where can i find a nice christian denomination chart???

Question

i need to find what are the kinds of christian. for example: eastern and western rites are part of roman catholic and roman catholic is part of christianity. but same thing for oriental orthodox, restorationism, protestantism, anglicanism, eastern orthodox, oriental orthodox, and nestorians and if there are other christianity denomination. plz help me out, i don't know anything about christianity. one reason is cuz i'm not christian.

i need to find what are the kinds of christian. for example: eastern and western rites are part of roman catholic and roman catholic is part of christianity. but same thing for oriental orthodox, restorationism, protestantism, anglicanism, eastern orthodox, oriental orthodox, and nestorians and if there are other christianity denomination. plz help me out, i don't know anything about christianity. one reason is cuz i'm not christian. By the way, is early Christianity same as Christianity????

By the way, is early Christianity same as Christianity????

u guys gave me 2 chart/info but i don't know which one is right???? plz help me out

Answer 1

Both lists are broadly correct, but Wikipedia's is an attempt to summarise how it is now, whereas the other one is a historical chart indicating from what earlier organization of Christianity each denomination broke away or originated.

"Early Christianity" is a term usually used to mean the churches in the period after the Crucifixion in AD28 until the emergence of the concept of heresy in the 300s AD.

In the present day, most Christians would accept that their church is either Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant. The Orthodox churches are the most 'traditionalist' and their rites and dogmas are relatively little changed since c600AD. There are three Orthodox Patriarchs (leaders): one at "Constantinople" (Istanbul) for the Greek Orthodox, one at Moscow for the Russian, and one at Jerusalem. Orthodox churches are separated by language into denominations such as Serbian, Armenian, Syrian, Greek etc and by allegiance to these different Patriarchs, but pretty similar in doctrines e.g. they have bishops, monks, all leaders are male, sharp separation of clergy and laity, anti-gay.

The Roman Catholic church was always Latin-speaking and somewhat different from its Greek-speaking brother already by the 400s AD. Its leader is the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope. ('Il Papa', meaning 'The Father'.)

A dissident movement begun by Martin Luther in Germany in the 1500s resulted in the emergence of Protestant Christianity in Europe, and from there in places colonized by Europeans such as the States. All the numerous denominations such as Anglican, Unitarian, Baptist, Mormon, etc are sub-derivative of that initial split.

There are a few denominations indigenous to Asia that do not fit into this otherwise tidy model, such as the Nestorians, Maronites, and the Church of South India.

Answer 2

Try this one. Click on the box to expand it.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/christ/index.html

Both charts are right, as far as they go.The link I gave provides a view of the historical evolution of the branches of christianity. The chart the other responder provided gives less information about the origins of the branches.

Incidentally, I would modify the other respondent's answer. The branch he labels as Greek Orthodox should more properly be labelled Eastern Orthodox. It includes most of the denominations that label themselves orthodox. The branch he labels Catholic is more properly titled Roman Catholic. I hope this update helps.

Answer 3

Christianity falls into four major areas: Catholicism (the authority is the Pope) , Greek Orthodox (close to Catholicism but a different spiritual leader), Protestantism (the authority is the Bible), and Messianic Judaism (Jews and Gentiles who believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah). Our authority is the Bible.