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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishop of Tours tradition Western Christianity
Bishopric of Hattingen hasPrimaryReligionBranch Western Christianity
Utraquists religiousTradition Western Christianity
Calixtines religiousAffiliation Western Christianity
Writtle, Essex, Kingdom of England religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Second Day of Christmas observedIn Western Christianity
Third Sunday of Easter observedIn Western Christianity
Fifth Sunday of Easter observedIn Western Christianity
Third Day of Christmas hasCulturalAssociation Western Christianity
Sixth Sunday of Easter observedIn Western Christianity
moveable feasts variesBetweenTraditions Western Christianity
Vigilius jurisdiction Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida theologicalTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Canonical Hours usedIn Western Christianity
Opole Piasts culturalSphere Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
John Wycliffe religiousTradition Western Christianity
Lollard Bible denomination Western Christianity
Speculum Meditantis religiousContext Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Allhallowtide observedIn Western Christianity
Maffeo Polo culturalSphere Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Galenic medicine historicallyPracticedIn Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Al-Hawi regionOfInfluence Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom (via later translations)
Kitab al-Mansuri regionOfReception Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Montpellier Cathedral religiousTradition Western Christianity
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis religiousTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Piasts of Legnica culturalSphere Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
County of Tripoli religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Archdiocese of Naples tradition Western Christianity
Oleśnica Piasts dynasticReligion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Diocese of Nice liturgicalTradition Western Christianity
Childermas religiousTradition Western Christianity
Diocese of Pavia religiousTradition Western Christianity
Saint Leo influenced Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christian theology
Piasts of Gniezno religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Papal–Frankish alliance religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Papal–Frankish alliance appliesToJurisdiction Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Christendom
Carolingian court religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Adversus Judaeos religiousTradition Western Christianity
Carmina (poems) religiousContext Western Christianity
Gloria laus et honor usedInLiturgyOf Western Christianity
Principality of Salerno religion Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Christendom historicallyAssociatedWith Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christendom
Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs theologicalTradition Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Latin Christianity
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bremen (historical) denomination Western Christianity
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Bremen
Diocese of Schwerin partOf Western Christianity
this entity surface form: Western Church