Can you name the protestant denominations? by bobbarkerfan1ped

denomination	Founder, year
	1517- Lutherans: Martin Luther
	1519- Anabaptists: Grebel

	1744- Methodists: J and C. Wesley
	American Anglican church
	1536- Calvinism: John Calvin
	1560- Presbyterians: J. Knox
	1570- Puritans: T. Cartwright
	Pietists, after Fox, 1654
	1654- Quakers: Fox
	1741- Shakers: Ann Lee

denomination	Founder, year
	Millennialism, after Miller, 1818
	1830- Mormons: Joseph Smith
	1852- Jehovah's Witnesses: C.Russel
	1879- Christian Science: Mary Baker
	1582- Congregationalism: R. Brown
	1846- Adventists: W. Miller
	1954- Moonies: Sun M. Moon
	1774- Unitarians: T. Lindsay
	1534- Church of England: Henry VIII

	1605- Baptists: John Smith

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protestant denominations Quiz

by bobbarkerfan1ped

Created Jan 2, 2010 in Religion
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	lalalala:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 10:38 GMT	1 point
	do we really have to type the -ism form?

	flixuk:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 10:54 GMT	2 points
	this has already been done, i'm sure.

	bobbarkerfan1ped:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 21:26 GMT	1 point
	This hasn't been done, at least on this website. I fixed it, is it any better?

	laminator11:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 22:21 GMT	5 points
	Congregationalism and Unitarianism are screwed up. It should also accept Lutheranism and Lutheran; I've never even heard of Lutherist.

	newenglander:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:07 GMT	2 points
	whats up with congregationalism and unitarianism? how are we possibly supposed to come up with your answer for them?

	waterjoe:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 20:47 GMT	0 points
	Interesting idea, but needs fixing. There are hundreds of Protestant sects. State that you are looking for main families or something like that. Some of the names are incorrect (Moonies, Mormons are not official names.) Whether the Church of England is Protestant is a matter of debate. Historically, only the American branch has considered itself Protestant. The fact that the first Protestant group, the Moravians, is not here was surprising.

	waterjoe:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 20:50 GMT	0 points
	Also, if the denomination is not Christian, according to usual definitions, can it be considered a "Protestant denomination?" I am thinking about Unitarianism. Some might dispute the inclusion of Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientists in the list, but even Unitarians do not self-identify themselves as Christian.

	midwesterndiva:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 18:18 GMT	1 point
	Great idea, but you've misspelled many and left other out. The term is Lutheran and Seventh-Day Adventist. Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Reformed... Not to mention the first ever Protestants: Eastern Orthodox.

	bobbarkerfan1ped:	Jan 12th, 2010 at 01:27 GMT	1 point
	Thank you for the feedback, I'll change it up again. This is a learning experience for me, with using sporcle and learning about the religions.

	steeltown:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:34 GMT	3 points
	@midwesterndiva: the Easstern Orthodox would certainly not consider themselves Protestants, but rather the continuation of the church established by the apostles. While many others have sought to "purify" the church to match the ideal of the early church, the eastern orthodox have a clear claim to be the authentic continuing church. (No, I'm not Orthodox, but I have background in history of religion.)

	newenglander:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 11:05 GMT	1 point
	there has to be a slash between congregationalism/congreationa; and unitarianism/unitarian-i think thats what you were trying to do

	johnlk:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 18:59 GMT	2 points
	It's absolutely untrue that only the American Branch of Anglicanism has considered itself Protestant. Anglicanism was generally considered Protestant from at least the late 17th (if not the late 16th) century until the mid 19th century when the Oxford Movement came along. Since then, there've been Anglo-Catholic strains which deny that Anglicanism is Protestant, but also Low Church strains which emphasize it as protestant (the Church of Ireland is notable in this regard - nobody tries to deny that they're Protestant). Including non-trinitarians like LDS and Christian Science, or weird not exactly Christian cults like the Unification Church seems more problematic to me.

	johnlk:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 19:01 GMT	1 point
	Also, lots of these are overlapping - Episcopalian and Church of England, for example. Presbyterians are all Calvinists. Puritans were largely Calvinists, and many were Congregationalists or Presbyterians.

	folio1701:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 19:09 GMT	1 point
	This has been done before: http://www.sporcle.com/games/christiandenominations.php 95,000 people have already played it.