Christian denomination
Religious group classification
A Christian denomination is a distinct branch or organized body within Christianity, distinguished by particular beliefs, governance, or practices.
Major denominations include Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian, among hundreds of others.
Members often identify with their denomination: She was raised in the Baptist denomination.
Denominations range from highly structured hierarchies to loose affiliations of independent congregations.
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- EpiscopalU.S. Anglican denomination
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Roman CatholicChristian denomination led from Vatican
- AnabaptismBelief in believer's baptism
Catholic · Pentecostal · Congregational · Presbyterian · Anglican · Lutheran · Methodist · Calvinist · Quaker · Mennonite · Coptic · Adventist · Jehovah's Witnesses · Latter Day Saints · Salvation Army · church split · Sunday service · Moravian
Christian denominationuniversal church
Entire body of believers
church unity · Christian unity · early church · apostolic church · ecumenism
Christian denominationatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · irreligion · secularism · antitheism · agnosticism
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