1993

Major events of 1993 AD:

Events

 * Collapse of the Soviet Union, an officially athiestic state.
 * The Jesus Seminar ranks the sayings of Jesus for authenticity by vote and publishes The Five Gospels : What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. In addition to the canonical four gospels, the fifth gospel is the Gospel of Thomas.
 * Kevin Knight, inspired by Pope John Paul's visit to Denver, Colorado, starts a project to publish the public domain 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia online. The website becomes New Advent.org.
 * 'January: The Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church in India is raised to archiepiscopate status as part of the Roman Catholic Church.
 * August 9: Pope John Paul II apologized for Catholic involvement with the African slave trade.

Timeline
1992 | 1993 | 1994