Timeline for Can somebody summarize the different "branches" of Christianity to me, and explain why they exist in the first place?
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| Mar 9 at 1:59 | comment | added | pygosceles | Regarding inaccuracy of the graphic, Restorationism (specifically the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is most definitely not a branch of Protestantism or of anything else. Correctly rendered, it would be a continuation or rather a restoration of the original New Testament Church after many centuries of apostasy. There would be a gap in the chart until the Restoration, with no church on Earth corresponding to bona fide Christianity. | |
| Jan 4, 2020 at 20:55 | comment | added | WGroleau | Most denominations in most of these branches do not consider the others “damned” but rather as having less-than-critical errors in their thinking. (Even though they may raise their voices when discussing these ‘errors.’) | |
| Jan 4, 2020 at 2:39 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | @Mark Anglicanism may look Catholic but only in outward form. The theology of the foundational documents of the 39 Articles and the Book of Common Prayer and thoroughly Protestant. | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 23:20 | comment | added | Ken Graham♦ | @Tharpa It only appears that way. I am guessing the diagram displayed things due to the fact that Anglicanism and Protestantism started out in the same century. | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 22:52 | comment | added | Mark | @Tharpa, Anglicanism started out as "Catholicism without the Pope". It's acquired some Protestant features since then, but it's still a very Catholic-like branch. | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 18:28 | comment | added | depperm | @Tharpa I just pulled the diagram from wikipedia, I don't believe this is fully accurate and as NigelJ pointed out is self proclaimed approximate. It did however list each of the broad denominations that the OP mentioned so I used this one instead of similar ones. via media page | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 18:14 | comment | added | Chozang | The diagram implies that Anglicanism is not a Protestant denomination. Is there sound reason for this? Or was it just a matter of space issues? | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 1:35 | comment | added | Ken Graham♦ | +1 Just because and the diagram of course! | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 19:34 | comment | added | depperm | @NigelJ I did mention this is not meant to be a comprehensive list but showing orgins of some of the denominations mentioned by OP. Which parts do find unrepresentative, historical, or contemporaneous? I didn't find the OP question about doctrine-besides the bit about children but left that out as that seemed out of scope. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 17:28 | history | answered | depperm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |