did all of these sects emerge at the same time?

Question

in christianity, there are sects. i only know about nine of them, even though i know there are many more. but the nine i know are....
1)Roman catholic
2)orthodox
3)lutheran
4)calvinist
5)anabaptist
6) anglican
7)presbyterian
8)methodist
9)protestant

now correct me if i am wrong, but Lutheran, calvinist, prebyterian, and the methodist sects are a part of the protestant branch? yes? No?

now, why are there so many sects within this religion? i think there was a split somewhere...right? and i think they call it the Protestant Reformation, or the Radical reformation, or was it the Catholic reformation? (or are they all the same thing?) but how/why/when did they all separate? what things separated into what things? are different sects more "related" than to other sects? (if that makes sense)
let me point out that it is still summer for me and i have not begun school yet......
Thanks :)

Answer 1

If your 'religious studies teacher' or 'sunday school teacher' is not telling you this history, then you are in a bad way - they probably just want to shut up and 'be a good dumb sect member' - and hate everybody else.

Do some independent research - try Wiki for a start - or any decent encyclopedia in a library.

Answer 2

Basically, Christians are either Catholic or not Catholic (Protestant). The Roman Catholic church was created by a Roman emperor, Constantine, about 300 years after Jesus died. He incorporated a lot of the old Roman culture in order to gain more converts. The Protestant Reformation started about 1000 years later as people came to certain realizations that some of what the Catholic church was teaching was not quite in line with the Bible. Martin Luther nailed his thesis to the door of the church, explaining his take on things. I've never counted how many different Protestant factions exist, but if you've ever looked under "Churches" in the Yellow Pages, there are LOTS.

Answer 3

They didn't! Revolutionary ideas sprang up by the lower classes at the instant that class based systems first came about...about 7'000-8'000 years ago. Humans have been around for some 4 million years. Prior to class based society's humans lived in primitive communist community's so there was never any need for revolution. When a minority of the population first seized control of the means of production and distribution the newly emerging ruling class needed physical and ideological control over the majority. Religion was the ideological tool that was used. There was no such thing as theology prior to class based society simply because no-one could read. It was only after a small section of society were freed from the drudgery of food production, and were able to have leisure time, they were able to develop the arts and sciences. Sadly, having developed technology and arts they then set about denying these things from the rest of us. This is why revolutionary ideas came about!

Answer 4

Roman catholic and orthodox Are almost the same. One just follows the pope and the other doesn't. There are some differences but nothing earth shattering.

The rest are the product of the split created by martin Luther. All of the rest were subdivisions after that.

They all believe in an unconditionally loving, judgmental punishing God. Beyond that astonishing oxymoron the differences are minimal.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 5

There are actually now over 1,000 Protestant and Anglican denomination divisions. The huge diversity in Protestantism is due to the differences in Biblical interpretations and beliefs on the nature of God. Catholicism and to some degree all orthodox branches reserved interpretation and understanding of the Bible to their clergy and this understanding is then handed down to the lay worshippers. Protestants believe that the Bible was written for everyone and put it more back in the hands of the people to read and understand. This has allowed for more divisions to arise as people have differing interpretations of the Bible's meanings.

The website below has some good information for further researching your questions.

Answer 6

In Christianity we do not call them sects, they are denominations, the first one is called the Roman Catholic because at Jesus's death buriel and resurrection which started the church the romans were the government of the world. In about 1500 A.D. and I am no history professor but right around there a man called martin luther started a protest which would up becoming the protestant church, all the rest of your list did come from the protestant church, Now how we got there is mans failure to interpret scripture correctly and I do not claim to be able to explain every verse in the Bible and I think that is one of the most significant reasons that there are so many different denominations today. If a Preacher said one word about one scripture that some one didn't like out of the thousands that are in the Bible then he went and started a new Church and called it another name. It is a good thing Jesus Christ is the son of God because if he was human we would all be in trouble but Jesus is the son of God and he forgives sins and he uses these different denominations to spread his gospel around the world. I believe all the denominations can lead you to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as the Bible clearly teaches that if you believe in Jesus you can be saved by a simple prayer of faith, Dear Jesus, I know and confess that I am a sinner in need of salvation, I believe you died on a cross and arose from the grave to wash away my sins, I ask you right now to come into my heart and save me, I pray this prayer believing in the name of Jesus, Amen. Praise the Lord, that Prayer has led many a person to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, if you prayed it with sincerity you are now saved and on your way to Heaven. Now finding a church amongst all of them maybe hard at first for a new believer but if you will listen to your heart Jesus will lead you to the one he wants you to be in, but remember that no matter which church you choose it will not be perfect as Jesus was the only perfect man, good luck and thanks for that great question, it is my Prayer that it lead to your heart and soul believing in Jesus, if you have any questions please email me, God Bless YOU!!!

Answer 7

The Orthodox Churches (and Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox are separate) and Roman Catholic branches separated earliest. (a thousand years ago).

The Reformation took place over some time, with Martin Luther and John Calvin as important figures.

I suggest you try looking up some of those subjects in Wikipedia.

Answer 8

yes they are protestant sects. There are so many sects within them because they disagree within themselves and split, according to their particular intrepretation. That is the problem with private intrepretation, it is not recommended from the scripture, in fact scripture says it is not a matter of personal intrepretation, but protestants skim past that and other biblical references to such. Plus they put their viewpoints in the reading of scriptures. Whereas, for catholics scripture is not a matter of personal intrepretation but when the bible was given to the world thru the catholic church, it was also already intrepreted, according to the truth.
It was called the protestant reformation.

Answer 9

All different degrees of deception, daughters of the Roman church. When a group of people decided they'd had enough of the liberties being taken with the scriptures, they would join, or begin, a rival faction with slightly less deception. The only answer is to root out and remove the falsehood being taught.
-Isayah (Isaiah) 8:20 tells us that if a teaching is not according to the law and the prophets, it is darkness and deception and will only lead to misery.

Answer 10

Not about to create a several thousand word paper here, but simply the sects are splinters of splinters.

Basically Paul settled in Rome - with what developed into the Roman Catholic Church, I suspect the various Orthodox result from Constantine's input. (mainly judging from the clues in their traditional garb). So they are roughly the same age.

The Anglian & Protestant faiths split from the RC & basically the rest eventurally split from splits of them.

Obviously flaws in this generalisation, but that's the result of a quick answer


If you ask me I'd say there's just to much sects out there....
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