Outline of Christianity

The Lamb of God with a vexillum and chalice in stained glass, a symbol of Christ as the perfect sacrifice.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Christianity:

Christianity (from the word Xριστός "Christ") – monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ (or Messiah), the Son of God, the Savior, and, according to Trinitarianism, God the Son, part of the Trinity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Main article

• Christianity

Branches of Christianity

Denominational families	Denominations	Denominational members
Catholicism Roman Catholicism Independent Catholic churches Old Catholicism	Catholic denominations Roman Catholic Church - Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)	Lists of Catholics Lists of Roman Catholics
Eastern Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Catholicism Syriac Christianity	Eastern denominations Eastern Orthodox Churches Armn., Copt, Ethp., Syr., Ind. Eastern Catholic Churches Assyrian Church of the East	Lists of Eastern Christians List of Eastern Orthodox - - List of Assyrian Christians
Protestantism Anglicanism Adventism Anabaptist Baptist Calvinism Evangelicalism Holiness movement Lutheranism Pentecostalism Presbyterianism Restoration Movement Wesleyanism	Protestant denominations Anglican Com., Cont. Anglican Seventh-day Adventist Menn., Amish, Hutr., Breth. Baptist denominations Reformed denominations National Asso. Evangelicals Christian Holiness Partnership Lutheran denominations Pentecostal World Conference Presbyterian Churches, Aus. DoC, CoC, CC/CoC Methodism	Lists of Protestants List of Anglicans List of Seventh-day Adventists List of Mennonites List of Baptists List of Puritans List of Evangelicals List of Nazarene leaders List of Lutheran clergy List of AG people List of Prebyts.: Au., Ir. - List of Methodists
Nontrinitarian Latter Day Saint movement Oneness Pentecostalism Bible Student movement	Nontrinitarian denominations Latter Day Saints Oneness Pent. Churches Jehovah's Witnesses	Lists of Nontrinitarians List of Latter Day Saints - -

Christianity by Location

Christian Denominations in English-speaking countries

Australia Australian Christian bodies v · d · e Australian Interchurch Australian Evangelical Alliance  • site National Council of Churches Catholic & Anglican Anglican Church of Australia Roman Catholic Church Holiness & Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance Christian Outreach Centre Church of the Nazarene Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Historical Protestantism Australian Friends Baptist Union of Australia Open Brethren Christian Reformed Churches of Australia Churches of Christ Fellowship of Congregational Churches Lutheran Church of Australia Presbyterian Church of Australia Uniting Church in Australia Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox of Australia & New Z. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Serbian Orthodox of Australia & New Z. Non-Chalcedonic Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia Pentecostal & Related Australian Christian Churches (AOG) Christian City Church Intl. CRC Churches International Revival Centres International Vineyard Churches Australia Worldwide Church of God Other LDS Church Canada Canadian Christian bodies v · Canadian Interchurch Canadian Council of Churches S. Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America North Am. Presbyterian & Reformed Council Anabaptist & Friends Canadian Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Yearly Meeting (Quakers) Mennonite Church Canada Baptist & Stone-Campbell Baptist Association of Regular Baptist Churches Baptist General Conference of Canada Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists Fellowship of Evgcl. Baptist Churches, Canada North American Baptist Conference Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Evangelical Christian Church in Canada Catholic & Anglican Anglican Church of Canada Anglican Church in North America Polish National Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Holiness & Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance, Canada Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Free Church of Canada Salvation Army Wesleyan Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Lutheran Church–Canada Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Methodist British Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church in Canada United Church of Canada Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, N.Am. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Non-Chalcedonic Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Am. Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada Pentecostal Apostolic Church of Pentecost Canadian Assemblies of God Church of God of Prophecy Intl. Foursquare Gospel, Canada Intl. Pentecostal Holiness Church Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Pentecostal Church of God Oneness Pentecostal United Pentecostal Church Intl. Presbyterian & Reformed Canadian and American Reformed Churches Christian Reformed Church in North America L'Église réformée du Québec Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian Church in America Reformed Church in America United Church of Canada Other Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Plymouth Brethren Seventh-day Adventists, North America LDS Church Vineyard Canada United Kingdom Christian denominations in the UK v · UK Interchurch Affinity (formerly British Evangelical Council) Churches Together in Britain & Ireland Evangelical Alliance, UK Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Churches Together in England Action of Churches Together, Scotland (ACTS) Associating Evangelical Churches of Wales  • site Churches Together in Wales Evangelical Movement of Wales Anglican Church of England Free Church of England Church of Ireland Scottish Episcopal Church Church in Wales Baptist Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Scotland Baptist Union of Wales Grace Baptist Assembly Old Baptist Union Catholic Roman Catholicism England & Wales Ireland Scotland Old Catholicism British Old Catholic Church  • site Old Catholic Church in Europe Old Catholic Mariavite Church Old Catholic Church of Great Britain Holiness & Pietist Christian Outreach Centre Church of the Nazarene British Moravian Church Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Wesleyan Holiness Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church of England Lutheran Church in Great Britain Methodist & Wesleyan Free Methodist of the UK Methodist Church in Ireland Methodist Church of Great Britain Wesleyan Reform Union New Church Movement Vineyard Churches UK Ichthus Christian Fellowship Newfrontiers Pioneer Church  • site Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of G.B. Russian Orthodox Diocese, G.B. & Ire. Russian Tradition Vicariate, G.B. & Ire. Oriental Orthodox Church British Orthodox Church Celtic Orthodox Church Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church of God in Christ Elim Pentecostal Church Foursquare Gospel Church Worldwide Church of God Presbyterian & Reformed Asso. Presbyterian Churches, Scotland Church of Scotland Congregational Federation Evangelical Presbyterian Church Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster Non-subscribing Presbyterian, Ireland Presbyterian Church in Ireland Presbyterian Church of Wales Reformed Presbyterian Church United Free Church of Scotland United Reformed Church Other Brethren in Christ Churches of Christ Fellowship of Ind. Evangelical Churches LDS Church Quakers/ Britain Yearly Meeting Quakers/ Ireland Yearly Meeting United States United States Christian bodies v · d · e United States Interchurch National Association of Evangelicals National Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ S. Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America North Am. Presbyterian & Reformed Council Anabaptist & Friends Brethren Church Church of the Brethren Evangelical Friends International Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Friends General Conference Friends United Meeting Mennonite Brethren Churches Mennonite Church USA Old Order Amish Mennonite Church Baptist & Stone-Campbell Baptist Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches Baptist Bible Fellowship International Baptist General Conference Baptist Missionary Association of America Conservative Baptist Association of America General Association of Regular Baptist Churches National Association of Free Will Baptists National Primitive Baptist Convention North American Baptist Conference Southern Baptist Convention African-American Baptist National Baptist Convention of America National Baptist Convention, USA National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Progressive National Baptist Convention Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Churches of Christ International Churches of Christ Catholic & Anglican Anglican Church in North America Episcopal Church Old Roman Catholic Church Polish National Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Holiness & Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of God (Anderson) Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Free Church of America Church of the Nazarene Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Wesleyan Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Methodist African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church United Methodist Church Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Serbian Orthodox Church Non-Chalcedonic Armenian Apostolic of Am. Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Am. Coptic Orthodox Church Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church of God (Cleveland, TN) Church of God in Christ Church of God of Prophecy Church on the Rock- International Full Gospel Fellowship Intl. Church of the Foursquare Gospel Intl. Pentecostal Holiness Church Pentecostal Church of God Oneness Pentecostal Pentecostal Assemblies of the World United Pentecostal Church Intl. Presbyterian & Reformed Christian Reformed Church in North America Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Presbyterian Church Korean Presbyterian Church in America International Council of Community Churches National Asso. of Congregational Christian Churches Presbyterian Church (USA) Presbyterian Church in America Reformed Church in America United Church of Christ Other Church of Christ, Scientist LDS Church Community of Christ Grace Gospel Fellowship Independent Fundamental Churches of America Jehovah's Witnesses Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Plymouth Brethren Vineyard USA See also: Non-denominational Christianity International Associations Interdenominational Associations World Council of Churches World Evangelical Alliance Denominational Associations Friends World Committee for Consultation Mennonite World Conference Anglican Communion Baptist World Alliance World Convention of Churches of Christ Eastern Orthodox Church Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference International Lutheran Council Lutheran World Federation World Methodist Council Pentecostal World Conference International Conference of Reformed Churches Reformed Ecumenical Council World Communion of Reformed Churches World Reformed Fellowship Regional Associations Africa All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) Association of Evangelicals of Africa (AEA) All Africa Baptist Fellowship Africa Lutheran Communion Asia Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) Evangelical Fellowship of Asia Asia Pacific Baptist Federation Asia Lutheran Communion Caribbean Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC) Evangelical Association of the Caribbean Caribbean Baptist Fellowship Europe Conference of European Churches (CEC) European Evangelical Alliance European Baptist Federation Pentecostal European Fellowship Middle East Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Latin America Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) Latin American Evangelical Fellowship (FIDE) Union of Baptists in Latin America North America North American Baptist Fellowship Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council Pacific Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) Evangelical Fellowship of the South Pacific (EFSP) Asia Pacific Baptist Federation This box: view · talk · edit

Christianity by Country

Africa Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Chad • Comoros • Côte d'Ivoire • D.Rep. of Congo • Djibouti • Egypt • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Ghana • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Somalia • Sudan • Tanzania Asia Bangladesh • Bhutan • Brunei • Burma • Cambodia • China • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Japan • Kazakhstan • Korea • Laos • Malaysia • Maldives • Mongolia • Nepal • North Korea • Pakistan • Philippines • Russia • Singapore • South Korea • Sri Lanka • Taiwan • Tajikistan • Thailand • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan • Vietnam Europe Albania • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia & Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Denmark • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Jersey • Kosovo • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Netherlands • Norway • Malta • Moldova • Montenegro • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom North America Antigua & Barbuda • Belize • Canada • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Guatemala • Mexico • Nicaragua • Panama • United States South America Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru Middle East Afghanistan • Bahrain • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Oceania Australia • East Timor • Fiji • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Micronesia • Nauru • New Zealand • Palau • Papua New Guinea Samoa • Tonga • Tuvalu • Vanuatu • Full list  •   v · d · e

• Christianity by country

• Protestantism by country
• Roman Catholicism by country

See also

History of Christianity

Main articles: History of Christianity and Timeline of Christianity

• History of Christian theology
• Rise of Christianity during the Fall of Rome
• Timeline of Christian missions
• List of Christian martyrs
• History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• History of Oriental Orthodoxy
• History of Protestantism
• History of the Roman Catholic Church

• Christianity in the 1st century
• Christianity in the 2nd century
• Christianity in the 3rd century
• Christianity in the 4th century
• Christianity in the 5th century
• Christianity in the 6th century
• Christianity in the 7th century
• Christianity in the 8th century
• Christianity in the 9th century
• Christianity in the 10th century
• Christianity in the 11th century
• Christianity in the 12th century
• Christianity in the 13th century
• Christianity in the 14th century
• Christianity in the 15th century
• Christianity in the 16th century
• Christianity in the 17th century
• Christianity in the 18th century
• Christianity in the 19th century
• Christianity in the 20th century
• Christianity in the 21st century

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• Lifetime of Jesus
  • Jesus
  • Cultural and historical background of Jesus
  • Chronology of Jesus
  • Ministry of Jesus
  • Good News
  • Crucifixion of Jesus
  • Resurrection of Jesus
• Apostolic Age
  • Holy Spirit
  • Gospels
  • Acts of the Apostles
  • Twelve Apostles
    • Paul the Apostle
  • Council of Jerusalem
• History of early Christianity (Ante-Nicene Church, 100 AD – 313 AD)
  • Justin Martyr
  • Ignatius of Antioch
  • Persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire
  • Church Fathers
  • Irenaeus of Lyons
  • Marcionism
  • Development of the New Testament canon
  • Tertullian
  • Montanism
  • Origen of Alexandria
• Christian Empire (313 AD – 590 AD)
  • Constantine
  • Christian monasticism
  • First seven Ecumenical Councils
    • First Council of Nicaea
  • Nicene Creed
  • Athanasius of Alexandria
  • Arian controversy
  • Jerome
  • Augustine of Hippo
  • First Council of Constantinople
  • First Council of Ephesus
  • Council of Chalcedon
• Middle Ages (590 AD – 1517 AD)
  • Pelagianism
  • Gregory I
  • Celtic
  • Germanic & Scandinavian
  • Investiture
  • Anselm
  • Abelard
  • Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Crusades
  • Inquisition
  • Scholasticism
  • Dominic
  • Francis
  • Bonaventure
  • Aquinas
  • Wycliffe
  • Avignon
  • Papal Schism
  • Jan Hus
  • Conciliarism

1517 - 2010

• Protestant Reformation (1517 AD – 1648 AD)
  • History of Protestantism
    • Desiderius Erasmus
    • Five Solas
    • Eucharistic theologies contrasted
    • History of Calvinist-Arminian debate
    • Arminianism
    • Synod of Dort
    • Wars
  • Lutheranism
    • Martin Luther
    • The Ninety-Five Theses
    • Diet of Worms
    • Philipp Melanchthon
    • Lutheran Orthodoxy
    • Sacramental union
    • Book of Concord
  • Reformed churches
    • Zwinglianism
    • Reformation in Switzerland
    • John Calvin
      • Calvinist
      • History of Calvinism
    • Scottish Reformation
    • John Knox
    • TULIP
    • Synod of Dort
  • English Reformation
    • Timeline of the English Reformation
    • Henry VIII of England
    • Thomas Cranmer
    • Elizabethan Religious Settlement
    • Thirty-Nine Articles
    • Book of Common Prayer
    • Puritanism
    • English Civil War
    • Westminster Assembly
  • Anabaptism
    • Radical Reformation
    • Conrad Grebel
    • Swiss Brethren
    • Müntzer
    • Martyrs' Synod
    • Menno Simons
    • John Smyth
• History of the Roman Catholic Church (esp. 1517 AD – present)
  • Historical development of the doctrine of Papal Primacy
  • History of the Papacy
  • Timeline of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Fourth Council of the Lateran
  • Council of Trent
  • Counter-Reformation
  • Thomas More
  • Pope Leo X
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Jesuits
  • Francis Xavier
  • Dissolution of the Monasteries
  • European wars of religion
  • Teresa of Avila
  • First Vatican Council
  • Second Vatican Council
  • Modernism
• Reason & Revivalism (1648 AD – 1789 AD)
  • English denominations
  • Baptists
  • Congregationalism
  • Great Awakening
  • Methodism
  • Millerites
  • Pietism
  • Neo-Lutheranism
  • Old Lutherans
  • Restoration Movement
  • History of Jehovah's Witnesses
  • History of the Latter Day Saint movement
  • History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Industrial Age (1789 AD – 1914 AD)
  • Camp meeting
  • Holiness movement
  • Independent Catholic Churches
  • Second Great Awakening
• Age of Ideologies (1914 AD – present)
  • Azusa Street Revival
  • Ecumenism
  • Evangelicalism
  • Jesus movement
  • Mainline (Protestant)
  • Pentecostalism
  • Charismatic movement
  • Emerging church

By denomination

• History of the Anglican Communion
• History of Calvinism
• History of Calvinist-Arminian debate
• History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • History of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ottoman Empire
  • History of Eastern Orthodox Churches in the 20th century
  • History of the Russian Orthodox Church
• History of Oriental Orthodoxy
• History of Protestantism
• History of the Puritans
• History of the Quakers
• History of the Roman Catholic Church
• History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

By region

• History of Arab Christians
• History of the Church of England
• Baptism of Poland
• Christianization of Hungary
• Germanic Christianity
• Gothic Christianity
• History of Christianity in the United States
• History of Church activities in Zambia
• History of Eastern Christianity
  • History of Eastern Christianity in Asia
• Christianisation of Iceland
• Christianization of Lithuania
• Christianity among the Mongols
• Christians in the Persian Gulf
• History of Christianity in Romania
• History of Christianity in Scotland
• Conversion of Pomerania
• Christianization of Kievan Rus'
• Christianization of the Rus' Khaganate
• Christianization of Scandinavia
• History of Christianity in Ukraine
• History of Christianity in the United States

Texts

• Bible

• Old Testament

• Law
• Poetry
• History
• Prophecy
• Deuterocanonical books

• New Testament

• Gospels
• Epistles
• Bible prophecy

• Antilegomena
  • Book of Mormon

• Authors of the Bible
• The Bible and history
• Bible chronology
• Coptic versions of the Bible
• Genealogy of the Bible
• History of the English Bible
• List of burial places of biblical figures
• List of artifacts significant to the Bible
• Syriac versions of the Bible

Jesus

• Jesus

• Christian views of Jesus
• Historical Jesus
• New Testament view on Jesus' life
• Gospel harmony
• Ministry of Jesus
• Miracles attributed to Jesus
• Parables of Jesus

Theology

Christian people by type

Main article: Lists of Christians

Apostles

• Andrew · Bartholomew · James of Alphaeus · James of Zebedee ·
• John · Judas Iscariot · Jude Thaddeus · Matthew ·
• Peter · Philip · Simon the Zealot · Thomas

New Testament people

Church Fathers

• Church Fathers
• List of Church Fathers
• Apostolic Fathers
• Desert Fathers
• Doctors of the Church
• List of early Christian writers
• Patristics

Saints

• List of early Christian saints, up to 450 AD
• List of saints, incomplete, those since 450 AD

Martyrs

• Christian martyrs
• List of Christian martyrs
• Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Popes & Patriarchs

• List of current patriarchs

• List of Alexandrian Patriarchs, early
• List of Alexandrian Popes, Coptic Orthodox
• List of Alexandrian Patriarchs, Greek Orthodox
• List of Alexandrian Patriarchs, Coptic Catholic
• List of Antiochan Patriarchs, early
• List of Antiochan Patriarchs, Greek Orthodox
• List of Antiochan Patriarchs, Melkite Greek Catholic
• List of Antiochan Patriarchs, Syriac Orthodox
• List of Aquileian bishops and patriarchs
• List of Armenian Catholicoi
• List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
• List of Bulgarian Patriarchs of the Orthodox Church
• List of Catholicos of the East
• List of Ethiopian Abunas
• List of Constantinople Patriarchs, Ecumenical
• List of Constantinople Patriarchs, Armenian
• List of Maronite Patriarchs
• List of Moscow Metropolitans and Patriarchs
• List of Roman Popes, Catholic

Titles of Christian leaders

Abbess Abbot Apostle Archbishop Bishop Canon Cardinal Catholicos Chaplain Circuit rider Church Father Churchwarden Curate

Deacon Deaconesses Dean Elder Evangelist Exarch Friar Minister Missionary Monk Pastor Patriarch Pope

Preacher Presbyter Priest Primate Rector Reverend Sexton Superintendent Usher Verger Vestryman Vicar

Celebrated days

• Liturgical year

• Advent
• Christmas

• Christmastide

• Easter Triduum

• Good Friday
• Holy Saturday
• Easter

• Passover

Christianity and other beliefs

• Christianity and other religions
• Christianity and astrology
• Christianity and Buddhism
• Christianity and Freemasonry
• Gnosticism and the New Testament
• Christianity and Hinduism
• Christianity and Islam

• Protestantism and Islam

• Christianity and Judaism

• Eastern Orthodoxy and Judaism

• Mormonism and Christianity
• Christianity and Neoplatonism
• Christianity and Paganism

Christianity and society

Christianity and abortion Christianity and alcohol Christianity and antisemitism Biblical law in Christianity Christian views on cloning Christian views on contraception Christianity and divorce Christianity and domestic violence

Christianity and environmentalism Christianity and homosexuality Christian views of marriage Christianity and multiculturalism Christianity and politics, Christian politics (index) Christian pacifism Christian views of sin Christianity and slavery Women in Christianity

Criticism

• Criticism of Christianity

See also

Christianity portal

• Outline of religion
• Outline of spirituality

References

External links

• "CBC Montreal - Religion - Christianity". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/religion/christianity.html. Retrieved 2008-01-03.  An overview of Christianity.