,000,000
Eighth century----30,000,000
Ninth century----40,000,000
Tenth century----50,000,000
Eleventh century----70,000,000
Twelfth century----80,000,000
Thirteenth century----75,000,000
Fourteenth century----80,000,000
Fifteenth century----100,000,000
Sixteenth century----125,000,000
Seventeenth century----155,000,000
Eighteenth century----200,000,000
Nineteenth century----400,000,000
