There are three branches of Christianity:
1 Catholic
2 Protestant (lutheran, pentecostal, presbyterian, etc.)
3 Eastern Orthodox
If you are a Christian, you are one of those. People who think otherwise delude themselves (and they are probably protestants).
Every Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches broke away and were established during the protestant revolt, which began in 1517. (Hence the name "protestant", from "protest". Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.)
Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing. The line of popes can be traced back, in unbroken succession, to Peter himself. This is unequaled by any institution in history: Even the oldest government is new compared to the papacy. The Catholic Church has existed for nearly 2,000 years, despite constant opposition from the world. This is testimony to the Church’s divine origin: Any merely human organization would have collapsed long ago. The Catholic Church is today the most vigorous church in the world (and the largest, with a billion members: one sixth of the human race), and that is testimony not to the cleverness of the Church’s leaders, but to the protection of the Holy Spirit.
2007-10-13 05:38:53
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answered by Anonymous
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Think Scottish Protestant for Presbyterian. Strongly Calvinist but not into speaking in tongues and all that stuff.
They are also sometimes referred to as Covenanters because they think by the act of Baptism they are accepting a binding covenant with God in which God is obligated to honour his end of the deal as well as them. Like a contract almost.
2007-10-13 05:47:32
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answered by Y!A-FOOL 5
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