The same source that provided your 35,000 provided me with my 3,000 - 8,000. If we are supposed to accept the one, we also have to accept the other.
I see 23. All aligned with the pope.
Where do you get 3-8k?
You do understand that the defining attribute is following the pope, not having the word “catholic” in their name?
Alex it states that there are as many as 41,000 but only lists those that have a Wikipedia page.
here is the information from the Wikipedia listing.
‘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.’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations
Yep. And the larger number (whatever it is depending on the day of the week and who quotes it) should be much lower if you take into account the same denomination is listed many times simply based on being all the different countries. I wonder how many of those 3000 - 8000 are found in multiple countries?