What is Western Christianity?
[[File:Christianity major branches.svg|right|thumb|500px|The large branches of Christianity. The length of the branches do not mean anything in this diagram.]] '''Western Christianity''' is a part of the [[Christian]] religion. Western Christianity talks about the religious traditions of Christians whose ancestors were from [[Western Europe]]. Western Christianity includes people who are members of the [[Catholic Church]], as well as people who are members of [[Protestant]] churches. The Protestant churches were formed by people who were former members of the Catholic Church. Many Protestant churches started during the [[Protestant Reformation]] in about 1600. As the Protestant leaders were former members of the Catholic Church, Protestants share many, but not all, religious beliefs and religious traditions with Catholics. However, Western Christianity is different from [[Eastern Christianity]], which has a different set of religious traditions, but many of the same religious beliefs. == Western denominations == Western Christianity makes up about 90% of [[Christian]]s worldwide. The Roman [[Catholic Church]] has over half of all Christians. The many [[Protestant]] and related [[Christian denomination|denominations]] make up another 40%. [[Baptist]]s, [[Lutheran]]s, and [[Anglican]]s are some of the larger and older Western denominations which are not the Roman Catholic Church. == Related pages == * [[Holy Roman Empire]] * [[Lutheranism]] * [[Protestant Reformation]] * [[Christian denomination#Western churches|Western churches]] == Other websites == {{commons-inline}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Church organization]]