Disntiguished features of different denomination?

Question

I would like to know two most significan features of various christian denominations. Please do not post those features which are common among most of the christians denomination. I want disntiguished features specific to those denominations

Answer 1

the only thing i know is catholics take someof the stories like adam and eve and job and noah allegorically like the jews do

and the more fundemental groups take this middle eastern mythology as literally happening

Answer 2

I'm in the Church of the Nazarene, our most important beliefs center on "second blessing holiness" (aka entire sanctification), believing that not only can Jesus save us and pay for our sins, but that we can be empowered by God to stop sinning and live in obedience to him. That is, we don't believe we continue sinning constantly as Christians, but that God can change our hearts to truly want live in his will.

One of the most noticable features of the Church of the Nazarene is a huge emphasis on compassionate ministry and missions. The church was started as an outreach to the poor and homeless, and that continues to be a priority now.

Our beliefs are very similar to Weslyans and Christian Missionary Alliance churches, but we have our own way of expressing and acting on our beliefs in some ways.

I won't try to explain other denominations since this is the one I understand the best, but hopefully it will give you a way to compare with your other responses. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

You can distinguish denominations through their attitude to authority and the way they read scripture. The Anglican communion normally uses Synodial government so that things are determined in synods in which Bishops, Priests and lay people vote. They normally see Jesus as the Word of God and place scripture alongside tradition and experience as the guide to the way to follow and understand Jesus. I will let other denominations place themselves on this map.

Answer 4

I Belong to Unity Church. Sometimes it is difficult to describe ourselves as a church because we don't have any doctrines, only a few general beliefs. We typically don't separate ourselves out as "Christians" or "Muslims" or "Jews", because we see ourselves as just part of humanity and commonly refer to ourselves as "Unity students" or "Students of life". Here are some of the basics from the website:

Unity is a positive, practical, progressive approach to Christianity based on the teachings of Jesus and the power of prayer. Unity honors the universal truths in all religions and respects each individual's right to choose a spiritual path.

1. God is Spirit, the loving source of all that is. God is the one power, all good, everywhere present, all wisdom. God is divine energy, continually creating, expressing and sustaining all creation. In God, we live and move and have our being. In Unity, some other ways we speak of God are Life, Light, Love, Substance, Principle, Law, and Universal Mind.

2. We believe that Jesus expressed his divine potential and sought to show humankind how to express ours as well. We see Jesus as a master teacher of universal truths and as our Way-Shower. In Unity, we use the term "Christ" to mean the divinity in humankind. Jesus is the great example of the Christ in expression.

3. We are each individual, eternal expressions of God. Our essential nature is divine and therefore inherently good. Our purpose is to express our divine potential as realized and demonstrated by Jesus and other master teachers. The more we awaken to our divine nature, the more fully God expresses in and through our lives.

Some Unity members refer to themselves as Christians, some don't. In America, we use the Bible as a "basic textbook" to teach our principles, but that is because it is the most common religious text in America. It wouldn't matter if our principles were taught with the Quran in mostly Muslim countries, or the Vedas in mostly Hindu countries, or any other religious book for that matter. The basic principles can be found in all religions since the beginning of the written records of humanity, so whichever text is the most common to the community is just fine. Unity is about the journey, not the destination.