Christian Traditions Selector [just for fun]

Christian Traditions Selector ^ | 8/08/2005 | Pete

[sionnsar]

[Hat tip to TexAnglican Randall Foster. Seems a bit better than an earlier similar quiz... --sionnsar]

Rank

Item

Percent

1: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England  (100%)
2: Eastern Orthodox  (98%)
3: Lutheran  (96%)
4: Roman Catholic  (94%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed  (85%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ  (68%)
7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)  (43%)
8: Church of Christ/Campbellite  (40%)
9: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God  (38%)
10: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)  (36%)
11: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist  (35%)
12: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene  (29%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist  (28%)

[D-fendr]

You should not use the word "traditions" when describing Protestant denominations.

:)

[phatus maximus]

Does appear to be quite accurate...

1: Lutheran (100%)
2: Presbyterian/Reformed (70%)
3: Roman Catholic (69%)
4: Eastern Orthodox (68%)
5: Church of Christ/Campbellite (67%)
6: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (65%)
7: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (58%)
8: Congregational/United Church of Christ (53%)
9: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (48%)
10: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (46%)
11: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (39%)
12: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (39%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (18%)

[Ryle]

Rank Item Percent
1: Presbyterian/Reformed (100%)
2: Congregational/United Church of Christ (96%)
3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (90%)
4: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (52%)
5: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (48%)
6: Lutheran (46%)
7: Church of Christ/Campbellite (43%)
8: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (38%)
9: Seventh-Day Adventist (37%)
10: Eastern Orthodox (33%)
11: Roman Catholic (33%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (18%)
13: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (7%)


Hmmm - guess my move from an Episcopal/Anglican church to the URC was the right one..... (though I don't know how that Congregational/United Church of Christ fits in....)

[Smokin' Joe]

Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Eastern Orthodox (93%)
3: Lutheran (87%)
4: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (81%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (80%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (57%)
7: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (52%)
8: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (42%)
9: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (41%)
10: Church of Christ/Campbellite (38%)
11: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (30%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (24%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (18%)
Hmmmmmm.

[redgolum]

Rank Item Percent
1: Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2: Lutheran (97%)
3: Roman Catholic (93%)
4: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (80%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (80%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (61%)
7: Church of Christ/Campbellite (48%)
8: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (42%)
9: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (40%)
10: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (23%)
11: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (21%)
12: Seventh-Day Adventist (21%)
13: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (8%)

Seems I am also.

[Vicomte13]

Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Eastern Orthodox (86%)
3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (79%)
4: Lutheran (79%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (75%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (50%)
7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (46%)
8: Church of Christ/Campbellite (25%)
9: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (20%)
10: Seventh-Day Adventist (18%)
11: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (10%)
12: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (8%)
13: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (6%)

This result is a bit surprising to me.

[BelegStrongbow]

Perhaps I should entertain the notion:

Rank Item Percent
1: Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (98%)
3: Roman Catholic (92%)
4: Presbyterian/Reformed (91%)
5: Congregational/United Church of Christ (69%)
6: Lutheran (69%)
7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (51%)
8: Church of Christ/Campbellite (27%)
9: Seventh-Day Adventist (24%)
10: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (20%)
11: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (8%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (4%)
13: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (4%)

One note: I happen to be studying both the development of the liturgy and the creeds, much of which material comes from the East. Perhaps I'm absorbing that.

Of course, getting 98% on my own denomination is reassuring. Though I do have to note that I agree with the author that he needs to further touch up the survey. In several cases I could frame variations that I think are currently held that might further distinguish his material and some that did not quite fit my understanding.

In Christ,
Deacon Paul+

[clockwise]

I hadn't even heard of some of the listings that are less than 50 percent.



Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Lutheran (83%)
3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (69%)
4: Eastern Orthodox (69%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (55%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (41%)
7: Church of Christ/Campbellite (36%)
8: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (22%)
9: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (22%)
10: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (19%)
11: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (16%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (11%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (5%)

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Rank Item Percent
1: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (100%)
2: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (72%)
3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (68%)
4: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (63%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (63%)
6: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (59%)
7: Church of Christ/Campbellite (57%)
8: Eastern Orthodox (57%)
9: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (53%)
10: Congregational/United Church of Christ (51%)
11: Lutheran (48%)
12: Roman Catholic (42%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (37%)


No surprises.

[conservonator]

Rank Item Percent

1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (73%)
3: Eastern Orthodox (65%)
4: Presbyterian/Reformed (56%)
5: Lutheran (55%)
6: Church of Christ/Campbellite (44%)
7: Congregational/United Church of Christ (41%)
8: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (37%)
9: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (34%)
10: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (25%)
11: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (17%)
12: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth
Brethren/Fundamentalist (13%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (10%)

I'd say that looks about right.

[magisterium]

Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Lutheran (80%)
3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (74%)
4: Eastern Orthodox (74%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (49%)
6: Church of Christ/Campbellite (42%)
7: Congregational/United Church of Christ (34%)
8: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (30%)
9: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (27%)
10: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (18%)
11: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (13%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (12%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (3%)



I can't imagine how the survey "decided" that I have more leanings toward Lutheranism than Orthodoxy as my second-place, but the #1 and everything below #6 seems about right to me.

[DameAutour]

I always have issues with these tests. For example, question 2, "What is the relationship between the Law of God and the Christian?", in one of the answers, the "Law of God" is said to be the entire "Old Testament". In another answer, apparently Christians can do whatever they want. And in the third answer, the law is still binding.

Well none of these answers are even close to satisfactory. Anyway, my results:

1: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (100%)
2: Lutheran (89%)
3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (87%)
4: Seventh-Day Adventist (80%)
5: Roman Catholic (78%)
6: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (76%)
7: Church of Christ/Campbellite (76%)
8: Eastern Orthodox (75%)
9: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (64%)
10: Congregational/United Church of Christ (57%)
11: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (50%)
12: Presbyterian/Reformed (50%)
13: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (32%)

[kjvail]

Send your comments to Pete, the creator of this selector.
Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Eastern Orthodox (75%)
3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (70%)
4: Lutheran (63%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (62%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (43%)
7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (33%)
8: Church of Christ/Campbellite (16%)
9: Seventh-Day Adventist (14%)
10: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (10%)
11: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (7%)
12: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (5%)
13: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (4%)

Well duh! I knew that :)

[PAR35]

(though I don't know how that Congregational/United Church of Christ fits in....)

Historically reformed, and their constitutions still pay lip services to their roots, but now well on the left side of the mainstream liberals. It looks like the test was based upon objective statements of what folks in various groups say they believe, rather than what current practice is.

That being said, I understand that there are remnant congregations amongst the Congregationalsts as there are in the PCUSA and ECUSA.

[PAR35]

For example, question 2

I hoped that it was poorly worded, and that in the third selection the final reference to the law meant the moral law. If so, that choice in full would identify the Calvinists. I'm not sure what the other 2 sort out; perhaps evangelicals for the first and Methodists for the 2nd?

[kerryusama04]

1: Seventh-Day Adventist (100%)
2: Eastern Orthodox (89%)
3: Congregational/United Church of Christ (74%)
4: Lutheran (72%)
5: Roman Catholic (72%)
6: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (70%)
7: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (70%)
8: Church of Christ/Campbellite (70%)
9: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (61%)
10: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (61%)
11: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (60%)
12: Presbyterian/Reformed (54%)
13: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (34%)

[Ryle]

Thanks for the info - I'm in Canada, and I think that the Congregational church mostly disappeared here decades ago when it became part of the newly-founded United Church - that explains a lot :) And yes, the official documents of a church are sadly not always reflected in the current beliefs and practices.

[solafiducia]

1: Presbyterian/Reformed (100%)
2: Congregational/United Church of Christ (89%)
3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (78%)
4: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (54%)
5: Eastern Orthodox (50%)
6: Lutheran (42%)
7: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (42%)
8: Seventh-Day Adventist (42%)
9: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (33%)
10: Church of Christ/Campbellite (33%)
11: Roman Catholic (33%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (12%)
13: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (10%)

very interesting quiz but I wonder how much the high/medium/low buttons affect the outcome.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (70%)
3: Eastern Orthodox (68%)
4: Lutheran (61%)
5: Presbyterian/Reformed (53%)
6: Congregational/United Church of Christ (37%)
7: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (37%)
8: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (37%)
9: Church of Christ/Campbellite (36%)
10: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (29%)
11: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (27%)
12: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (24%)
13: Seventh-Day Adventist (4%)

[sionnsar]

Rank Item Percent
1: Roman Catholic (100%)
2: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (70%)
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39 posted on 08/09/2005 11:36:57 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)

Looks like your FR name is right on target!