1. Proto-Orthodox

2. Gnostics

3. Ebionites

4. Montanists

5. Marcionites

6. Manichaeism

7. Arians

8. Nestorians

9. Miaphysites

10. Ethiopian Orthodox (Monophysites)

11. Roman Catholics

12. Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics

13. Traditional Catholics and Sedevacantists

14. Old Catholics

15. Anglicans

16. Episcopalians

17. Lutherans

18. Reformed

19. Unitarians of Transylvania/Socinians

Presbyterians

21. Moravians

22. Waldensians

23. Cathars

24. Anabaptists

25. Puritans

26. United Church of Christ

27. Old Believers

28. Quakers

29. Plymouth Brethren

30. Methodist

31. Church of the Nazarene

31. Baptist

33. Pentecostal

34. Prosperity Gospel

35. Oneness Pentecostal

36. Seventh-day Adventist

37. Branch Davidians

38. Jehovah's Witnesses

39. Mormons

40. Fundamentalist Mormons

41. Christian Science

42. Swedenborgians

43. Disciples of Christ

>>17786880
Based

44. Snake Handlers

>PROTO-
*tips*

45. Messianic Jews

46. Black Hebrew Israelites

47. Moonies

48. Unitarian Universalism

49. Mar Thoma Syrian Church and Eastern Protestants

50. Nondenominational

51. Iglesia ni Cristo

52. Grace Communion International/Worldwide Church of God

53. Charismatic Catholicism

54. Pietists

>>17786659 (OP)
I have a feeling that the list misses 500 more. Nice thread though.

>>17786694
Did they consider themselves Christian? I am not sure
>>17786855
Lmao

>>17787620
>Did they consider themselves Christians?
Yes.

>>17787620
There are at least several hundred thousand. All thanks to prots.

55. Community of Christ

56. Evangelical Free Church

57. New Apostolic Church

>>17787993
57. New Apostolic Church

58. Christadelphians

59. Irvingist

60. Salvation Army

>>17788007
60. Salvation Army .

61. Churches of Christ

Nice thread. Bump.

>>17786715
the ACOE doesn't accept being called nestorian

>>17788214
No one cares, they called themselves that internally in the 9th century despite the term originating with theological opposition. The reaction to it these days is nonsensical.

>>17788218
But they don't believe what opponents accuse them of.

>>17788775
Yeah. A lot of the schism between the Eastern Churches mostly revolve around Doctrinal semantics and canonized Saints. It's a real shame.

Ooh, I wanna contribute.

62. The Worldwide/Radio Church of God (Aka Armstrongism)

One of the largest cults in American history, and an offshoot of 7th Day Adventism led by a “prophet” who fucked his own daughter and claimed the world would end in 1975.

I know this one because most of my family were members during its peak.

>>17788819
OP here. Please contribute as much as you can.

Also, not a denomination, but I love talking about Stylites. Dudes that lived on towers and made everyone else handle their food and waste so they could grow closer to god.

>>17788218
This sounds similar to Mormonism and the “Latter Day Saints” debacle.

63. Maronite Catholics

64. Church of Sweden

65. Church of England

66. Old Calendarsist

How come Christian sects can look so different from one another but you never see this in Judaism or Islam?

>>17788886
you have the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church (pretty similar to eachother) and then you have a thousand weird protestant cults, some of which arent christianity like jehovahs witnesses and mormons

>>17788886
>How come Christian sects can look so different from one another but you never see this in Judaism or Islam?
This is true for Judaism. You even have Ethiopian Jews that are literally just Africans that call themselves Jews. But Judaism is a dying religion, and the big distinguisher between “denominations” in Judaism is just how much somebody gives a fuck about their religion. You have the Hasidic/Orthodox who actually care and dress weird and go to synagogue. You have the “Liberal Jews” which are literally 50% atheist, barely go to Synagogue, and only celebrate the holidays that have cool food. This is literally encoded into the religion as some shit like “every Jew is Jewish in their own way, but still Jewish” or some shit to handwave away the fact that they’re just an atheist with a weird looking penis.

Islam is notorious for throwing heretics off buildings, so there’s not a lot of room for religious reform. Still happens though. You have Sunnis and Shiites. Also, Islam assimilated a lot of small, local, pagan, tribal religions, and they basically operate to this day but under the name of Islam only. Also, a lot of the Muslim world is illiterate, so they can’t read all the literature condemning their way of practicing Islam.

Rural (like Afghanistan) areas are still big into boyslave servants and consider it not gay. It’s considered an Islamic rite amongst them. The greater Muslim world rejects it, but the rural Muslims can’t read, so they don’t care. Lot of examples of stuff like this in Islam. Witchcraft, homosexuality, goat fucking, idolatry, overt paganism and pantheism. The Quran may condemn it, but Muslims can’t read so it doesn’t matter.

>>17788775
Correct, and neither did Nestorius, but that's the difficulty with faith and history. Anyway, the Syriac speaking churches have annual or biannual meetings and most of them agree that there is only a semantic difference. Only the Oriental Orthodox remain hardliners on that the Church of the East is truly Nestorian based on the writings of Cyril of Alexandria taken as a gospel.
Regardless, it does not matter, if the Nestorian Church had no problem with using the term in their early days, and even expounded upon their own theology while doing so, they should just embrace it, as many of their ancestors did.It's been 1500 years and only now there's a heavy reaction against the term, give me a break...
It's historical revisionism to just censor the term and pretend it was never reality because of modern ecumenical dialogue.

A lot of these aren't denominations but just philosophical currents within them. Like Pietism isn't a separate thing from Lutheranism, it's just a particular trend within it.

I really like the images you're choosing for some of these, they're very representative

I'll also go 67 with Two By Twos. They're a purposely obscure/behind-the-scenes cult where members of the church (which officially doesn't even have a name, most outsiders just call them that) live among those who wish to convert, and there have been massive per capita sex abuse scandals with them lately, because it's these initiated "priests" living with random people for a long duration of time to make sure they're "real Christians". They're a pretty outlandish one and I've never seen anyone discuss them here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_by_Twos

>>17786680
>Montanists
>none of them ever lived in Montana

Pretty ridiculous if you actually stop to think about it.

68. Assemblies of Yahweh

69. God Worshipping Society

70. Shakers

>>17788857
>>17786754
>>17786747
these are the same

>>17786793
based

>>17788832
>he thinks this actually happened
do you believe the one about the guy who was friends with a lion or the one about the icon that shot a bullet, too?

>>17790365
What evidence do you have that they didn’t exist?

>>17786936
The trad larpers hate when people bring this up kek

>>17786877
>>17786880
>>17786872
>>17786869
>>17786866

None of these denominations can be considered Christian. Mormons, Jehovah's Witness, and Unitarian Universalist. This is what it means to be Christian:

I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father; And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets.

In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.

Amen.

>>17791595

>>17786861
>>17786855
>>17786802
>>17786901
>>17786905
>>17786908
>>17786898

These ones are also no Christian

>>17791595
You're going to split Hell wide open when you die. Should've believed in Jesus. Unbelievable loser.

>>17790123
71. Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

>>17791613
72. Iglesia del Dios Vivo, Columna y Apoyo de la Verdad, La Luz del Mundo

>>17791617
73. Jesus Christ's Church on Earth by his special envoy Simon Kimbangu

74. Evangelical Church in Germany

75. Three-Self Patriotic Movement

Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association

77. Zion Christian Church

78. African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

79. Byzantine Lutherans

80. Apostolic Lutherans

81. Neo-Gnosticism

82. Church of Scotland

OP here. I invite all to participate.

>>17791595
This is a neutral thread. It does not depend on the definition of what constitutes a Christian laid down by various groups within Christianity, whether orthodox or heterodox. Thank you. :)

>>17789775
>super obscure shady allegedly Christian cult
>wikipedia article edited 8 minutes ago
hmmm these guys seem to be active

>>17791829
Great job OP

>>17786936
how many levels of catholicism are you on bro?
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>>17791829
Thanks

>>17786659 (OP)
Why are those jews trying to kill that white man?

>>17791829
Thanks, you did real good

Every denomination deserves respect (except the super culty ones that cause harm). :)

pray for unity for Christians everywhere

What these strange ""Christians"" cults from brazil who syncretize African paganism and Catholicism?

>>17794588
>strange ""Christians"" cults from brazil who syncretize paganism and Catholicism?
...Catholicism?

>>17786759
>>17786946
>>17788856
>>17791809
>>17791810>
>/mu/ crossover
As a Lutheran I want to add to this thread some music from the Lutheran faith.
https://youtu.be/pIbEMp8EpCI?si=ndcRmUbyntbzmzqS
https://youtu.be/HGyF_d1FLkk?si=0q-FCIH8Kus8tLwc
https://youtu.be/X2bhHosLHmI?si=nUShiWmMNNb8OWjy
https://youtu.be/eSoP-MF6Zs0?si=eX-_ALkH0PmTgGt8
https://youtu.be/LKGnrxQ99eA?si=Jv72LVpM2gtkbN3R
https://youtu.be/LKGnrxQ99eA?si=pRHZgE2WBGgIEPlg
https://youtu.be/2tMqpruzpv0?si=yPcNS_7Us2k5ntkh
https://youtu.be/kQjyHDkZBcE?si=VCyy-uzc74yOZrL9

>>17794957
Thank you anon. I’ve come to the conclusion over the course of my life that true Lutheran churches convey the gospel most purely without any extra bullshit. And the music tradition reflects this.

>>17791833
Then there is no definition of Christian, especially if you're considering universal Unitarian in the mix

>>17795092
Protestantism is heresy.

>>17795111
Who gets to define what a Christian is?
>Christians
Why?
>Because they are Christians
How?
>Because they believe in the Trinity
Who defines that Christians need to believe in the Trinity?
>Christians
Why?
>Because they are Christians
Why?
>Because they believe in the Trinity

So begging the question, basically?

>>17795748
Sounds like those who say a woman is someone who identifies as a woman.

>>17791595
This creed wasn't held by the apostles but I'd still say they were Christians.

>>17795759
What is a woman?
>Someone who identifies as a woman
Why?
>Because they are a woman
What is a woman?

>>17796327
The Trinity has always been believed in.

>>17794408
>>17794957

Based