Home›Christianity›Origin Era›By Century›19th centuryBrowse By19th centuryThis page groups denominations by the era in which they broke away or formed. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism "separated from the Catholic Church in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation." Browsing by origin era lets a visitor see which denominations are centuries old and which split off only recently.FactsLearn More19th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe branches of Christianity, divided chiefly over authority - who may define doctrine - and over the sacraments, the ordering of ministry and the reading of scripture. The main fault lines are the Christological divisions of the fifth century, the East-West schism conventionally dated 1054, and the sixteenth-century Reformation. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: denomination arose in English-speaking Protestantism for bodies that recognise one another as legitimately named parts of one church. The Catholic and Orthodox churches do not accept it as a description of themselves. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDenominations 1AttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedThe first enduring divisions date from the Christological controversies of the fifth century, at Ephesus in 431 and Chalcedon in 451, and not from the Reformation. 2Learn MoreThe Branches of Christianity This group gathers the denominations of Christianity, the world's largest religion, whose two-thousand-year history has produced a wide family of churches divided by doctrine, authority, liturgy and history. The major fault lines are the split between the Eastern and Western churches (traditionally dated 1054) and the Reformation of the sixteenth century. The browser will find the great communions, Roman Catholicism, the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the many Protestant families (Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal and more), together with older and smaller bodies. The entries describe each branch's distinctive teachings and origins without treating any one as the standard against which the others are measured.Unity and division Christian denominations share the core confession of Jesus Christ while differing over questions such as church authority, the sacraments, the role of scripture and tradition, and the path of salvation. Some divisions are ancient and doctrinal; others are national, cultural or the result of later revival and reform. The atlas presents each denomination in its own terms, noting where it stands on the questions that separate it from others and how it understands its relation to the wider Christian body, from claims of unique continuity to the ecumenical movement that seeks reunion.19th centuryFilter Results26 entriesSizeAll1,712,563 to 4,850,776 (3)25,000 to 380,000 (2)400,910 to 1,500,000 (3)5,255,000 to 22,785,195 (4)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (4)Congregational Polity (2)Connexional Polity (2)Consensus Meeting Polity (1)Decentralised Polity (1)Episcopal Polity (2)Federated Membership Polity (1)National Association Polity (4)Patriarchal-Synodal Polity (1)Presbyterian Polity (1)Representative Conference Polity (4)Synodal Polity (2)Originated InAllEngland (1)Greece (1)New York (2)North America (1)United States (11)Parent DenominationAllBaptist (3)Evangelicalism (1)Historically Black Protestant Tradition (4)Mainline Protestantism (1)Pentecostalism (1)Protestantism (2)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (21)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Founded ByAllCharles Harrison Mason (1)Ellen G. White (1)Mary Baker Eddy (1)Establishment StatusAllEstablished (1)No Establishment (22)Privileged Never Established (2)Marriage PositionAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (1)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (5)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (2)Practice StatusAllDissolved; the community wound itself up (3)In active religious use (1)Living tradition, practised today (21)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (1)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (4)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (10)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Church FamilyAllAdventist Churches (2)Baptist Churches (3)Eastern Orthodox Churches (1)Latter Day Saint Churches (1)Lutheran Churches (5)Methodist and Holiness Churches (3)Pentecostal Churches (1)Protestant Umbrella Movements (2)Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches (1)Restorationist Churches (3)Unitarian and Universalist Churches (1)Liturgical LanguageAllByzantine Greek (1)Vernacular Language (24)Ordination PracticeAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (3)Conferred by election (1)Married clergy permitted (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (2)Open to women and men (9)Restricted to men (9)Varies between provinces or member bodies (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26Advent Christian Church19th centuryAmerican Unitarian Association19th centuryApostolic Lutheran Church of America19th centuryChristian and Missionary Alliance19th centuryChristian Methodist Episcopal Church19th centuryChristian Reformed Church in North America19th centuryChristian Science19th centuryChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)19th centuryChurch of God in Christ19th centuryChurch of Greece19th centuryChurch of the Nazarene19th centuryChurches of Christ19th centuryDisciples of Christ19th centuryEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland19th centuryFinnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America19th centuryFree Methodist Church19th centuryJehovah's Witnesses19th centuryLatter-day Saints (Mormonism)19th centuryLutheran Church, Missouri Synod19th centuryNational Baptist Convention of America19th centuryNational Baptist Convention USA Incorporated19th centuryNational Evangelical Lutheran Church19th centuryOneida Community19th centurySeventh-day Adventism19th centurySouthern Baptist Convention19th centuryThe Salvation Army19th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Denominations2. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005What Defines This Grouping: The branches of Christianity, divided chiefly over authority - who may define doctrine - and over the sacraments, the ordering of ministry and the reading of scripture. The main fault lines are the Christological divisions of the fifth century, the East-West schism conventionally dated 1054, and the sixteenth-century Reformation.Era of Attestation: The first enduring divisions date from the Christological controversies of the fifth century, at Ephesus in 431 and Chalcedon in 451, and not from the Reformation.Standing as a Comparative Category: Contested: denomination arose in English-speaking Protestantism for bodies that recognise one another as legitimately named parts of one church. The Catholic and Orthodox churches do not accept it as a description of themselves.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.