is there a good comparison of non -Catholic Christian denominations?

Question

I'm interested in what makes them different. Attitudes about salvation, God, Gifts, the Bible or whatever. There are something like 30,000 and I've been learning a little about them, but my best friend and I got in a discussion about his sister and exactly what she's looking for... The reasons seemed strange to me. (Women allowed to where pants) I'd just like to know.

I understand that there are differences- I also understand the RC church- Really, I do. I'm looking for a list. The details of each one. I understand that it's because of the 'just read the bible' that all these denominations exist. I know, for instance, that the Baptists insist on full immmersion, and the AOG believe you have to speak in tongues. Some beleive you say the sinners prayer and you're done, some, the the holiness movement, believe you have to try to achieve holiness- I'm not looking for spiritual direction or calls to read the Bible. I have that. I'm looking to find out what the minor differences that caused each split were. Why it was such a big deal, enough for another demonination. I'm interested in Protestant church history.

Answer 1

Roman Catholicism is #1 in the major branch of Christianity



Christianity began in the 1st century AD as a Jewish sect, and shares many religious texts with Judaism, specifically the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament (see Judeo-Christian).

There is a diversity of doctrines and practices among groups calling themselves Christian. These groups are sometimes classified under denominations, though for theological reasons many groups reject this classification system.Christianity may be broadly represented as being divided into three main groupings:

1) Roman Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest single body, includes the Latin Rite and totals more than 1 billion baptized members.

2) Eastern Christianity: Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the 100,000 member Assyrian Church of the East, and others with a combined membership of more than 300 million baptized members.

3) Protestantism: Groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed/Presbyterians, Congregational/United Church of Christ, Evangelical, Charismatic, Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Anabaptists, Seventh-day Adventists 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.

Estimates of the total number of
Protestants are very uncertain, partly because of the difficulty in determining which denominations should be placed in this category, but it seems to be unquestionable that Protestantism is the second major branch of Christianity (after Roman Catholicism) in number of followers.


Wikipedia:
Some Protestants identify themselves simply as Christian, or born-again Christian; they typically distance themselves from the confessionalism of other Protestant communities[11] by calling themselves "non-denominational" — often founded by individual pastors, they have little affiliation with historic denominations. Others, particularly some Anglicans, eschew the term Protestant and thus insist on being thought of as Catholic, adopting the name "Anglo-Catholic."[12] Finally, various small communities, such as the Old Catholic and Independent Catholic Churches, are similar in name to the Roman Catholic Church, but are not in communion with the See of Rome. The Roman Catholic Church was simply called the "Catholic Church" until other groups started considering themselves "Catholic." The term "Roman Catholic" was made to distinguish the Roman Catholics from other groups.[13][14]

Restorationists, are historically connected to the Protestant Reformation,[15] do not usually describe themselves as "reforming" a Christian Church continuously existing from the time of Jesus, but as restoring the Church that they believe was lost at some point. Restorationists include Churches of Christ with 2.6 million members, Disciples of Christ with 800,000 members,[16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with 12 million members,[3] and Jehovah’s Witnesses with 6.6 million members.[17] Though Restorationists have some basic similarities, their doctrine and practices vary significantly.

Answer 2

I believe that while at the time of the reformation their were large differences between the Catholics and the Protestants, over the centuries they have moved closer again. There are still some differences, but we agree about many more things than what we disagree. BTW, the reason we (Protestants) do not have the body of Christ on the cross, is to symbolise that He has risen from the dead. Also, the pulpit is in the middle of the front of the church (mostly) to symbolise the centrality of preaching the gospel. They also protested about to much being made of statues in the church, that is why protestant churches generally have very little artwork inside. But there is a movement where we realise that symbolism is important, and that we might have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Another example is the fact that protestants do not have a priest, they have a "pastor", which tends the flock. We believe that each person is a priest, not just the leader of the congregation. Each person also acts as prophet and king, following the example of Christ.

Answer 3

First - catholic means "universal" so let's start w/ Roman Catholic since there are other brands of ___ Catholic.
Coptic, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican-Episcopalian, and Lutheran are sacramental churches which mean they perform acts where they believe are commanded by God and in the communion, Jesus is really there.
Next is a wide variety of churches loosly divideed into method of governance ("methodists", presbyterian, Congregationalists), kind of baptism - immersion req. or not, charismatic or pentacostal usually involving some form of speaking in tongues, and emphasis - homeless/mission work/youth work etc.
These are all subject to further divisions based on which version of the Bible they use and what degree of infallibility it has. From there follows the degrees of strictness they enforce on the rules they choose as important.
Then there are the ethnic divisions such as Dutch Reformer or Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (German), Methodist Episcopalian - Afro-American.
Then we have community churches which are often a mixture.
Televisied ministries try to maintain a low denominational profile to maximize their viewer market.
A more recent development is "charisma" (not charismatic) based churches which center around the personality, dynamism of the senior pastor.. Last I knew, a pastor in S. Korea had a church of about 250,000 - right quarter of a million.
The main thing is to know Jesus and find a church that speaks to your heart. Then you will keep going.

Answer 4

It is funny how they boo hiss the authority of the Pope so then they have their own little Pope in about 30,000 churches do they not?

Answer 5

please dont get caught in one of these legalistic church denominations, you can dress whatever way you feel is pleasing to god and if it is not out of vanity or for sex appeal. so many have things like different modes of baptism and different views on things. i suggest to pray to god to lead you to where he would want you to go, a place were you can worship god and feel he wants you to be. i would suggest to try a southern baptist or non denominational church and give it a try and see what god is leading you to do.

Answer 6

Well, instead of investigating all the different religions.....make it simple on yourself and just believe the scriptures....you can't go wrong.

Answer 7

Jesus Christ is the ONLY real truth.There is no other.