Christian denomination | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 20/03/2019

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00:04:31 1 Terminology
00:06:48 2 Major branches
00:09:41 2.1 Denominationalism
00:11:28 2.2 Taxonomy
00:11:37 3 Historical schisms and divisions
00:14:00 3.1 Antiquity
00:16:28 3.2 Middle Ages
00:18:21 3.3 Protestant Reformation (16th century)
00:19:31 3.4 Old and Liberal Catholic Churches (19th-20th centuries)
00:20:35 3.5 Eastern Christianity
00:25:46 3.6 Western Christianity
00:30:57 3.7 Christians with Jewish roots
00:33:18 4 Modern history
00:33:27 4.1 Quakers
00:34:14 4.2 Latter Day Saint movement
00:36:10 4.3 Second Great Awakening
00:39:23 4.4 Russian sectarianism
00:41:31 4.5 Iglesia ni Cristo
00:42:58 4.6 New Thought Movement
00:44:29 4.7 The Christian Community
00:45:34 4.8 Other movements
00:48:10 5 See also



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A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization, leadership and doctrine. Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church or sometimes fellowship. Divisions between one group and another are defined by authority and doctrine; issues such as the nature of Jesus, the authority of apostolic succession, eschatology, and papal primacy may separate one denomination from another. Groups of denominations—often sharing broadly similar beliefs, practices, and historical ties—are sometimes known as "branches of Christianity". These branches differ in many ways, especially through differences in practices and belief.
Individual denominations vary widely in the degree to which they recognize one another. Several groups claim to be the direct and sole authentic successor of the church founded by Jesus Christ in the 1st century AD.  Others, however, believe in denominationalism, where some or all Christian groups are legitimate churches of the same religion regardless of their distinguishing labels, beliefs, and practices.  Because of this concept, some Christian bodies reject the term "denomination" to describe themselves, to avoid implying equivalency with other churches or denominations.
The Catholic Church which claims 1.2 billion members – slightly over half of all Christians worldwide – does not view itself as a denomination, but as the original pre-denominational church, a view rejected by other Christians. Protestant denominations account for approximately 37 percent of Christians worldwide. Together, Catholicism and Protestantism (including Anglicanism, and other denominations sharing historical ties) comprise Western Christianity. Western Christian denominations prevail in Western, Northern, Central and Southern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas and Oceania.The Eastern Orthodox Church, with an estimated 225–300 million adherents, is the second-largest Christian organization in the world and also considers itself the original pre-denominational church. Unlike the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church is itself a communion of fully independent autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that mutually recognize each other to the exclusion of others. The Eastern Orthodox Church, together with Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church of the East, constitutes Eastern Christianity. (There are also some smaller groups of Eastern Catholics which are in communion with the Bishop of Rome but have cultural and historical ties with other Eastern Christians and Byzantine Lutherans were newer group of Eastern Christianity and Protestant Lutheranism in Ukraine and Slovenia that accepts Byzantine Rite as the denomination's liturgy while retaining their Lutheran traditions.) Eastern Christian denominations are represented mostly in Eastern Europe, North Asia, the Middle East, Northeast Africa and mostly South India.
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