List of Christian groups

The following is a list of groups or denominations throughout history that have claimed to be Christian, sorted by date:


 * Gnostics: CA 100 A.D - Present
 * Marcionists: 150-400 A.D.
 * Montanists: 156-800 A.D.
 * Novatians: 251-600 A.D.
 * Donatists: 312-750 A.D.
 * Roman Catholics: 313 A.D.-Present. Essentially began in 313 A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great adopted a warfaring form of Christianity, and formally in 380 A.D. when Roman Emperor Theodosius I declared it the state religion.
 * Arians: 320-671 A.D.
 * Paulicians: 650-900 A.D.
 * Waldenses: 800 A.D-Present.
 * Bogamils: 950-1900 A.D.
 * Eastern Orthodox Catholics: 1054 A.D.-Present.
 * Cathars: 1100 A.D.-Present.
 * Petrobrussians: 1100-1250 A.D.
 * Albigenses: 1100-1350 A.D.
 * Arnoldists: 1136-1200 A.D.
 * Lutherans: 1521 A.D.-Present.
 * Presbyterians: 1523 A.D.-Present.
 * Anabaptists: 1525 A.D.-Present.
 * Anglicans: 1534 A.D.-Present.
 * Puritans: 1558-1850 A.D.
 * Baptists: 1609 A.D.-Present.
 * Arminians: 1610 A.D.-Present.
 * Quakers: 1652 A.D.-Present.
 * Methodists: 1729 A.D.-Present.
 * Mormons: 1830 A.D.-Present.
 * Seventh-day Adventists: 1831 A.D.-Present.