Less than 30 Christian denominations, sects, and cults
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Hopefully it will help Christians to understand that the divisions in Christianity are limited to less than 30 major groups, not 30,000 or 300,000 (which gives the enemies of Christianity an excuse to mock).
Also, even among the groups listed one could make the following five smaller divisions:
1. Traditionalist churches
2. Reformed churches
3. Evangelical/fundamentalist churches
4. Charismatic churches
5. Heterodox groups (reject the full deity and full humanity of Christ)
Also, even among the groups listed one could make the following five smaller divisions:
1. Traditionalist churches
2. Reformed churches
3. Evangelical/fundamentalist churches
4. Charismatic churches
5. Heterodox groups (reject the full deity and full humanity of Christ)
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Traditionalist churches are those which put "Holy Tradition" on the same level as Scripture, and thus allow man-made teachings into their doctrines. The Catholic and Orthodox churches are traditionalist (and there are various groups within these also). In fact all these churches would be Orthodox had the church of Rome not insisted on making itself and its pope supreme. There are also other differences, but the "schism" between the Eastern (Orthodox) and the Western (Roman Catholic) was actually over the question of whether the Holy Spirit proceeded only from the Father (Orthodox), or from both the Father and the Son (Catholic), and whether the second meaning should be in the Nicene Creed.
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True statement:
There are 10 types of Christians in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.
Christians and denominations can be divided up any way you want to come up with any number you want. My initial question still remains - "So what?" What is the point in making such a list?
If you make number 29 "Others" you can't possibly be wrong. But again, what is the point in making such a list? Anyone can divide Christians any way they want to. What is the point of making this particular list? My list is perfectly accurate and clearly measurable. With a simple survey we could find out which Christians fall on either side of my list.
(If you don't understand the joke then you are clearly on the side of those who don't understand binary notation.)
OP, what is the point of your list, please?
There are 10 types of Christians in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.
Christians and denominations can be divided up any way you want to come up with any number you want. My initial question still remains - "So what?" What is the point in making such a list?
If you make number 29 "Others" you can't possibly be wrong. But again, what is the point in making such a list? Anyone can divide Christians any way they want to. What is the point of making this particular list? My list is perfectly accurate and clearly measurable. With a simple survey we could find out which Christians fall on either side of my list.
(If you don't understand the joke then you are clearly on the side of those who don't understand binary notation.)
OP, what is the point of your list, please?
From what I understand the OP means there are 5 boughs (traditionalist, reformed, evangelical/fundamentalist, charismatic, and heterodox groups);
A total of around 30 branches stem from those 5 boughs (Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Nazarene, Church of God), for example;
Maybe some 30,000 twigs stem from those 30 branches (Seventh day Baptist, renovated Baptist, traditional Baptist, etc.)
A total of around 30 branches stem from those 5 boughs (Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Nazarene, Church of God), for example;
Maybe some 30,000 twigs stem from those 30 branches (Seventh day Baptist, renovated Baptist, traditional Baptist, etc.)
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And some people don't want to see the forest for the trees (or should we say twigs?). You nailed it down quite well.
Also, if we want get even more basic, we can divide all churches into just two groups:
1. Those which preach salvation by grace through faith + nothing.
2. Those which preach salvation by grace through faith + many other things.
Also, if we want get even more basic, we can divide all churches into just two groups:
1. Those which preach salvation by grace through faith + nothing.
2. Those which preach salvation by grace through faith + many other things.
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