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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Christianization of Saxony religionTo Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Sheer Thursday observedIn Western Christianity
Crusader states religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Bishopric of Brussels partOf Western Christianity
De vita solitaria religiousContext Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Scottish Church partOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Bishopric of Leuven religiousAffiliation Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Pope Boniface II jurisdiction Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
All Saints’ Day liturgicalCalendar Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian calendar
Commentary on Isaiah religiousTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Commentary on the Minor Prophets usedIn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christian theology
Commentary on the Minor Prophets tradition Western Christianity
De viris illustribus tradition Western Christianity
Letters religiousTradition Western Christianity
Bishopric of Roermond belongsTo Western Christianity
Christianization of rural areas hasGeographicScope Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Hieronymus influenced Western Christianity
Hail Mary partOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian tradition
Anglo-Norman court religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Bishopric of Dordrecht partOf Western Christianity
Aurelius of Carthage religiousTradition Western Christianity
Wilton Abbey liturgicalTradition Western Christianity
Carolingian Christianity religiousBranchOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Carolingian Christianity religiousBranchOf Western Christianity
Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia denomination Western Christianity
subject surface form: Edmund the Martyr
Latin Patriarchate of Antioch tradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
De seculo et religione religiousContext Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Bishopric of Leiden partOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Bishopric of Delft tradition Western Christianity
Rule of Saint Francis religiousTradition Western Christianity
Saint Hippolytus region Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Council of Carthage (397) churchTradition Western Christianity
Feria Quarta Cinerum isObservedBy Western Christianity
Dies Cinerum usedIn Western Christianity
Diocese of Crediton denomination Western Christianity
Archbishop of Spoleto tradition Western Christianity
Diocese of Rome tradition Western Christianity
Anglican theology developedFrom Western Christianity
Greek East contrastedInHistoriographyWith Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Bishopric of Middelburg partOf Western Christianity
Beguine community religiousBranch Western Christianity
Bishopric of Veere partOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Heliand religiousTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Anglicanism (broadly) hasLiturgicalHeritageFrom Western Christianity
subject surface form: Anglicanism
this entity surface form: Western Catholicism
name "Whitsunday" associated with white garments of baptismal candidates observedBy Western Christianity
subject surface form: Whitsunday
Bishopric of Goes hasOfficialReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Canons Regular (Reguliers) historicalOrigin Western Christianity
subject surface form: Canons Regular