Families of Christian Denominations, Sects and Cults:

Images in the Bible


 1- LUTHERANS: Martin Luther, Germany, 1517 - Lutheranism   
        Protestants before Luther:
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Waldensians Peter Waldo (the late 1100's)
         -
Lollards -
John Wycliffe (13201384)
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Hussites - John Huss ( 1369 - 1415)
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Utraquists
         -
Taborites
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Moravians
         -
Unity of the Brethren

2- ANABAPTISTSTS: - Ulrich Zwingli, 1519, Zurich, Switzerland- Anabaptists
    - Baptists, in USA
(repudiated the title).
    - Dunkars, Dunkers, Brethren, German Baptist, to USA, 1723.
    - German Moravians, became the United Brethren Church in 1735.
    - Brethren in Christ, German Switzerland.
    - Hutterian Brethren, Hutterites
    - Mennonites, to Pennsylvania, in 1653-
    - Amish, to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa..
           

3- CHURCH OF ENGLAND, Anglican Church, - Henry VIII, 1534, England - Anglicanism
    - Episcopalians,
England and America.
    - Methodists - Methodism
    - Evangelicals - Evangelicalism, England and America.
    - Quakers.
    - Shakers.

    - Unitarianism, Unification of World Christianity
    - Universalism
    - Unitarian-Universalist Association
    - Modernism
       

4- CALVINISTS- John Calvin, 1536. Geneva, Switzerland
    - Presbyterians, Scotland and America - Presbyterianism
    - Dutch Reformed Church, Holland.
    - Huguenots, Reformed Church of France
    - Congregationalism, Separatists, Dissenters. Independents
, in England and Holland, came to America as the Pilgrim fathers on the "Mayflower" (originally Anabaptists, repudiated the title of Anabaptists, as they did the "Baptists" with many Calvinist tenets.).
    - Puritans
of England and America
    - Reformed churches
    - Dutch Reformed Churches
    - Churches of Christ
        

5- PIETISTS, Spener, 1670 -
    -
Quakers, "Society of Friends", England, 1654
    -
Evangelicals - Evangelicalism, England and America. 1731
    - Moravians, 1735

    -
Shakers, "Union Society", England, 1741.   
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Methodists, 1744
    -
Pentecostals, USA, 1900   
    -
Fundamentalists, USA, 1900.
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Cursillos in Christianity, Cursillo Movement, Spain, 1948
    -
Charismatics, Charismatic Renewal, USA, 1960  
    - Catholic Charismatic Renewal, USA, 1967 
  

6- MILLENNIALISM, after Miller, 1818.
    -
Adventists, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Seventh-Day Baptists, 1818   
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Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, USA, 1852.
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Worldwide Church of God "Armstrong-ism", USA, 1934.
   - Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 1809

7- CHRISTIANS WITHOUT CHRIST:
   
These churches may call themselves Christians, use the Bible as their Sacred Scripture, and may even have the name of Christ in the title of their church... but they say that "Jesus is not God", or that Jesus Christ is god as much as you and I are god, like the Mormons.
    -
Mormons,  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, USA, 1829.
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Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, USA, 1852.
   
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Moonies, Unification Church - The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Sun Myung Moon, Korea and USA, 1936.
   
- New Age
    - New World Order
  
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Christian Science Church
, USA, 1879.    
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Worldwide Church of God "Armstrong-ism"
, USA, 1934.
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Church of Scientology, USA, 1954.
    -
Children of God - Family of Love, ("Heaven's Magic" in England)
, USA, 1969.  
    -
Unitarian-Universalist Association, England, 1774,
    -
Unitarian Church

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Transcendental Meditation - Transcendentalism (Kant), USA, 1800. -
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Unity School of Christianity, USA, 1889.  
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Spiritism - Spiritualism - Spiritualistic churches, USA
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The Way International, USA, 1957.
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Church Universal and Triumphant, 1958.
   
- Theosophy
    -
"est", the Forum, "Erhard Seminars Training",
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Order of the Solar Temple
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Heaven's Gate
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Holy Order of MANSThe Holy Order of MANS, USA.

And others:   
    -
Rev. Ike, United Christian evangelistic Association, Rev. Ike, USA
    -
Churches for Homosexuals, Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), 1868, USA.
    -
The Way International
     -
Church of the Living Word, USA.
    -
Crossroads Church of Christ, the Boston Church, the Central London Church of Christ, England, USA.
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British Israelism, Anglo-Israelism
    -
Snake Handlers, Serpent Handlers
, 1909, USA.  
    -
Branch Davidians, "Waco", Vernon Howell, changed his name to David Koresh,
"Waco", USA
    -
People's Temple, Jim Jones, Guayana, Jonestown, "Guayana", USA
    - Fundamentalism
    -
Rev. Ike, United Christian evangelistic Association
    -
Penitents
, USA.
    - Gnosticism --- Neo-Gnosticism
    - The Jamalians, USA, 1975.
 

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