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So, there are many more sects of Christianity than I expected...So I just wanna make a list with you guys ^-^ and a possible diagram. Here's what I came up with:

I'm probably missing a lot more of them...please tell me so I can post it later.

Now, according to what I know, Christianity is it's own Major Category separate from Judaism and Islam.
Out of Christianity comes many more sects. The Minor Categories after Christianity is mainly between Protestant and Catholicism.
After the Minor Categories are the Sub Categories. Under Protestant comes Baptist, Lutherean, and Methodists.
Under Catholicism is the Orthodox church and the Non-Orthodox church.

I suspect that there are many more sects than the ones that I've listed and the ones that I don't know where to put. Anyhow, here's my definition of the Minor Categories and Sub Categories.

Minor Categories

-Protestant: major difference from the Catholics is that Protestants call their leader "Pastor" instead of "Priest". Also, instead of the levels of priesthood (priest, bishop, archbishop, pope, etc) there is no real levels of distinction, no real "pastorhood". They do not believe that the Pope is sent by God and favored by him or speaks to God directly.

-Catholic: Opposite of what was mentioned of the Protestants.

Sub Categories

-Protestant sects: I don't know much about any of them...

-Catholic sects: don't know much about them either...

Post what you know about the sects and what sects I'm still missing please

gaah there are too many of them! I cant read all of that! scream

heh... sweatdrop what's polygamy again??? i know i know it but i don't remember...... stare xp

I thought that Lutherans were from Catholicism. That's what I was told on Reformation.

you make my life hard crying

O.o care to name a few of those?

ps can you go back to your post with the pictures and make them smaller or put them into hyper links? they stretch the page pretty badly.

Just for the record, Elenoa, there are alot more differences with Protestants and Roman Catholics than you listed. wink My girlfriend in Roman Catholic....yah....

The Great Reformers, were just that. They didn't want to seperate frm the Roman Catholic Church. They wanted it to be more God centered, for at that time the clergy who were suppose to stay single and pure were having children. Some of the priests that came from good families were holding down two or three church offices.

The Reformers wanted to not only change that but they also wanted to change some of the religious things. Like Sacrements the Roman Catholics have seven when the Bible only speaks of two. Personally I like parts of the Roman Catholic Church, and so did the Reformers...