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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Saint Maurice denomination Western Christianity
Diocese of Ourense religiousTradition Western Christianity
Finnish folklore influencedBy Western Christianity
Duchy of Franconia religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Lombard principalities religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Epistolae religiousTradition Western Christianity
IHC usedBy Western Christianity
Diocese of Tui religiousTradition Western Christianity
Abbey of Schuttern religiousTradition Western Christianity
Corpus Iuris Canonici geographicScope Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christendom
Orosius tradition Western Christianity
Diocese of Belluno-Feltre religiousTradition Western Christianity
Legenda Aurea religiousTradition Western Christianity
Laetare Sunday belongsToTradition Western Christianity
Christ as the light centralToTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian theology
Diocese of Honolulu liturgicalTradition Western Christianity
Carolingian period hasReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Liturgy of the Word religiousTradition Western Christianity
Bishopric of Radevormwald hasOfficialReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Third Sunday of Advent observedBy Western Christianity
Amma Sarah veneratedIn Western Christianity
Office of the Dead religiousTradition Western Christianity
Prime usedIn Western Christianity
Michaelmas associatedWith Western Christianity
Patriarch of the West appliesTo Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Patriarch of the West scope Western Christianity
Patriarch of the West scope Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Patriarch of the West jurisdictionOver Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga tradition Western Christianity
Breviarium Gothicum tradition Western Christianity
Marca Hispanica religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
acclamation "Lumen Christi" tradition Western Christianity
subject surface form: Lumen Christi
Apphia traditionallyVeneratedBy Western Christianity
Breton March religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
German stem duchies religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Latrocinium of Ephesus hasDenominationalContext Western Christianity
Latrocinium of Ephesus condemnedBy Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Lady Chapel religiousTradition Western Christianity
LCA ChristianTradition Western Christianity
subject surface form: Lutheran Church in America
County of Guelders hasPrimaryReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
De temporum ratione circulatedIn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil branchOf Western Christianity
Bishopric of Holzwickede culturalSphere Western Christianity
Lutheran Church of Portugal branchOf Western Christianity
Lutheran Church of Cameroon typeOfChristianity Western Christianity