Western Christianity

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Western Christianity is the branch of Christianity that developed in Western Europe, encompassing traditions such as Roman Catholicism and most forms of Protestantism, and is characterized by distinct theological, liturgical, and ecclesiastical practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Christianity
religious tradition
developedIn Western Europe
emphasizesDoctrine Trinity
atonement through Christ
incarnation of Christ
justification by faith
original sin
hasAlternativeName Western Christianity
surface form: Latin Christianity
hasCulturalImpactOn European art
European literature
European music
Western civilization
Western law
education systems
hasDoctrinalSource confessions of faith
creeds
ecumenical councils
hasEcclesiasticalStructure congregational polity
episcopal polity
presbyterian polity
hasHistoricalCenter Rome
Western Europe
hasHistoricalEvent Council of Trent
Counter-Reformation
East–West Schism
surface form: Great Schism of 1054

Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation

Second Vatican Council
hasLiturgicalFamily Anglican rite
surface form: Anglican liturgy

Lutheran liturgy
Methodist liturgy
Reformed liturgy
Latin Rite
surface form: Roman Rite
hasMajorBranch Anabaptist churches
surface form: Anabaptism

Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglicanism

Evangelicalism
Lutheranism
Methodist churches
surface form: Methodism

Pentecostal churches
surface form: Pentecostalism

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Reformed churches
surface form: Reformed Christianity

Roman Catholicism
hasMissionaryActivity Africa
Americas
Asia
Oceania
hasSacramentalTheology Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

baptism
marriage
ordination
hasTheologicalTradition Augustinian theology
Calvinism
Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran theology

Scholasticism
Scholastic theology
surface form: Thomism

Arminianism
surface form: Wesleyan theology
hasViewOn Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
surface form: Filioque clause
includesDoctrineDebate authority of Scripture
church governance
free will
nature of grace
predestination
role of tradition
sacraments
influencedBy Latin
surface form: Latin language

Roman Empire
Western philosophy
isContrastedWith Eastern Christianity
Oriental Orthodoxy
isDemographicallyDominantIn Europe
North America
isDemographicallySignificantIn Latin America
Oceania
Sub-Saharan Africa
primarilyUsesScripture Bible
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
usesCreed Apostles’ Creed
surface form: Apostles' Creed

Athanasian Creed
Nicene Creed
usesPrimaryLiturgicalLanguageHistorically Latin

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Quadragesima usedInTradition Western Christianity
Rule of Saint Augustine tradition Western Christianity
St Anne, Limehouse liturgicalTradition Western Christianity
East Francia hasReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Gregory the Great theologicalTradition Western Christianity
Eastern Christianity contrastsWith Western Christianity
Eastern Christianity sharesCommonHeritageWith Western Christianity
Hungarian Reformed churches religiousFamily Western Christianity
Evangelical Presbyterian Church branchOf Western Christianity
Rule for Anchoresses religiousTradition Western Christianity
Photian Schism religiousTradition Western Christianity
hagiography "Life of St Martin" by Sulpicius Severus religiousTradition Western Christianity
subject surface form: Life of St Martin
Diocese of Central Florida liturgicalFamily Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical tradition
Scholastic theology mainlyAssociatedWith Western Christianity
Three Chapters controversy location Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Roman Church
Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters controversialIn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Rogation Days originatedIn Western Christianity
Pope Leo IX regionOfInfluence Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christendom
Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ tradition Western Christianity
Feast of the Holy Family veneratedIn Western Christianity
Time after Epiphany usedIn Western Christianity
Marian antiphons tradition Western Christianity
Kurfürstenkollegium religiousContext Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Western Schism locatedIn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christendom
De officiis ministrorum theologicalTradition Western Christianity
Christianization of Scandinavia dominantChristianDenomination Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula religiousTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Pope Honorius I (posthumously) jurisdiction Western Christianity
subject surface form: Pope Honorius I
this entity surface form: Western Church
De Opificio Dei theologicalOrientation Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christian theology
Old Catholic Church of Germany classification Western Christianity
Western Section hasJurisdictionOver Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian churches
Western Section religiousTraditionFocus Western Christianity
Diocese of Ogdensburg religiousTradition Western Christianity
Tau cross hasReligiousTradition Western Christianity
Confessio religiousTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus theologicalTradition Western Christianity
subject surface form: Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Norman culturalSynthesisWith Western Christianity
subject surface form: Normans
this entity surface form: Latin Christian culture
Second Council of Orange regionOfInfluence Western Christianity
Augustinian theology influenced Western Christianity
Anglo-Saxon England officialReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Archbishop of Milan isPartOf Western Christianity
On the Trinity influenceOn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian theology
Diocese of Callao religiousTradition Western Christianity
Bishopric of Ghent belongsToTradition Western Christianity
Tancred ideology Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
People's Crusade hasReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Lower Burgundy religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Holy Wednesday observedIn Western Christianity
Outremer religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity