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The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...
Christianity can be taxonomically divided into six main groups: the Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Restorationism. [8] [9] Within these six main traditions are various Christian denominations (for example, the Coptic Orthodox Church is an Oriental
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote any ...
The world's largest Adventist denomination. Brings together the vast majority of the world's Adventists. The Apostolic Church: Pentecostal: 1911/1916 Worldwide 15,000,000 Trinitarian Pentecostal denomination which emerged from the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival. Zion Christian Church: African initiated: Zion City Moria, Limpopo, South Africa Southern ...
(Not shown are ante-Nicene, nontrinitarian, and restorationist denominations.) A broad overview of various Christian groups including a historical context . See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Denominational families (or movements) are groupings of communities, denominations, or churches within Christianity that share common naming, historical ties, and similar doctrines and practices. These denominational families lack a full-time central leadership. Christian denominations do have a particular central leadership.
All Protestant denominations accounted for 48.5% of the population, making Protestantism the most common form of Christianity in the country and the majority religion in general in the United States, while the Catholic Church by itself, at 22.7% of the population, is the largest individual denomination. [11]
Lists of Christian denominations by region (9 P) Pages in category "Lists of Christian denominations" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.