A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.
Worldwide, Christians A Christian (pronounced /ˈkrɪs.tʃən/ , /ˈkrɪs.ti.ən/) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe is the Messiah (the Christ in Greek-derived terminology) prophesied in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and the Son of God are divided, often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and another are defined by doctrine and church authority. Issues such as the nature of Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ or Jesus, is the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, with most Christian denominations believing him to be the Son of God who was raised from the dead. Islam considers Jesus a prophet and also the Messiah. Several other religions[which?] revere, the authority of apostolic succession, and papal primacy separate one denomination from another.
The Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church,[note 1] is the world's largest Christian denomination. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians[note 2] and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, Church, and 22 autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches (called is the largest denomination with over 1 billion members, comprising over half of all Christians worldwide making it the largest denomination for any religion worldwide. Protestant Protestantism is one of the three major divisions within Christianity together with the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. The term is most closely tied to those groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation denominations comprise roughly 38-39% of Christians worldwide, and together the Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. Anglicanism forms one of the principal traditions of Christianity, together with Protestantism, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and other closely related denominations comprise Western Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy The Orthodox Church, also officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church[note 1] and commonly referred to in English-speaking countries as the Eastern Orthodox Church,[note 2] is the world's second largest Christian communion, estimated to number 300 million members, largely Greek and Russian, Oriental Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. They rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon . Hence, these Oriental Orthodox Churches are also called Old Oriental, Mar Thoma Churches Malankara Church of India is the Christian church believed to be started by St.Thomas , the apostle of Jesus Christ. Maliankara, a place near Muziris, (now known as Pattanam, near Cochin on the Malabar Coast), where Thomas the Apostle first landed in Kerala in 52 AD. It was the headquarters of the Indian Christian Church from the 1st century AD. ((India) and the Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East known officially as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , which is presently presided over by Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the oldest. It is a modern successor of the historical Church of the East, also known as the Persian Church, having emerged are considered Eastern Christianity. Western Christian denominations prevail in Europe and its former colonies. Eastern Christian denominations are represented mostly in Eastern Europe (including all of Russia), and the Near East.
Christians have various doctrines about the Church, the body of faithful that they believe was established by Jesus Christ, and how the divine church corresponds to Christian denominations. Both the Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox consider themselves to faithfully represent the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Protestants separated from the Catholic Church theologies and practices that they considered not based on fundamental Christian doctrine. Generally, members of the various denominations acknowledge each other as Christians, at least to the extent that they acknowledge historically orthodox views including the deity of Jesus and doctrines of sin and salvation, even though some obstacles hinder full communion between churches.
Since the reforms surrounding Vatican II The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October, 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI on 21 November, 1965. At least four future pontiffs took part in the council's opening session: Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini, who on, the Catholic Church has referred to Protestant communities as denominations, while reserving the term "church" for apostolic churches, including the Eastern Orthodox (see subsistit in This Church constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the Successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him, although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure and branch theory The Branch Theory is a theological concept within Anglicanism, holding that the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion are the three principal branches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church).
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paulthinkingoutloud
hu, 03 Sep 2009 23:16:10 GM
Not sure what to call myself: . Christian. , of course; disciple of Christ; believer in, follower of, Jesus; born-again . Maybe that should be the next question you ask, Paul: 'Does your . denomination. /church name describe who/what you are ...
