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Why there are so many different denominations and different Churches in Chistianity?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Because Presbyterians don't agree with Evangelicals and Mormans don't agree with either also. So they have to congregate within what they agree with as Christians...

  • 8 years ago

    “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7:3-5

    You have so many sects that their descriptions cannot all be listed here- LOL!!! Christian denominations are frequently different from each other by their 'housekeeping' rules, like how many elders a church should have, or whether communion should be taken every week or whether the pastor should teach through a whole book week after week or whether he should teach scriptures reflecting specific topics every week, or whether you only sing old hymns accompanied by an organ or sing contemporary Christian music with contemporary instruments. All believing Christians share belief in Jesus Christ for our Salvation.

    1.Jarudiya/Followers of Abu'l-Jarud,

    They believe Prophet (pbuh) designated Ali (ra) as the Imam by his characteristics but not by name.

    2.Sulaimaniah / Jaririyah

    Followers of Sulaiman ibn-Jarir al-Zaidi, They believed Imamat was a matter of conference and could be confirmed by two best Muslims.

    3.Butriyah / Hurariyah

    They did not dispute the Khilafat of Uthman, neither they attack him nor praise him.

    4.Yaqubiyya

    They accepted the Khilafat of Abu Bakr and Umar, but did not reject those who rejected these Khulafaa. They also believed that Muslim committers of Major sins will be in hell fire forever.

    5.Hanafiyah

    Followers of the Imammate of Muhammad ibn-al-Hanifah. They believe that Allah might have had a beginning.

    6.Karibiyah

    They believed that Imam Muhammad ibn-al-Hanifah is not dead and is the Imam Ghaib (in disappearance) and the expected Mahdi.

    7.Kamiliyah

    Followers of abu-Kamil. They believed companions to be heretic because they forsook their allegiance to Ali and condemn Ali for ceasing to fight them. They believed in the returning of the dead before the Day of Resurrection and that Satan is right in preferring fire to clay.

    8.Muhammadiyyah / Mughairiyah

    Followers of Muhammad ibn-'Abdullah ibn-al-Hassan. They do not believe that Imam Muhammad ibn-'Abdullah died and that he is Imam Ghaib and awaited Mahdi.

    9.Baqiriyah

    Followers of Muhammad ibn-'Ali al-Baqir. They believe him to be the Imam Ghaib and expected Mahdi.

    10.Nadisiyah

    They believe that those who consider themselves better than anyone else are Kafirs (disbelievers).

    11.Sha'iyah

    They believe that the one who has recited La Ilaha Il-Allah (There is none worthy of worship except Allah), whatever she or he does, will never be punished.

    12.Ammaliyah

    They believe that faith for one is what he/she sincerely practices.

    13.Ismailiyah

    They believe in the continuity of Imammate among the descendants of Ismail ibn-Ja'far.

    14.Musawiyah / Mamturah

    They believe Musa ibn-Ja'far to be the Imam Ghaib and expected Mahdi.

    15.Mubarikiyah

    They believe in the continuity of Imammate among the descendants of Muhammad ibn-Ismail ibn-Ja'far.

    16.Kathiyah / Ithn 'Ashariya (the Twelvers)

    They believe that expected Mahdi will be the twelveth Imam among the descendants of 'Ali ibn-abi-Talib.

    17.Hashamiya / Taraqibiyah

    They Predicate a body to Allah and also allege Prophet (pbuh) of disobedience to Allah.

    18.Zarariyah

    They believed that Allah did not live nor had any attributes till He created for Himself life and His attributes.

    19.Younasiyah

    Followers of Younas ibn-'Abd-al-Rahman al-Kummi. They believe that Allah is borne by bearers of His Throne, though He is stronger than they.

    20.Shaitaniyah / Shireekiyah

    They believed in the view that deeds of servants of Allah are substances; and a servant of Allah can really produce a substance.

    21.Azraqiah

    Followers of Nafi ibn-al-Azraq. They do not believe in the good dreams and vision and claim that all forms of revelation has ended.

    22.Najadat

    23.Sufriyah

    24.Ajaridah

    25.Khazimiyah

    26.Shuaibiyah / Hujjatiyah

    27.Khalafiyah

    28.Ma'lumiyah / Majhuliyah

    29.Saltiyah

    30.Hamziyah

    31.Tha'libiyah

    32.Ma'badiyah

    33.Akhnasiyah

    34.Shaibaniyah / Mashbiyah

    35.Rashidiyah

    36.Mukarramiyah / Tehmiyah

    37.Ibadiyah / Af'aliyah

    38.Hafsiyah

    39.Harithiya

    40.Ashab Ta'ah

    41.Shabibiyah / Salihiyah

    42.Wasiliyah

    43.'Amriyah

    44.Hudhailiyah / Faniya

    45.Nazzamiyah

    46.Mu'ammariyah

    47.Bashriyah

    48.Hishamiyah

    49.Murdariyah

    50.Ja'friyah

    51.Iskafiyah

    52.Thamamiyah

    53.Jahiziayh

    54.Shahhamiyah / Sifatiyah

    55.Khaiyatiyah / Makhluqiyah

    56.Ka'biyah

    57.Jubbaiyah

    58.Bahshamiyah

    59.Ibriyah.

    60.Muhkamiyah

    61.Qabariyya

    62.Hujjatiya

    63.Fikriyya

    64.'Aliviyah / Ajariyah

    65.Tanasikhiya

    66.Raji'yah

    67.Ahadiyah

    68.Radeediyah

    69.Satbiriyah

    70.Lafziyah

    71.Ashariyah

    72.Bada'iyah

  • Rengle
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    ( 53 ) But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.

    ( 54 ) So leave them in their confusion for a time.

    ( 55 ) Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children

    ( 56 ) Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.

    Quran (23:53-56)

  • 8 years ago

    That is because there are many versions of the Bible and also because people interpret it differently.

    Muslims have sects as well for different views on the Quran and Sunnah, but fewer than Christians.

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  • 8 years ago

    Because original NT was changed frequently and there as so many contradictions.

    On the basic issue of status of Christ son of Mary, there are three beliefs:

    He is son of God

    He is God Almighty

    He is a human.

    No wonder there are more than 41,000 denominations which all call themselves

    Christian. Christianity has become a joke, because its clerics tried to glorify a

    human at the cost of God Almighty.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Because the United States stopped letting one sect kill another sect for not worshiping the same exact way.

    The moment you take away the ability of those currently in power to kill those who disagree with them, you take away their power to maintain their monopoly.

    If the Islamic world is ever free, you'll see the same proliferation of sects, as every tin pot iman seeks to carve out his own flock of suckers to support his habits.

  • 8 years ago

    Same reason there are different sects of Islam. People disagree.

  • 8 years ago

    Because the disicples had their own beliefes in the systema and everything got scrambled around.

  • 8 years ago

    Because everyone wants to choose their own Bible, literally translate and print their own version of the scriptures.

  • 8 years ago

    Why don't you ask an easy question such as "Why is the speed of light constant?"

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