“And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.” -Matthew 16:18-19
Eastern Orthodox church
Broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1054, led by Patriarch Michael Cerularius.
Lutheran church
Founded by Martin Luther in 1517, who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Reformed church
Founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1519, who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. Heavily influenced by John Calvin, who also broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Church of England (Anglican)
Founded by Henry VIII in 1534, who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Mennonite church
Founded by Menno Simons in 1536, who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Presbyterian church
Founded by John Knox in 1560, who broke away from the Church of England. Heavily influenced by John Calvin.
Congregational church
Founded by Robert Brown in 1582, who broke away from the Church of England.
Baptist church
Founded by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys in 1607, who both broke away from the Church of England.
Quakers
Founded by George Fox in 1652, who broke away from the Church of England.
Amish
Broke away from the Mennonites in 1693, led by Jakob Ammann.
Methodist church
Founded by John and Charles Wesley in 1744 from within the Church of England.
Episcopal church
The American branch of the Anglican church formed in 1785.
Non-Denominational church
Founded by Thomas Campbell and Barton Stone in the early 1800s, who both broke away from the Presbyterian church.
Mormon church
Founded by Joseph Smith in 1829.
Southern Baptist church
Broke away from the Triennial Convention of Baptists in 1845.
Missionary Baptist church
Broke away from the Southern Baptists in the late 1800s.
Primitive Baptist church
Opposition to the Missionary Baptists, formed in the late 1800s.
Seventh Day Adventists
Founded by Hiram Edson, Ellen White (former Methodist), and James Springer White in 1863.
Salvation Army
Founded by William Booth in 1865, who broke away from the Methodist church.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1872, who broke away from the Presbyterian church, then the Congregational church.
Pentecostal church
Founded by William J. Seymour in 1906, who broke away from the Baptist church.
The other 47,000+ Denominations
All founded by men or women breaking away from other denominations or starting their own.
Roman Catholic Church
Founded by JESUS CHRIST, the Son of God, in 33 A.D.
“It is impossible for the most true God, who is Truth itself, the best, the wisest Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent with one another and contradictory…
By divine faith we hold one Lord, one faith, one baptism,and that no other name under heaven is given to men except the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth in which we must be saved.
This is why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.”
-Pope Leo XII-
Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel 