1993

Major events of 1993 AD:
==Events==
* Collapse of the Soviet Union, an officially atheistic 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, 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 within the Roman Catholic Church.
* August 9: Pope John Paul II apologizes for Catholic involvement with the African slave trade.
==See also==
* 20th century
Category:20th century