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Denominational Doctrines and Backgrounds


Foreward
  1. Introduction: The New Testament Church

  2. Early Departures from the New Testament Pattern:

    1. Church Government

    2. Baptism:

      1. Purpose of

      2. Subjects of
      3. Form of
  3. Roman Catholicism

    4. -------Roman Catholic Beliefs and Practices
  4. Eastern Orthodoxy

  5. The Protestant Reformation

  6. Lutheranism

    7. -------Sprinkling/Pouring vs. Immersion
    -------Infant Baptism
  7. Episcopalianism

  8. Presbyterianism and the Reformed Church

    9. -------Calvinism
  9. Baptist Churches

    10. -------Purpose of Baptism
  10. United Church of Christ

  11. Church of the Brethren

  12. Methodist Churches

  13. Disciples of Christ

    14. -------Instrumental Music in Worship
  14. Independent Christian Churches

  15. Mormonism

    16. -------Mormon Beliefs and Practices
  16. Seventh-Day Adventists

  17. Jehovah’s Witnesses

    18. -------Jehovah's Witnesses' Beliefs and Practices
  18. Church of Christ, Scientist

  19. Pentecostalism
    1. Churches of God

    2. Church of God in Christ

    3. Assemblies of God

    4. International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

    5. Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International

    6. Pentecostalism within "mainstream" religious groups

    7. Miscellaneous
  20. Church of the Nazarene

  21. Other Religious Groups and Movements
    1. Armenian groups

    2. Waldenses (This small but historically important group has no congregations in the United States.)

    3. Moravians

    4. Mennonites

    5. Quakers (Society of Friends)

    6. Unitarian-Universalists

    7. Spiritualism

    8. Salvation Army

    9. Old Catholic Churches

    10. Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)

    11. Worldwide Church of God

    12. Unity School of Christianity

    13. Independent Churches

    14. Federated Churches

    15. Ecumenism
  22. Conclusion
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