List of Christian denominations

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Christianity had no subdivisions until the Council of Ephesus held in 431. Therefore, from that year onwards the ramifications of Christianity emerged. The following is the list of Christian denominations, or groups that identify as Christians, ordered by historical, doctrinal, and chronological relationships.

Catholicism

The Roman Catholic Church (or simply Catholic Church) is made up of 23 sui iuris particular churches. These autonomous churches (also called "Rites", as for example in the Second Vatican Council document Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 2) employ various liturgical rites to worship God. There are 23 sui iuris Catholic private churches that use the only Byzantine liturgical rite; on the other hand, the only Latin private church uses various liturgical rites (Romano, Ambrosiano, Bracarense, etc.).

Private Church sui iuris:

  • latin private church
  • Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Italian-Albanian Catholic Church
  • Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Bulgarian Catholic Church
  • Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Melkite Greek Catholic Church
  • Romanian Greek Catholic Church united with Rome
  • Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Serbian Byzantine Catholic Church
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
  • Maronite Church
  • Syro-Malancar Catholic Church
  • Syrian Catholic Church
  • Chaldean Church
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
  • Armenian Catholic Church
  • Coptic Catholic Church
  • Ethiopian Catholic Church

Self-styled Catholic Churches that are not in communion with Rome:

  • Brazilian Apostolic Catholic Church
  • Charismatic Apostolic Catholic Church
  • Conservative Apostolic Catholic Church of Brazil
  • renewed apostolic catholic church
  • Polish National Catholic Church
  • Old Catholic Church

Nestorianism

After the Council of Ephesus (431 AD), the first rupture in Christianity took place, putting an end to the Primitive Church. From this division Nestorianism was born, which considers Christ to be radically separated into two natures (one human and one divine), both complete in such a way that they form two independent beings, two persons united in Christ, who is God and man at the same time, but formed of two different people.

The following churches are Nestorian:

  • Assyrian Church of the East
  • Ancient Church of the East

Protestantism

Also commonly known as Evangelicals, Protestants emerged in the Reformation of 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church doors at Wittenberg in the Holy Roman Empire. These theses questioned various doctrines and issues of the Catholic Church, and in response, Catholics initiated the Counter-Reformation and convened the Council of Trent. Thus arose the fourth break in Christianity.

First there is conservative Protestantism. This group is better known as Protestant Christians, as Pentecostals are called simply Evangelicals. In fact, the categorization between historical and Pentecostal Protestantism is more didactic than factual, as its boundaries are difficult to define. Such a distinction appears mainly in works on the sociology of religion.

Historical Conservative Protestantism:LutheransCalvinists (Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregational) Radical Conservative Protestantism:AnabaptistsPuritans Late Conservative Protestantism:BaptistsMethodistsAdventists English ProtestantismAnglican ChurchEpiscopal Church

As previously described about Pentecostal Protestantism, this group is better known as Evangelical Christians, as conservatives are simply referred to as Protestants. Therefore, under this designation, Pentecostals are several heterogeneous groups, which in common emphasize the presence of the Holy Spirit and its manifestations in the cults. They are classified into:

  • Pentecostals (First wave)
  • Deuteropentecostals (Second wave)
  • Neo-Pentecostals (Third Wave)

Eastern Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)

After the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451) took place, the second break in Christianity arose. From this division was born Monophysitism, which considers that only the divine nature is present in Jesus, not the human. The Eastern Orthodox Churches professed the Monophysite creed, but are now Miaphysite (that is, they believe in the united nature of Christ) and reject the conclusions of the Council of Chalcedon. See also: Orthodoxy.

Eastern Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)of Coptic tradition:Coptic Orthodox ChurchEthiopian Orthodox Churcheritrean orthodox church Eastern Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)of Syriac tradition:Syrian Orthodox ChurchMalankara Syriac Orthodox Church(or Indian Orthodox Church) Eastern Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)of Armenian tradition:Armenian Apostolic Church

Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy is a term used to describe the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Orthodox Catholic Church (or simply the Orthodox Church) .

The Eastern Orthodox Churches were born in 451 AD, when they rejected the Council of Chalcedon, and adopted the Monophysite doctrine (currently, however, these are Miaphysites). But the Orthodox Catholic Church (or Orthodox Church) appeared as a consequence of the Great Eastern Schism (AD 1054) which gave rise to the third break in Christianity.

Therefore, the term Orthodoxy is more commonly applied to the Orthodox Church (officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church).

Orthodox Patriarchates (historical)

  • Patriarchate of Constantinople
  • Patriarchate of Alexandria
  • Patriarchate of Antioch
  • patriarchate of Jerusalem

Orthodox Patriarchates (new)

  • Russian Orthodox Church
  • Georgian Orthodox Church
  • Bulgarian Orthodox Church
  • Serbian Orthodox Church
  • Romanian Orthodox Church

Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

  • Cypriot Orthodox Church
  • church of greece
  • Polish Orthodox Church
  • Albanian Orthodox Church
  • Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
  • Orthodox Church in America
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Autonomous Orthodox Churches

  • Sinai church
  • church of crete
  • Finnish Orthodox Church
  • Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
  • Latvian Orthodox Church
  • Japanese Orthodox Church
  • Chinese Orthodox Church
  • Archiepiscopacy of Ohrid
  • metropolis of Bessarabia
  • Moldovan Orthodox Church
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  • Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Restorationism

Also known minority and pejoratively as Paraprotestantism, Restorationism (considered heretics by some Christians) emerged among the Protestant milieu, from the 19th century onwards, among members of the Methodist Church and other evangelical denominations.

Among the restorationists are:

  • The Mormons.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • The Adventists.

Others

Antitrinitarians:UnitariansArianistsModalistsmonarchistsPatripassianistsServetistssocialistsChristadelphiansJesus Name Pentecostals (Oneness Pentecostals)MormonsJehovah's Witnesses Esoteric:GnosticsRosicruciansliberal Catholicsspiritualists Not categorized:Church of Almighty GodMolokansReligious Society of FriendsMessage from William Branham

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