Denominations

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	Catholic	Orthodox	Lutheran	Presbyterian	Methodist	Anglican/ Episcopalian
Date Founded	Gradual development; 1054 AD (Great Schism between East and West)	Gradual development; 1054 AD (Great Schism)	1530 (Augsburg Confession)	c. 1520 (Reformed); 1560 (Presbyterian)	1787	1534 (King Henry's Act of Supremacy)
Place Founded	Rome; Western Roman Empire	Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire	Germany	Switzerland, Scotland	England	England
Founders	St. Peter; various bishops of Rome	Patriarch Michael Cerularius various eastern church fathers; (1054)	Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon	Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, John Knox	John Wesley	King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley
Reformation Roots	Catholic/Counter- Reformation	n/a	German Reformation	Scottish Reformation	English Reformation	English Reformation
Number of Adherents	65 million US; 1.5 billion worldwide	5.9 million US; 225 million worldwide	66 million worldwide	2.5 million	8.3 million	70 million in 161 countries in Anglican Communion; 2.3 million in US
Dominant Regions	France, Italy, Spain, Latin America, USA	Russia, Greece	Germany, Scandanavia	Switzerland, Scotland	England, USA	England
Original Language	Latin	Greek	German	French	English	English
Worship Guide	Roman Missal		Book of Concord	Directory for Worship	Book of Discipline	Book of Common Prayer
Church Government	episcopal	episcopal	episcopal	presbyterian	"connectional"	episcopal
Major Churches in the USA	n/a	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; Orthodox Church in America; Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA); Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS)	Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA)	United Methodist Church (UMC)	Episcopalian Church in the USA