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Christianity

The faith that confesses Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and Christ, risen from the dead, and reads the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament as its canon.

Christianity began as a Jewish movement proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah and grew, through the early councils, the great schisms, and the Reformations, into the largest of the world religions. Its internal divisions are not decorations on a single body; they are the substance of its history, and this tree models them as first-class entities, from the ancient branches to the denominations and movements of today.

Major divisions

The divisions most visitors need first, in the order the tradition itself presents them.

Branch Catholic The church in communion with the Bishop of Rome, holding the sacraments, the apostolic succession, and the councils of the undivided church and of… From the East-West Schism, 1054 and after · Partial communion Branch Eastern Orthodox The communion of Chalcedonian churches in the Greek and Slavic worlds, holding the seven councils, the Divine Liturgy, and conciliarity without a… From the East-West Schism, 1054 and after · Partial communion Branch Oriental Orthodox The communion of churches that did not receive the Council of Chalcedon, holding the faith of the first three councils and the Christology of Cyril… From the Chalcedonian Schism, 451 and after · In dialogue Branch Protestant The churches and movements born of the sixteenth-century Reformations, holding Scripture as the final authority and justification by faith, in many… From the Protestant Reformation, 1517 and after · In dialogue Branch Restorationist The movements that sought not to reform the church but to restore the New Testament church itself, from the Stone-Campbell movement to the Latter Day… From the The Restoration Movement, 1801 and after · Estranged

Sub-branch / Family

Sub-branch / Family Anglican The churches in communion with the See of Canterbury, holding the historic episcopate, the Book of Common Prayer, and a formularies tradition between… From the English Reformation, 1534 and after

Divisions inside Christianity

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Sources

Primary

  • The New Testament.

Secondary

  • Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity (2010).