Christian denominations....just for fun

[mikeeh]

Ok but I don’t know everything about every church that exists either. I found this on the UCC website though. “Our faith is 2,000 years old.” I also see they believe in the Triune God and do indeed have the sacraments of baptism and Communion.

ucc.org/about-us/who-we-are.html

ucc.org/about-us/what-we-believe.html

So a faith that is 2000 yrs old, believes in the Trinity, and with sacraments I suppose seems to fit pretty well in the traditional grouping on your list.

There’s a difference between claiming to be 2000 years old and actually being 2000 years old. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ
But you’re right they might be classified as Traditional in their rituals, but liberal in their social ideologies. I would have to know more about them like their stance on saints.

 

[twf]

It is hard to characterize some of these groups because there is such extreme variation within them. My take on your system:

Apostolic Christianity: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox
Semi-Apostolic Christianity: Anglicanism, Lutheranism
Reformed/Radical Christianity: Calvinism, Anabaptism
Sermon-based Christianity: Methodism, Baptists
Semi-Christianity: Mormonism, Rastafari, Jehovah’s Witnesses

I like this grouping, except I would use quasi rather than semi (quasi-apostolic and quasi-Christian). A group can’t be “half” apostolic or “half” Christian, as semi implies…
Traditional Anglicans and Lutherans have the appearance of apostolic succession and retain much of apostolic tradition, but they lack valid apostolic orders (from a Catholic perspective). Mormons, JWs, etc, have the appearance of Christianity, in many regards, but lack valid baptism, and thus are not truly Christians.