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(Removed one of the new sentences because it didn't seem to fit well at this point of the article and it wasn't quite clear to me what it mean)
{{quote | text=The 'outsider' who knows nothing of the mixture of tradition, conviction, honest difference, and hidden resentment, that lies behind the divisions of the Christian Church sees clearly the advantage of a united Christian front and cannot see why the Churches cannot 'get together'. The problem is doubtless complicated, for there are many honest differences held with equal sincerity, but it is only made insoluble because the different denominations are (possibly unconsciously) imagining God to be Roman or Anglican or Baptist or Methodist or Presbyterian or what have you. ([[J.B. Phillips]])}}
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topic_name = Denominations |
[[Image:Christian denominations.png|thumb|A flow chart showing the major denominations]]
Although there is only one universal Christian [[Church]], there are tens of thousands of [[Christian]] branches of Christianity. These branches of Christianity are often referred to as denominations. These denominations have formed and divided since the time of [[Christ]], because Christians have had differences in beliefs and practices. Some of the main groups include [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]] and the [[Protestant churches]] and [[Pentecostal churches]]. Often these denominations can be ascribed to people having strong feelings in regards to various Christian leaders or feelings of nationalism. For example, there is the Church of Sweden.
===[[Roman Catholicism]]===
