Catholicism and Protestantism are the two major divisions of Christianity in Western world, however, and although they are often included as part of second group, Churches belonging to Anglicanism, and some Baptist churches, Methodist and Lutheran, not always identified themselves as Protestant, and strictly speaking, there always are (ABCs of Church in Lake Almanor).
The political and theological reasons for the schism are complex, however, the most contentious issue was the question of papal primacy (Church in Lake Almanor).
Catholicism is a deeply hierarchical faith in which there is always a supreme authority for matters of faith and Christian practice to Roman Catholicism that is exclusive domain of Pope, to other Catholic tradition persists instead of giving this authority to episcopal councils. The centerpiece of Protestant tradition however is its adherence to principle of Sola Scriptura, on the one supreme authority for matters of faith and Christian practice would be the Holy Scriptures of Old and New Testaments, outside this point, Protestantism presents no uniform way of organizing the faithful, on the contrary, has a long tradition of consecutive divisions.
However, their groups are often analyzed from its large denominational families. Each Protestant movement operates freely and many were divided based on theological issues. A large number of movements, for example, originated from the so-called "revivals" religious, as was the case of Methodist movement in Churches of England and of Pentecostalism among evangelical churches.
Some current or past groups formally ceased to exist with the passing years. This applies, for example, the Gnostics (who sustained a dualistic model of deity), the Ebionites (who denied the divinity of Christ), the Apolinarios (who argued that Jesus was divine human body and mind), the Montanists (which proclaimed a new revelation granted tom). And the Arians (who argued that Jesus was a created being, so do not co-eternal with God the Father, the Arians, for some time, were more numerous in institutional Churches that non-Arians). Many ofse primitive groups, today considered heretical died for lack of followers or, in general, suppressed by institutionalized Churches in its early centuries developed a great effort to unify and define clearly what was not Christian doctrine.
An independent movement which, years later, also largely align with the Protestant Reformation began to take shape when King Henry VIII of England was declared "head of Churches of England" by Act of Supremacy of 1534, Anglicanism gradually was taking some Protestant doctrines to declare unequivocally Catholic and Reformed, at least in Anglican Communion. A schism of enormous dimensions was the result of publication of 95 Theses of Martin Luther in Wittenberg University on 31 October 1517.
In Eastern Christianity, the largest organization of believers belongs to Eastern Orthodoxy. The Orthodox Churches is also a continuation of original Christian churches established by followers of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Eastern understanding of papal primacy, the Patriarch of Rome is first in honor among all the patriarchs, but unlike the present Roman Catholicism, do not believe possesses no direct and absolute authority over dioceses outside itself, no less infallibility doctrine.
Although in past, the vast majority of Christians remained for centuries together in same churches (one divided by geographical factors), some argue that Christianity was never a religion of homogeneous beliefs. Either way, the diversity of beliefs and groups at the beginning of XXI century is clear, however almost all ofm share a history and a tradition in common. Christianity is currently the largest religion in world (totaling approximately one third of its population), this fact makes relevant a comparative rating of their various traditions, which incorporates both the particularities of each tradition, as their doctrines, theological schools, forms of churches government, forms of language and other aspects.
The political and theological reasons for the schism are complex, however, the most contentious issue was the question of papal primacy (Church in Lake Almanor).
Catholicism is a deeply hierarchical faith in which there is always a supreme authority for matters of faith and Christian practice to Roman Catholicism that is exclusive domain of Pope, to other Catholic tradition persists instead of giving this authority to episcopal councils. The centerpiece of Protestant tradition however is its adherence to principle of Sola Scriptura, on the one supreme authority for matters of faith and Christian practice would be the Holy Scriptures of Old and New Testaments, outside this point, Protestantism presents no uniform way of organizing the faithful, on the contrary, has a long tradition of consecutive divisions.
However, their groups are often analyzed from its large denominational families. Each Protestant movement operates freely and many were divided based on theological issues. A large number of movements, for example, originated from the so-called "revivals" religious, as was the case of Methodist movement in Churches of England and of Pentecostalism among evangelical churches.
Some current or past groups formally ceased to exist with the passing years. This applies, for example, the Gnostics (who sustained a dualistic model of deity), the Ebionites (who denied the divinity of Christ), the Apolinarios (who argued that Jesus was divine human body and mind), the Montanists (which proclaimed a new revelation granted tom). And the Arians (who argued that Jesus was a created being, so do not co-eternal with God the Father, the Arians, for some time, were more numerous in institutional Churches that non-Arians). Many ofse primitive groups, today considered heretical died for lack of followers or, in general, suppressed by institutionalized Churches in its early centuries developed a great effort to unify and define clearly what was not Christian doctrine.
An independent movement which, years later, also largely align with the Protestant Reformation began to take shape when King Henry VIII of England was declared "head of Churches of England" by Act of Supremacy of 1534, Anglicanism gradually was taking some Protestant doctrines to declare unequivocally Catholic and Reformed, at least in Anglican Communion. A schism of enormous dimensions was the result of publication of 95 Theses of Martin Luther in Wittenberg University on 31 October 1517.
In Eastern Christianity, the largest organization of believers belongs to Eastern Orthodoxy. The Orthodox Churches is also a continuation of original Christian churches established by followers of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Eastern understanding of papal primacy, the Patriarch of Rome is first in honor among all the patriarchs, but unlike the present Roman Catholicism, do not believe possesses no direct and absolute authority over dioceses outside itself, no less infallibility doctrine.
Although in past, the vast majority of Christians remained for centuries together in same churches (one divided by geographical factors), some argue that Christianity was never a religion of homogeneous beliefs. Either way, the diversity of beliefs and groups at the beginning of XXI century is clear, however almost all ofm share a history and a tradition in common. Christianity is currently the largest religion in world (totaling approximately one third of its population), this fact makes relevant a comparative rating of their various traditions, which incorporates both the particularities of each tradition, as their doctrines, theological schools, forms of churches government, forms of language and other aspects.
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