CHRISTIANITY
29 C.E. Death of Joshua Ben Joseph (Jesus Christ)
5th century Christian church established
11th century schism (split) between Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) churches
16th century Protestant Reformation—split between Roman Catholic and Protestant churches
PROTESTANTS
LUTHERANS
CALVINISTS
“Not by works but
by grace are ye saved”
ANABAPTISTS
predestination
no infant
baptism
(Holland, Germany)
(Germany, Scandinavia)
Dutch Reformed (Holland)
Huguenots (France) Puritans (England)
Mennonites; Baptists
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND
ANGLICAN = EPISCOPAPLIAN (ruled by bishops)
Established by Henry VIII to get a divorce 16thc
SCOTS
SEPARATISTS
PRESBYTERIANS
Ruled by “elders”
Pilgrims at Plymouth
CALVINIST
PURITANS
METHODISTS
Massachusetts Bay Colony
18 century
CONGREGATIONALISTS
th
QUAKERS
Society of Friends
Until the half way covenant (late 17thc), only people with a conversion experience could be full church members