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To: Alex Murphy

There are so many Schisms it is hard to count them all. A short list can be found here.

Per Wikipedia:

Note: This is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity. As there are reported to be approximately 41,000 Christian denominations (figure includes overlap between countries),[3] many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

So it is hard to say what number of churches there are that claim to be ‘Christian” There are dozens of different Mormon based religions and that religion is only a little over 100 years old and many denominations do not accept it as a ‘Christian’ church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations

for what it is worth:

There are actually six major traditions in the Catholic Church and around two dozen Churches aligned with Rome. Many Eastern Rite Orthodox Churches have their own leaders but are aligned with Rome and part of the Catholic Church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church

Major sui iuris Churches
Listed by Liturgical Tradition

*Western Tradition

Latin Church (Roman Catholic Church)

*Byzantine Tradition

Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Catholic Church
Romanian Catholic Church
Russian Catholic Church
Ruthenian Catholic Church
Slovak Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

*Antiochian or West Syrian Tradition

Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

*Chaldean or East Syrian Tradition

Chaldean Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

*Armenian Tradition

Armenian Catholic Church

*Alexandrian Tradition

Coptic Catholic Church
Ethiopian Catholic Church


72 posted on 03/31/2014 10:12:13 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town; SoothingDave; lupie; Gamecock; metmom
[from Wikipedia, apparently your source]...As there are reported to be approximately 41,000 Christian denominations (figure includes overlap between countries),[3] many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable....So it is hard to say what number of churches there are that claim to be ‘Christian”

Apparently it wasn't that hard for you personally, as you were able to give the number 35,000 in your prior post. And with this new post, we're hearing that "Christian Denominations" have grown by 6,000 just in the last few hours! It's a miracle!

106 posted on 03/31/2014 12:44:51 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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