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Denominations and sacred texts
A respectful directory of branches, denominations, schools, lineages, and movements. Each profile leads to the specific text or canon connected to that community.
Christianity
Branches, communions, denominations, and movements with distinct approaches to canon and scripture.
Branch · Catholic
Latin / Roman Catholic Church
The largest Catholic church and the form often meant by “Roman Catholic.”
Branch · Catholic
Eastern Catholic Churches
Self-governing Catholic churches that preserve Eastern liturgies and spiritual traditions while being in communion with Rome.
Branch · Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
A communion of autocephalous churches shaped by Byzantine liturgy, councils, icons, and Holy Tradition.
Branch · Oriental Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Ancient churches including Coptic, Armenian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Malankara traditions.
Branch · Church of the East
Church of the East traditions
Assyrian and related East Syriac Christian traditions with a distinctive Syriac heritage.
Branch · Anglican
Anglican Christianity
A global family with Church of England heritage and varied evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, and broad-church streams.
Denomination · Protestant
Lutheran
Reformation churches shaped by Lutheran confessions and worship traditions.
Denomination · Protestant
Reformed
Churches rooted in Reformed confessions and theology.
Denomination · Protestant
Presbyterian
Reformed churches organized through elder-led governance.
Denomination · Protestant
Baptist
Churches emphasizing believer’s baptism and local congregation governance.
Denomination · Protestant
Methodist / Wesleyan
Churches shaped by Wesleyan traditions of grace, discipleship, and service.
Denomination · Protestant
Congregationalist
Churches with congregational governance and Reformed roots.
Branch · Protestant
Anabaptist / Mennonite / Amish / Hutterite
Historic peace-church traditions emphasizing discipleship, community, and adult baptism.
Denomination · Protestant
Adventist
Churches shaped by Adventist renewal and expectation of Christ’s return.
Movement · Protestant
Holiness movement
Wesleyan-rooted churches and movements emphasizing sanctification and holy living.
Branch · Protestant
Pentecostal
Churches emphasizing the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and expressive worship.
Movement · Protestant
Non-denominational / independent churches
Local churches and networks outside older denominational structures.
Branch · Restorationist
Churches of Christ / Christian Churches / Disciples of Christ
Stone-Campbell traditions seeking unity and restoration of early Christian practice.
Denomination · Restorationist
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A restorationist church with four standard works of scripture.
Denomination · Restorationist
Community of Christ
A restorationist church historically connected to the Latter Day Saint movement.
Denomination · Restorationist
Jehovah’s Witnesses
A Christian-derived restorationist movement with a named Bible translation.
Denomination · Restorationist
Christadelphians
A non-Trinitarian restorationist community centered on Bible study.
Branch · Pentecostal
Oneness Pentecostal groups
Pentecostal churches with a non-Trinitarian theology of God.
Denomination · Christian-derived
Christian Science
A movement founded by Mary Baker Eddy that emphasizes spiritual healing.
Branch · Quaker
Religious Society of Friends / Quakers
A movement with liberal, evangelical, conservative, and programmed Friends traditions.
Branch · Old Catholic
Old Catholic Churches
Churches retaining Catholic sacramental identity and episcopacy outside Roman communion.