Download Christian Denominations

Sunni
Muslims (Islam)
Muhammad
Qu'Ran
610 AD
They believe in the 1 God.
They recognize some of the Old Testament
and some of the Nw Testament.
They think Jesus was only a prophet.
Sufi
Shia
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
Lutherans
Martin Luther
Rejected papal authority, some sacraments,
indulgences, the sacrificial nature of the Mass
Believe that the Bible is the only source of God's
revelation
1517 - posted his "95 Theses"
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Canadian Lutherans
International Lutheran Council
Missouri Synod Lutherans
Lutheran World Federation
Calvinists
John Calvin
1534
Reject papal Authority, sacraments, & Mass as
sacrifice
Believe in Predestination (we have no control of
our eternal destiny, God has predestined us to
either Heaven or Hell)
Believe that people are naturally evil
Presbyterians
1707
Southern Baptists
Reformed Baptists
Baptists
John Smyth
1609
Baptists
Evangelicals
Methodists
1730's
Methodists
Puritans
Anglicans
King Henry VIII rejected the authority of the Pope,
eventually rejected that the Mass is a sacrifice
1533
Jesus
(Jewish roots)
Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Assyrian Church of the East
Various divisions and reunions w/Rome
1692 AD Most recent break from Rome
Oriental Churches
451 AD Rejected Council of Chalcedon
They teach that there is only one nature:
Incarnate Word of God
Jews (Israelites)
The 1st Chosen People
God's Preparation for Christianity.
They believe in the 1 God.
They believe that there will be a Messiah.
They don't realize that Jesus was the Messiah.
They think Jesus was just a prophet.
Chaldean Catholics
Broke away from Assyrians
& Returned to Catholicism
1672 AD
Orthodox Church
Reject authority of the Pope
(see him as 1st in title, but not in authority)
"Great Schism" 1054 AD
Eastern Rite Catholics
Some have come back from the Orthodox
Some have always been in union with Rome
Episcopalians
(Anglicans in the USA)
Anglicans
2010 - Pope Benedict XVI established the
Anglican Ordinariate, and many Anglicans are
Catholic
now returning to union with Rome.
Assyrian Church of the East
Orthodox Church
"Eastern Church"
"Eastern Orthodox Church"
Oriental Churches
Orthodox Jews
Conservative Jews
Reform Jews
Reconstructionist Jews
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