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Largest denominations in the world

Catholicism - 1,229 million
- Roman Catholic Church - 1,216.5 million^[1]
  - Latin Catholic Church - 1,195 million
  - Eastern Catholic Churches - 21.5 million
    - Alexandrian
      - Coptic Catholic Church - 0.7 million
      - Ethiopian Catholic Church - 0.6 million
    - Antiochian (Antiochene or West Syrian)
      - Maronite Catholic Church - 3.7 million (1.2 in Lebanon & Syria, 2.5 abroad ex-patriates)
      - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - 1.2 million
      - Syriac Catholic Church - 0.75 million
    - Armenian
      - Armenian Catholic Church - 0.4 million
    - Chaldean (Eastern Syrian)
      - Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - 3.67 million
      - Chaldean Catholic Church - 1.4 million
    - Byzantine (Constantinopolitan)
      - Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - 3.8 million
      - Melkite Greek Catholic Church - 1.75 million (0.74 in the Middle East, 1.01 abroad-expatriates)
      - Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic - 0.74 million
      - Hungarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.5 million
      - Ruthenian Catholic Church - 0.32 million (mainly in North America)
      - Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - 0.3 million
      - Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.3 million
      - Slovak Greek Catholic Church - 0.21 million
      - Croatian Greek Catholic Church - 0.2 million
      - Italo-Albanian Catholic Church - 0.06 million
      - Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.03 miilion
      - Greek Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.02 million
      - Macedonian Greek Catholic Church - 0.02 million
      - Russian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.02 million
      - Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million (is not recognized as a particular Church (cf. canon 27 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches).
- Old Catholic Church - 0.5 million
  - Old Catholic Church of America - 0.19 million
  - Old Catholic Church in Europe - 0.31 miilion
- Catholic Churches not under the jurisdiction of or in communion with the Roman Catholic Church - 9.53 million
  - Philippine Independent Church - 6 million
  - Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - 0.7 million
  - American Catholic Church in the United States - 0.6 million
  - Mexican National Catholic Church, MNCC (MNCC) 0.5 million
  - Catholic Apostolic National Church - 0.3 million
  - Celtic Catholic Church - 0.25 million
  - Ancient Apostolic Communion - 0.2 million
  - Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada - 0.2 million
  - Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA) 0.2 million
  - Catholic Church, Inc. (Catholic Church, Inc) - 0.08 million
  - Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 0.08 million
  - True Catholic Church - 0.08 million
  - North American Old Roman Catholic Church - 0.06 million
  - Polish National Catholic Church - 0.06 million
  - Latin Episcopal Church of Brazil - 0.05 million
  - Free Catholic Church - 0.04 million
  - Liberal Catholic Church - 0.03 million
  - Mariavite Church - 0.03 million
  - Communion of Christ the Redeemer - 0.03 million
  - Palmarian Catholic Church - 0.03 million
  - Spiritus Christi - 0.01 million
Protestantism - 751.52 million
- Historical Protestantism - 512.93 million
  - Baptist churches - 110 million ^[2]
  - Lutheranism - 85 million^[3]
  - Methodism - 85 million
  - Reformed churches - 80 million
  - Calvinist churches - 75 million
  - Presbyterianism - 75 million
  - Congregationalism - 66 million
  - Anabaptism/Radical Reformation - 4.5 million
    - Mennonites - 1.3 million
    - Brethren in Christ - 0.4 million
    - Amish - 0.2 million
    - Hutterites - 0.2 million
    - Church of the Brethren - 0.13 million
  - Open Brethren - 1.85 million^[4]
  - Quakers (with quasi non-trinitarian and unitarian affinities) - 0.35 million
- Non-Denominational Evangelicalism - 40 million
  - The Vineyard - 15 million - 1500+ churches
  - Calvary Chapel - 25 million - 1000+ churches
- Modern off shoot Protestantism
  - Pentecostalism - 128.82 million
    - Assemblies of God - 54.7 million ^[5]
    - New Apostolic Church - 11 million
    - International Circle of Faith - 10.9 million ^[6]
    - Church of God in Christ - 8 million
    - Kimbanguist Church - 8 million
    - The Pentecostal Mission - 6.7 million
    - Apostolic Church - 6 million
    - Church of God (Cleveland) - 5 million
    - Korean Presbyterian Church - 4.5 million
    - International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 3.5 million
    - Christian Congregation of Brazil - 2.5 million
    - Church of the Lord (Aladura) - 2.5 million
    - Zion Christian Church - 2.5 million
    - Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus) - 2 million
    - Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost - 0.02 million
Eastern Orthodoxy - 260.04 million
- Autocephalous churches
  - Russian Orthodox Church - ~ 125 million
  - Romanian Orthodox Church - 18.8 million
  - Serbian Orthodox Church - 15 million
  - Orthodox Church of Greece - 11 million
  - Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 8.8 million
  - Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church - 5.0 million
  - Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople - 3.5 million (0.08 in Turkey, 3.42 in Europe, North & Sounth America and Oceania)
  - Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch - 2.5 million
  - Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 1.65 million
  - Orthodox Church in America - 1.2 million
  - Polish Orthodox Church - 1 million
  - Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church - 1 million
  - Albanian Orthodox Church - 0.8 million
  - Cypriot Orthodox Church - 0.55 million
  - Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem - 0.36 million
- Autonomous churches
  - Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 10.8 million [2]
  - Moldovan Orthodox Church - 2.58 million
  - Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - 1.25 million
  - Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church - 0.75 million
  - Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia - 0.62 million
  - Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 0.45 million
  - Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric- 0.34 million
  - Metropolis of Western Europe - 0.15 million
  - Finnish Orthodox Church - 0.08 million
  - Chinese Orthodox Church - 0.03 million
  - Estonian Orthodox Church - 0.03 million
  - Japanese Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
  - Latvian Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
  - Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai- 350 persons
- Churches in resistance
  - Not universally recognized churches
    - Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) - 31.2 million [3]
    - Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 2.4 million
    - Macedonian Orthodox Church - 2 million
    - Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)- 0.75 million
    - Croatian Orthodox Church - 0.36 million
    - Montenegrin Orthodox Church - 0.27 million
    - Orthodox Church in Italy - 0.12 million
    - Karamanli Turkish Orthodox Church - 200 persons
  - Churches which opted out
    - Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 5.65 million
    - Old Believers - 1.8 million
    - Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece - 0.86 million
    - Russian True Orthodox Church - 0.85 million
    - Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America - 0.45 million
- Of Eastern Orthodoxy origin but not recognized by any of the Eastern Orthodox Churches
  - Western Orthodox Church of America - 0.05 million
  - Church of Kristenis & Katholism (K&K) - 0.02 million
Oriental Orthodoxy - 78.97 million
- Autocephalous Churches
  - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 45 million (incl. abroad)
  - Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 16 million (of which 12 in Egypt and Africa, 4 abroad ex-patriates)
  - Armenian Apostolic Church - 7 million (of which 3 in Armenia, 4 abroad ex-patriates)
  - Indian Orthodox Church - 2.5 million
  - Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - 2.5 million
  - Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch - 1.2 million
- Autonomous Churches within the Oriental Orthodox Communion
  - Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church - 2.5 miilion
  - Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia - 1.4 million
  - Armenian Apostolic Church of Constantinople - 0.3 million
  - Armenian Apostolic Church of Jerusalem - 0.12 million
  - French Orthodox Church - 0.07 million
  - British Orthodox Church - 0.05 million
- Not in Communion withe the Oriental Orthodox Communion
  - Mar Thoma Syrian Church - 1 million
  - Malabar Independent Syrian Church - 0.04 million
- Of Oriental Orthodoxy origin but not part of the Oriental Orthodox Communion
  - Antiochian Catholic Church in America - 0.09 million
  - Orthodox-Catholic Church of America - 0.07 million
Anglicanism - 77 million
- Anglican Communion - 75.5 million
- Continuing Anglican Movement - 1.5 million
  - Episcopal Missionary Church - 0.45 million
  - Reformed Episcopal Church - 0.18 million
  - Anglican Church in America - 0.14 million
  - Anglican Catholic Church - 0.12 million
  - Orthodox Anglican Church Orthodox Anglican Church - 0.12 million
  - Anglican Province of America - 0.08 million
  - Anglican Episcopal Church - 0.06 million
  - Anglican Catholic Church of Canada - 0.06 million
  - Anglican Province of Christ the King - 0.05 million
  - Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite) Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite) - 0.035 million
  - American Anglican Church American Anglican Church. - 0.03 million
  - Anglican Church in the USA Anglican Church in the USA - 0.03 million
  - United Episcopal Church of North America - 0.03 million
  - Diocese of the Holy Cross - 0.02 million
  - United Anglican Church United Anglican Church - 0.016 million
  - Anglican Orthodox Church - 0.003 million
  - Christian Episcopal Church - 0.003 million
  - Southern Episcopal Church - 0.003 million
  - Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide [http://www.aic.btik.com/p_Home.ikml/ - 0.002 million
  - Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide - 0.002 million
  - Anglican Church of America Anglican Churches of America - 0.002 million
Nontrinitarianism - 31.28 million
- Jehovah's Witnesses - 15 million
- Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) - 13.25 million
  - Latter-day Saints - 13 million^[7]^[8]
  - Community of Christ - .25 million
- Iglesia ni Cristo - 1.68 million^[9]
- Unitarianism - 0.45 million
- Christadelphians - 0.34 million
- Oneness Pentecostals - 0.31 million
Restorationism - 19.88 million
- Seventh-day Adventists - 14 million
- Restoration Movement - 5.88 million
  - Church of Christ - 5.07 million
  - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 0.75 million
  - Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ - 0.06 million
Nestorianism - 1 million (East Syrian)
- Assyrian Church of the East - 0.5 million
  - Chaldean Syrian Church of the East - 0.2 million
- Ancient Church of the East - 0.3 million

Christian denominational families

Major denominational families in Christianity:

Western Christianity

Eastern Christianity

Catholic Church

(Eastern Catholic Churches)

Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Church of the East

Schism (1552)

Assyrian Church of the East

Ancient Church of the East

Protestant Reformation

(16th century)

(11th century)

Council of Ephesus (431)

Council of Chalcedon (451)

Early Christianity

Great Church

(Full communion)

(Not shown are ante-Nicene, nontrinitarian, and restorationist denominations.)

See also

List of Christian denominations

External links

References

^ Because of the difficult of having open official communications with the Church in the People's Republic of China, this figure does not include Catholics living in that country, who are estimated to be 4.6 million or 12 million. Some writers assume that the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, a division of the Government's Religious Affairs Bureau, is a Church out of communion with the Bishop of Rome. The view of the Roman Catholic Church itself, as expressed, for instance, in Pope Benedict XVI's letter of 27 May 2007, is that only a "very small number" of the Catholic Bishops in mainland China are personally out of communion with the Pope and that they do not constitute a separate Church. The same view is held regarding the members and adherents of the Society of St. Pius X, who are included in the official statistics. This society explicitly claims to be in communion with the Pope and not to constitute a separate Church.
^ Baptist World Alliance
^ Lutheran World Federation
^ 'encyclopédie de D. BARRET, "Assemblées de Frères", 1985.
^ [1]
^ Association of Christian Churches. Dr. James B. Gould. Washington, DC, USA. 2006.
^ "LDS Church says membership now 13 million worldwide", Salt Lake Tribune, June 25, 2007.
^ Press Release, LDS Church, "One Million Missionaries, Thirteen Million Members", 25 June 2007.
^ 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783.

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