Quakers (Friends)
Quakers Background and History The Quakers were founded by a man named George Fox in 1647. This movement, first called the Society of Friends, broke from the “Puritan” movement within the Church of England and coincided with the “Dissenters” movement of England. George Fox abandoned the idea of the sufficiency of Scripture-alone in favour of […]
Baptists
General Baptists Founded by John Smyth in 1609 as a Puritan “Seperatist” movement coming out of the Church of England in Lincolnshire. This group then moved to Holland where Smyth along with his colleague Thomas Helwys, chose to be “Baptised” as adults into Christ. Up until this time, the only groups carrying out “credo baptism” […]
Church of Scotland
(Founded 1560 in Scotland by a pupil of John Calvin named John Knox) John Knox was a Catholic Priest that embraced the teachings.of his friend and teacher, the Reformist John Calvin. Constantly engaging the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, in debate, Knox was finally brought to trial whereby the Scottish nobles acquitted him andultimately deposed […]
Swiss Reformed Church
Protestants: Swiss Reformation Protestant (Four Family ‘sub’ groups) – A term used to describe those Christians who sought to “reform” the Roman Catholic church. Contrary to popular misnomer, the word did not arise as a result of “protesting” the Pope or the Roman Catholic church. Rather, the etymology of “Protestant” is tied to a group […]
Moravian Church / Unity of the Brethren
Background Information for the Unity of the Brethren (Unitas Fratrum) The Unity of the Brethren was comprised of followers of the reformer (pre-reformation) named John Hus (c. 1370-1415). Hus was a Czech Catholic priest who was martyred by the Roman Catholic Church for espousing and teaching the same reformation principles of John Wycliffe, in fact, […]
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Background Information for the Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Orthodox denominations – the Oriental Orthodox churches broke off in the earliest of schisms in Church history. Some were Nestorians, others were “monophysites” (a complex understanding of Christology unfairly declared heretical). This family still has a representation of denominations dating back to the third century – Coptic […]
Anglican Church of England
Began as a state issue and not a doctrinal issue, King Henry VIII “seceded” from Roman Papal authority, declaring himself as “Head of Church and State”. The Church of England would endure hardship at the hands of the Roman Catholic Mary Stuart or “Bloody Mary” as she was known, but eventually reformers like Thomas Cranmer, […]
Eastern Orthodox Churches
Background Information for the Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church wasn’t founded in the traditional sense of a Protestant denominationk rather, like the Roman Catholic church, it emerged as a distinct “sect” via the Great Schism of 1054 A.D. The Eastern Orthodox Church is not considered a Protestant Church at all because it existed […]
What is the Catholic Church?
What is the Catholic church (Roman Catholics) This page might appear to be a bit “heavy” on Roman Catholics but it is simply sharing the truth of history and doctrine. I’m not an “anti-Catholic” rather to the contrary, as a former Catholic of 24 years I still have many friends and family who consider themselves […]
What is the Church? Christian Denominations
What is the Church? Denominations of the Historic Christian Church What is the Church? The following “family tree” timeline is based on historic schisms due to theological disagreements, reformation, or geo-political relocation. What is the Church? The denominational families listed on the timeline below only represent what some refer to as the “visible” church which […]
Christian Podcasts – All Episodes
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