List of Christian denominations

In the course of the development of Christianity to various Christian faith traditions have developed. In the resulting different denominations are assigned to the following major traditions:

• 2.1 Roman Catholic Church 2.1.1 Catholic Eastern Churches

• 2.2.1 Anglican churches
• 2.2.2 Old Catholic Churches 2.2.2.1 Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht
• 2.2.2.2 Independent Old Catholic Churches
• 2.2.2.3 Free Old Catholic Churches

• 3.1 Waldensian
• 3.2 Hussites
• 3.3 Lutherans
• 3.4 Reformed 3.4.1 Presbyterians

• 4.1 New Apostolic Church
• 4.2 United Apostolic Church
• 4.3 Catholic Apostolic congregations
• 4.4 Old Apostolic Church
• 4.5 Hersteld Apostolic Zendingkerk
• 4.6 Other Apostolic Communities

• 6.1 Bible Student movement
• 6.2 Liberal Protestants
• 6.3 Churches with reference to the Book of Mormon

Eastern Churches

These churches are more fully and more completely represented in the article [[]].

Orthodox churches

The Orthodox Churches are also called Church of the Seven Councils. It is legally independent, but related full communion churches with common, at the seven ecumenical councils between the first and the second Council of Nicaea defined theology and liturgy is essentially common, but different languages:

• Church of Constantinople Opel (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Opel )
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania whole ( Archdiocese of Albania)
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa ( Patriarchate of Alexandria )
• Church of America ( Archdiocese of America)
• Church of Bulgaria ( Patriarchate of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Orthodox Church )
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of All Georgia ( Patriarchate of Georgia, Georgian Apostolic Orthodox Church )
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of all Greece ( Archdiocese of Greece, Greek Orthodox Church )
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Jerusalem and all of Palestine ( Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of all Poland ( Archdiocese of Poland, Polish Orthodox Church )
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East ( Patriarchate of Antioch, rum Orthodox Church )
• Church of Romania ( Patriarchate of Romania, Romanian Orthodox Church )
• Church of Moscow and all Russia ( Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Russian Orthodox Church )
• Church of Serbia ( Patriarchate of Serbia, Serbian Orthodox Church )
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church of the Czech Republic and Slovakia ( Archdiocese of Czech Republic and Slovakia, Czech-Slovak Orthodox Church )
• Church of Cyprus ( Archbishopric of Cyprus, Cypriot Orthodox Church )

By spin-offs still more orthodox churches have formed their independence and canonicity but is not yet recognized by the other Eastern Orthodox churches. These churches are:

• Macedonian Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Church of Bessarabia
• Montenegrin Orthodox Church
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church

• Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate
• Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
• French Orthodox Church
• Abkhazian Orthodox Church
• Croatian Orthodox Church
• Moldovan Orthodox Church
• Belarusian Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox

The Miaphysites are also called churches of the three councils or as a pre- or non- chalzedonische churches ( as they acknowledge the Council of Ephesus as the last council, but no longer the Council of Chalcedon ). They all recognize at each other and can be combined to receive Communion. They include the

• Armenian Orthodox Church ( Holy Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church)
• Ethiopian Orthodox Church
• Eritrean Orthodox Church
• Coptic Orthodox Church ( Egypt) British Orthodox Church: The 1866 founded by Raymond Ferrete Church refers to the tradition of the existing 1172 to the Synod of Cashel Celtic church ( a Western Church ). It is subject to since 1994 the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, however, differs from this in worship

Assyrian

The Assyrian Church of the East recognizes only the first two councils of Christianity, namely, the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople Opel, and is therefore also called the Church of the two councils. It is often referred to as the Nestorian Church, however, rejects this name as a self-designation from today.

Catholic churches

Roman Catholic Church

As the universal Church they referred to themselves as " Catholic Church" and consists of a series of particular churches, each with its own traditions in worship, church order, theology and piety. The common feature is the recognition of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, as Vicar of Christ equipped with special priority ( primacy of jurisdiction ). The largest and most important part of church is the Latin Church, that the Roman Catholic Church in the strict sense, which as Metropolitan of Rome also headed by the Pope immediately. Helped to shape this part of the church is the Roman Rite, which determines the liturgical full trains. Then there are the so-called Eastern Catholic Churches which are united with Rome churches that have their own rites while recognizing the papal primacy own church order and usually (see below). But even within the Latin Church different regional traditions are to be found. Besides the Roman rite there are a number of historical rites, which are today maintained only in a very limited sense:

• Gallican liturgy or altgallische: still partly observed in the Archdiocese of Lyon.
• Mozarabic or old Spanish liturgy: This tradition is maintained today sporadically in the archdiocese of Toledo (Spain).
• Ambrosian or Milanese liturgy: This tradition is still maintained in the archdiocese of Milan (Italy) and some adjacent areas.
• Rite Bracarensis: a variant of the Roman Rite in the Archdiocese of Braga (Portugal )

More recently, some special regional developments, which also include an independent, well-kept within the Latin Church liturgical rite:

• Rite zaïrois: since 1988 officially recognized special form of the Roman Rite in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Anglican Use: Anglican traditions committed Catholic liturgy in the USA ( Book of Divine Worship ).

Catholic Eastern Churches

Part of the Eastern Church believers recognizes the primacy of jurisdiction of the Pope. These form the Eastern Catholic Churches. If they were previously separated from Rome and came only through a union with the Roman Catholic Church, they are called Uniate churches. The Eastern Catholic Churches in turn belong to different rites of the Eastern Church and have their own canon law, some common to all the Eastern Churches united with Rome ( the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium, abbreviation CCEO ), partly particularity of individual Eastern Churches.

• The Catholic churches of the Alexandrian rite: The Coptic Catholic Church
• The Ethiopian Catholic Church

• The Syro - Malankara Catholic Church
• The Syriac Catholic Church
• The Maronite Church ( to her, there are no non- Catholic counterpart )

• The Armenian Catholic Church

• The Chaldean Catholic Church
• The Syro - Malabar Church

• The Albanian Catholic Church
• The Bulgarian Catholic Church
• The Greek Catholic Church
• (Formerly known as Italo - Greek Church ) The Italo - Albanian Church
• The Church of the Byzantine Eparchy of Križevci (Croatia, etc. )
• The Macedonian Catholic Church
• The Melkite Greek Catholic Church
• The Romanian Greek-Catholic Church
• The Russian Greek Catholic Church
• The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
• The Slovak Greek Catholic Church
• The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
• The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
• The Belarusian Catholic Church

Independent Catholic Churches

The group of independent Catholic churches are the Anglican churches and the Old Catholic Churches that are in full communion with each other since 1931.

Anglican churches

The Anglican churches are members of the Anglican Communion. These include:

• Church of England, which is organized as a single as the state church in England part of the country of the United Kingdom

• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Anglican Church of Australia
• Anglican Church of Canada
• Church in Wales
• Church of Ireland
• Church of Nigeria
• Episcopal Church of the United States of America
• Scottish Episcopal Church

In addition, there are other churches Anglican origin, which are not in communion with Canterbury, such as the Anglican Church in America, the Reformed Episcopal Church in Germany, the Reformed Episcopal Church, unlike Methodists, etc., are no longer identify themselves as Anglicans, members of these churches continue to see as Anglicans.

Old Catholic churches

Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht

• Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
• Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany
• Catholic Church of Switzerland
• Old Catholic Church of Austria
• Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic
• Old Catholic Church of Croatia
• Polish Catholic Church in Poland
• Old Catholic Mission in France
• Old Catholic Church in Italy
• Old Catholic Church in Sweden and Denmark

Independent Old Catholic Churches

Former members of the Union of Utrecht

• Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites ( belonging to the Union of Utrecht until 1924 )
• Polish National Catholic Church ( PNCC ) in the USA and Canada ( belonging to the Union of Utrecht until 2003) Nordic Catholic Church
• Christian Catholic Church
• Polish Catholic Church in Canada

Other independent Old Catholic Churches

• Philippine Independent Church ( Philippine Independent Church or " Aglipay Church " after its founder Gregorio Aglipay ), since 1902, irrespective of the Roman Catholic Church, in full communion with the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Anglican Communion

Free Old Catholic Churches

• Old Catholic Church in Poland
• Old Catholic Church of America
• Old Catholic Church of British Columbia: This church sought at the beginning of the 21st century to the inclusion in the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches, which, however, failed in February 2007.

• The member churches ( dioceses ) of The Old Catholic Church, Province of the United States ( TOCCUSA ), which emerged from the Conference of North American Old Catholic Bishops ( CNO B ) on 24 September 2010: Holy Cross Old Catholic Diocese of Minnesota ( Bishop James Judd )
• Old Catholic Diocese of Napa until 2010 Old Catholic Church in California ( Bishop Robert Fuentes )
• Old Catholic Diocese of New England ( Bishop Rosemary Ananis )
• Old Catholic Diocese of Washington, D.C. ( Bishop Robert Fuentes )

• Before 2010, the CNO B belonging to churches who see themselves primarily in the succession founded by Joseph René Vilatte American Catholic Church: American Apostolic Catholic Church in Michigan ( Bishop Vince Lavieri ), the continued existence of this church after crossing Lavieris the United Church of Christ is unclear
• American Old Catholic Church in Colorado ( Bishop Dan Gincig )
• Apostolic Catholic Church in Florida ( Bishop Chuck Leigh )
• Ecumenical Catholic Communion in California ( Bishop Peter Hickman )
• Ecumenical Catholic Church in New York ( Bishop Peter Brennan )
• Old Catholic Church in Louisiana ( Bishop Allen Jimenez )

More free Old Catholic churches belonging to the World Council of Churches on the " International Council of Community Churches ( ICCC ) ", are:

• American Catholic Church in California, USA ( Bishop Lou Bordisso )
• Apostolic Catholic Church in Washington, United States ( Bishop David Strong)
• Ecumenical Catholic Church in Connecticut, USA ( Bishop Lorraine Bouffard )
• Emergent Catholic Church in Arizona, USA ( Bishop Ken Young)
• Orthodox Catholic Church in California, USA ( Bishop Donald Jolly- Gabriel )
• Orthodox Catholic Church in Massachusetts, USA ( Bishop Timothy Baymon )
• Christian Catholic Church in Quebec, Canada ( Bishop Serge Theriault )
• Eglise Catholique Gallicane in France ( Bishop Dominique Philippe )
• Église Sainte Marie in France ( Bishop Maurice Cantor )
• Old Catholic Church in Great Britain ( Bishop Robert McBride )
• Open Episcopal Church in Great Britain ( Bishop Jonathan Blake )
• Biserica Catolica Independenta in Romania ( Pastor Don Demidoff )

Furthermore, the Old Catholic Church Community of the Netherlands under the leadership of Bishop Carolus van Osch and subordinate to him exists Orthodox Catholic community Lauterbach / Germany and Bregana / Croatia.

Other denominations in Catholic tradition

The Fraternity of Saint Pius X and other traditionalist groups or sedisvakantistische declared after the 2nd Vatican Council, that by its innovations all those who had separated into truth of the Catholic Church supported this, which is why the papal curia and the respective local churches be polemical often referred to as the " conciliar Church ". The authentic tradition of the Roman Catholic Church lead in the opinion of these communities continue to only those who hold to the " unabridged and unadulterated " pre-conciliar doctrine and rites based upon it. This need not necessarily be the Brotherhood as concrete organization by the Priestly Fraternity of S. Pius X believes but also other communities of the same direction and aims to be. The Brotherhood sees itself not as a (replacement) church, but as the preserver within the Catholic Church, whose officials they formally recognized. Their deviant behavior of Rome she founded with the motto "We must obey God rather than men. " Accordingly, it seeks in principle to recognition by the official church.

Unlike other groups, which waived their constitution as an independent church, but rather selected legal forms in the way of religious communities, movements are as

• Palmarian Catholic Church
• True Catholic Church

Seeks to promote the full hierarchical structure ( with papal Curia and local dioceses, etc.) to give yourself what is only the Palmarian Catholic Church ( and even to some extent ) succeeded.

Among the churches that parted in recent years of the Anglican churches include:

• Anglican Church in America
• Charismatic Episcopal Church
• Orthodox Anglican Communion
• Reformed Episcopal Church
• Traditional Anglican Communion

Independent Catholic churches that are in communion with neither the Roman Catholic Church, nor with the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht:

• Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil, founded in Brazil in 1945. From it the Free Catholic Church in Germany derives, in the U.S., the Old Catholic Church of the United States;
• Catholic - Reformed Church, 1999 respectively. 2001 originated in Austria Community, now also represented in Germany (Hessen).
• Diverse, mostly smaller communities, often with dubious legal status (especially in the U.S.), for example: American Old Catholic Church, Old Catholic Church of North America, Old Catholic Orthodox Church, Celtic Church in Germany, Old Holy Catholic Church, New Christians, and many more.
• Armenian Evangelical Church ( Germany )

Evangelical churches

Waldensian

Hussites

• Czechoslovak Hussite Church is founded in the tradition of Utraquists verortend 1920, emerged from a reform movement liberal Roman Catholic clergy and lay people

Lutheran

A large number of Lutheran churches and churches of the Augsburg Confession (AB) is organized in the Lutheran World Federation, the International Lutheran Council or the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. Some examples are:

• Denmark: Danish People's Church
• Germany: United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
• Germany: Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Germany: Evangelical Lutheran Free Church
• Germany: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden
• Germany: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg
• Germany: Danish Church in South Schleswig
• Finland: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
• France: Evangelical Lutheran Church of France
• Iceland: Icelandic State Church
• Israel: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
• Israel: Lutheran congregation of the Norwegian mission to Israel
• Canada: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• Canada: Lutheran Church Canada
• Namibia: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia ( Delk )
• Norway: Norwegian Church
• Austria: Evangelical Church A. B. in Austria
• Poland: Evangelical Augsburg Confession in Poland
• Romania: Evangelical Church A. B. in Romania
• Romania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania
• Russia: Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia
• Sweden: Swedish church
• South Africa: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
• South Africa: Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (Cape)
• United States of America (USA): Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• United States of America (USA): Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
• Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania

Reformed

• Germany: Evangelical Reformed Church ( Lutheran Church )
• Germany: Reformed Alliance
• Germany: Church of Lippe
• Germany: Federation of Evangelical Reformed Churches of Germany
• Germany: Evangelical Church in Lower Saxony altreformierte
• Germany: Dutch Reformed congregation to Wuppertal Elberfeld
• Austria: Evangelical Church H. B. in Austria
• Switzerland: Swiss Reformed Churches
• France: Reformed Church of France
• United Kingdom: United Reformed Church
• USA: Reformed Church in America
• USA: Reformed Church in the United States
• U.S. and Canada: Christian Reformed Church in North America
• U.S. and Canada: United Reformed Churches in North America
• U.S. and Canada: Protestant Reformed Churches in America
• Germany: Remonstrantisch - Reformed Church in Friedrichstadt
• Netherlands: List of Dutch Reformed Churches
• Hungary: Reformed Church in Hungary
• Australia: Christian Reformed Churches of Australia

Presbyterian

• Egypt: Coptic Evangelical Church
• Ghana: Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana
• Iraq / Iran: Assyrian Evangelical Church
• Ireland: Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Ireland: Non- Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
• Cameroon: Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
• Canada: Presbyterian Church in Canada
• New Zealand: Aotearoa New Zealand Presbyterian Church of
• Nigeria: Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
• Scotland: Church of Scotland
• Scotland: Free Church of Scotland
• Scotland: United Free Church of Scotland
• South Korea: Presbyterian Church of Korea
• USA: Presbyterian Church ( USA) ( largest Presbyterian Church in the USA - mainline )
• USA: Presbyterian Church in America ( second largest Presbyterian Church in the USA - conservative)
• USA: Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Mennonites / Anabaptists

• Germany: Association of Mennonite communities
• Germany: Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches
• Germany: Federal government Taufgesinnter communities
• Austria: Mennonites Austria
• Switzerland: Switzerland Conference of the Mennonite
• Mennonite Brethren Churches
• Mennonite World Conference
• Amish
• Hutterites

Baptists

• Germany: Federation of Evangelical Free Churches
• Austria: Baptist Union in Austria
• Switzerland: Swiss Confederation Baptist churches
• USA: American Baptist Churches USA
• USA: Southern Baptist Convention
• Seventh-day Baptists
• Baptist World Alliance
• European Baptist Federation -

Pietists

Pietism is not a denomination in the strict sense, but a non-denominational reform movement that came for example, both Lutheran and Reformed churches to bear, but also even had church forming part.

• Country Ecclesiastical Community ( Protestant Gnadauer Community Association )
• Moravians
• Chrischona
• Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in Germany
• Federation of Evangelical churches in Austria
• Free Evangelical communities in Switzerland
• Free Association mission churches - Switzerland
• Inspired
• Schwarzenau Brethren ( Tunker )
• Community for Christ

Methodist and Wesleyan Churches

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• United Methodist Church ( United Methodist Church )
• Church of the Nazarene
• Salvation Army
• Methodist Church of Great Britain

Evangelical Uniate

The merger of predominantly Lutheran and Reformed churches, the Uniate Protestant churches since the beginning of the 19th century:

• Australia: Uniting Church in Australia
• Germany: Union of Evangelical Churches
• France: Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
• Netherlands: Protestant Church in the Netherlands
• Canada: United Church of Canada
• South America: Evangelical Church of the River Plate
• Czech Republic: Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
• USA: United Church of Christ

Restoration Movement

• Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ )
• Churches of Christ
• International Churches of Christ

Adventists

• Of Seventh -day Adventists
• International Missionary Society of Seventh- day Adventist Reform Movement
• The Seventh day Adventist Reform Movement

Brethren movement

• Germany: Closed meetings of the Brethren movement
• Free brothers circle
• Association of Brethren (GTC). The terms and conditions as such belongs to the Union of Evangelical Free Churches ( BEFG ), but the individual Conditions communities belong only partially to the BEFG.
• Aligned meetings

Pentecostalism

• Assemblies of God
• Federation of Pentecostal Churches
• Elim communities
• Church of God ( Cleveland)
• Congregation of Christians Ecclesia
• Mülheim Association of Evangelical Free church - communities (oldest German Pentecostal Federation)
• Word of Faith Movement
• Switzerland: Motion Plus
• Swiss Pentecostal Mission

Other Protestant denominations

• Calvary Chapel
• Freikirchlicher covenant of God's church
• Church of God ( Restoration)
• Worldwide Church of God
• Pivot fields ( six municipalities in Pennsylvania)
• Shaker ( Are existing as the smallest Christian denomination. There is currently still a town Sabbathday Lake, Maine, with three members )
• Free Christians
• Jesus Freaks
• Anskar Church
• International Christian Fellowship
• Vineyard
• Community Evangelical - Episcopal parishes ( convergence Church tries to connect the Catholic, Protestant evangelical and Pentecostal- charismatic elements )
• Zion Christian Church ( Africa and the United Kingdom )
• Living Hand Church

Apostolic Churches and religious communities

New Apostolic Church

United Apostolic Church

• Apostolic Community
• United Apostolic Christians
• Refurbished - Apostolic church covenant concluded in 1994, together with the apostolic community.
• Apostolic Church of Queensland
• Apostolic Church of South Africa - Apostle Unity
• Gemeente van Apostolic Christenen

Catholic Apostolic congregations

Old Apostolic Church

Hersteld Apostolic Zendingkerk

• Hersteld Apostolic Zendingkerk
• Hersteld Apostolic Zendingkerk II
• Hersteld Apostolic Zendingkerk - Stam Judah

Other Apostolic Communities

• Apostolic church Wiesbaden United Apostolic Church - tribe of Levi

• Community of the apostles of Jesus Christ

Russian native non- Orthodox groups ( " Ostprotestanten " )

• Doukhobors
• Molokans
• Subbotniki

Nichttrinitarier or anti-Trinitarians

• Christadelphian
• Christian Science
• Church of God on the seventh day
• Unitarian addition to Christian-oriented Unitarians there are humanist-oriented Unitarian
• Non -subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, historically it was English, Scottish and Irish Presbyterians, who in the 18th century, the "Subscription " (signature) under the Westminster Confession rejected
• Temple Society

Bible Student movement

• Serious Bible Students
• Free Bible Students
• Amateur home missionary movement
• Jehovah's Witnesses

Liberal Protestants

The liberal Protestant churches are members of the " International Confederation of Free Christianity ," which today belongs to the International Association for Religious Freedom ( IARF ).

Churches with reference to the Book of Mormon

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints
• Community of Christ
• Church of Jesus Christ ( Bickertoniten )
• Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints
• Church of Jesus Christ ( Cutleriten )
• Church of Christ (Temple Lot)

Neuoffenbarer

• Community in Christ Jesus ( Lorenzianer )
• The Christian Community
• Liberal Catholic Church
• New Church ( Swedenborgian )
• Christian Science ( Christian Science )
• Ghost Christian Church
• Johan niche church
• Christian Community shepherd and flock

Dissenter

• Adamites ( Extinct )
• Anabaptists ( Extinct )
• Barrow ISTS ( Extinct )
• Behmenists ( Extinct )
• Brown ISTS ( Extinct )
• Countess of Huntingdon 's Connexion
• Enthusiasts ( Extinct )
• Familists ( Extinct )
• Fifth monarchists ( Extinct )
• Grindletonians ( Extinct )
• Independents ( Extinct )
• Congregationalists or Congregationalists ( Extinct )
• Levellers ( Extinct )
• Muggletonians ( Extinct )
• Puritans ( Extinct )
• Philadelphians ( Extinct )
• Quaker Friends General Conference ( liberal- theological branch )
• Friends United Meeting ( pastoral, more conservative branch )
• Evangelical Friends International (strong biblical- evangelical ' Christocentric ' branch )

Past groups

• Arians
• Bogomils
• German Catholics
• Donatists
• Gallicans
• By Jan Hus: Utraquists or Calixtins
• Brethren
• Hussites Orebiten
• Taborite

• Amalricians
• Brothers and Sisters of the Free Spirit