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There are a wide variety of groups associated with Christianity. There are official denominations, break-away sects, orthodox movements within denominations and sects, heretical movements, and extra-church groups which have associated themselves with Christianity. If you have ever wondered what some of them are and what they believe, this listing will help.

Denominations & Sects

Below is an alphabetical list of "official" denominations and sects of Christianity. Some are larger, some are smaller, and some don't really exist any more - but all have played a role in defining the course of Christian traditions.

Amish

Anabaptism

Assemblies of God

Baptists

Calvinism

Christadelphians

Christian Identity

Church Universal and Triumphant

Church of Christ

Church of England

Congregationalism

Coptic Christianity

Eastern Orthodox

Episcopal Church

Ethiopian Christianity

IURD

Jehovah's Witnesses

Lutheran Church

Maronites

Mennonites

Methodism

Old Catholic Movement

Pentecostal Church

People's Temple

Pilgrims

Presbyterian Church

Protestant

Puritanism

Quakers

Roman Catholicism

Shakers

Spiritual Baptists

Thomas Christians

Unification Church

Unitarianism

United Church of Christ

Unitarian Universalist

Church Groups & Movements

Below is a list of "official" movements and groups which can be found in various Christian churches and traditions. They do not qualify as independent churches or sects - instead, they have helped define those churches and sects.

Acoemetae

Adelophagi

Adventist Movement

amillennialism

Arminian Theology

Augustinians

Benedictines

Cahenslyism

Capuchins

Carmelites

dispensationalism

Dominicans

Evangelicalism

Franciscans

fundamentalism

Gnosticism

Huguenots

Hutterites

Liberation Theology

Mainline Protestant

Mendicant Orders

Neo-Orthodoxy

Pietism

postmillennialism

Primitivism

Quietism

Sabbatarianism

staret

premillennialism

Scholasticism

Thomism

Transcendentalism

Trinitarianism

Universalism

Heretical Movements

Below is a list of movements and ideologies which have been declared "heretical" in Christian tradition. These groups either challenged orthodox beliefs or their existence caused more official groups to define what those orthodox beliefs should actually be. Sometimes, heretical groups play a larger role in defining orthodoxy than orthodox groups do.

Adamites

adoptionism

Albigenses

antinomianism

Apollinarianism

Arianism

Cathars

Docetism

Donatism

Ebionites

Jansenism

Lapsed Christians

Lollards

Manicheism

monophysite

Montanism

Nestorianism

Pelagianism

Waldenses

Non-Church Movements

Below is a list of groups and movements which are not actual sects or denominations and which are not officially a part of any church, but nevertheless have associated themselves with Christianity in one way or another.

Freemasonry

Rosicrucianism

Salvation Army