How many sub-religions are there inside "Christianity"?

Question

catholicism, anglicanism, protestantism, and??????????

Answer 1

One for every "Christian." No two believe or understand the same concept.

Answer 2

While I didn't see a definite number, the Wikipedia page on Christianity has a great chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Christian-lineage.png ) with the break out of the major groups that almost all the minor groups fall under. It also provided the following information:
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Today, there is diversity of doctrines and practices amongst various groups that label themselves as Christian. These groups are sometimes classified under denominations, though for various theological reasons many groups reject this classification system. At other times these groups are described in terms of varying traditions, representing core historical similarities and differences. Christianity may be broadly represented as being divided into three main groupings:

Roman Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest single body, which includes Latin Rite and several Eastern Catholic communities and totals more than 1 billion baptized members.[3]

Eastern Christianity: Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and others with a combined membership of more than 300 million baptized members.[3]

Protestantism: Numerous groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed/Presbyterians, Evangelical, Charismatic, Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Anabaptists, and Pentecostals. The oldest of these separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation, followed in many cases by further divisions. Worldwide total ranges from 592 to 650 million.[3]

The above groupings are not without exceptions. Some Protestants identify themselves simply as Christian, or born-again Christian; they typically distance themselves from the confessionalism of many Protestant communities that emerged during the Reformation by calling themselves "non-denominational" — often founded by individual pastors, they have little affiliation with historic denominations (Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, etc.). Restorationists, which are historically connected to the Protestant Reformation, do not describe themselves as "reforming" a Christian Church continuously existing from the time of Jesus, but as restoring a Church that was historically lost at some point. Others, particularly among Anglicans and in Neo-Lutheranism, identify themselves as being "both Catholic and Protestant". Lastly, a few small communities employ a name similar to the Roman Catholic Church, such as the Old-Catholics, but are not in communion with the See of Rome.

Other Christian communities are difficult to group with the above classifications due to differences in basic doctrines. These include African indigenous churches with up to 110 million members (estimates vary widely), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called Mormons) with more than 12 million members,[7] Jehovah's Witnesses with approximately 6.6 million members,[8] and the Unity Church, with approximately 2 million members.[9]

Answer 3

Based on answers I've seen here, there are as many different sub-branches of Christianity as there are Christians. That won't change until they learn to agree with each other.

(edit - the funny thing is Mormons will tell you they're Christians, but Catholics will say Mormons aren't. Hmmmm.)

Answer 4

Those are "denominations" and not "religions." The religion is Christianity. There are many denominations and the number grows all the time. They represent differences in traditions and style and sometimes differences in interpretation of "grey" areas of Scripture or in application of "grey" areas. Those things don't add up to completely different "religions."

Answer 5

Too many. It's like a tree the furthur up it grows the more branches and split offs that happen.

Answer 6

Catholicism is not christianity... it is satanic

as for everything else... there's protestant, lutheran, baptist, methodist

there's bible churches too... really not a sub-sect but more like, a church for any and all christian

Answer 7

Sub - religions ? Do you mean Denominations ?

To many to number !

Answer 8

Too much. seriously shut up about catholicsm. theres a new christian church every year. but as the catholic church fought heredics in the old days we will over come protestant heretics one day aswell.

Answer 9

There are about 34,000 identifiable sects and cults of Christianity.

Answer 10

christianity is one religion the denominations are still all christian it is always to Christ we look as the head of the church O well maybe not catholics ????