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

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

* [[Montanists]]: 156-800 A.D.<ref>Montanism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/390561/Montanism</ref>  

* [[Montanists]]: 156-800 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/390561/Montanism Montanism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>  

* [[Novatians]]: 251-600 A.D.<ref>Novatian Schism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/421050/Novatian-Schism</ref>

* [[Novatians]]: 251-600 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/421050/Novatian-Schism Novatian Schism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Donatists]]: 312-750 A.D.<ref>Donatist. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/169009/Donatist</ref>

* [[Donatists]]: 312-750 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/169009/Donatist Donatist]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[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.<ref>Roman Catholicism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/507284/Roman-Catholicism</ref>

* [[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.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/507284/Roman-Catholicism Roman Catholicism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Arians]]: 320-671 A.D.<ref>Christology. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115761/Christology/259388/The-Arian-controversy</ref>

* [[Arians]]: 320-671 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115761/Christology/259388/The-Arian-controversy Christology]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Paulicians]]: 650-900 A.D.<ref>Paulician. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/447143/Paulician</ref>  

* [[Paulicians]]: 650-900 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/447143/Paulician Paulician]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>  

* [[Waldenses]]: 800 A.D-Present.<ref>Waldenses. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634415/Waldenses</ref>  

* [[Waldenses]]: 800 A.D-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634415/Waldenses Waldenses]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>  

* [[Bogamils]]: 950-1900 A.D.<ref>Bogomil. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71461/Bogomil</ref>

* [[Bogamils]]: 950-1900 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71461/Bogomil Bogomil]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Eastern Orthodox Catholics]]: 1054 A.D.-Present.<ref>Eastern Orthodoxy. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177174/Eastern-Orthodoxy</ref>

* [[Eastern Orthodox Catholics]]: 1054 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177174/Eastern-Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Cathar]]: 1100 A.D.-Present.<ref>Cathari. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/99473/Cathari</ref>

* [[Cathars]]: 1100 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/99473/Cathari Cathari]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Petrobrussians]]: 1100-1250 A.D.

* [[Petrobrussians]]: 1100-1250 A.D.

* [[Albigenses]]: 1100-1350 A.D.<ref>Albigenses. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12965/Albigenses</ref>

* [[Albigenses]]: 1100-1350 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12965/Albigenses Albigenses]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Arnoldists]]: 1136-1200 A.D.<ref>Arnold of Brescia. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35809/Arnold-of-Brescia</ref>

* [[Arnoldists]]: 1136-1200 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35809/Arnold-of-Brescia Arnold of Brescia]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Lutherans]]: 1521 A.D.-Present.<ref>Lutheranism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/352073/Lutheranism</ref>

* [[Lutherans]]: 1521 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/352073/Lutheranism Lutheranism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Presbyterians]]: 1523 A.D.-Present.<ref>Reformed and Presbyterian churches. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/475062/Reformed-and-Presbyterian-churches</ref>

* [[Presbyterians]]: 1523 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/475062/Reformed-and-Presbyterian-churches Reformed and Presbyterian churches]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Anabaptists]]: 1525 A.D.-Present.<ref>Anabaptist. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/22160/Anabaptist</ref>

* [[Anabaptists]]: 1525 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/22160/Anabaptist Anabaptist]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Anglicans]]: 1534 A.D.-Present.<ref>Henry VIII. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/261947/Henry-VIII/3126/The-breach-with-Rome<br>Anglicanism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/24861/Anglicanism</ref>  

* [[Anglicans]]: 1534 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/261947/Henry-VIII/3126/The-breach-with-Rome Henry VIII]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.<br>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/24861/Anglicanism Anglicanism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>  

* [[Puritans]]: 1558-1850 A.D.<ref>Puritanism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/484034/Puritanism</ref>

* [[Puritans]]: 1558-1850 A.D.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/484034/Puritanism Puritanism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Baptists]]: 1609 A.D.-Present.<ref>Baptist. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52364/Baptist/40130/Growth-in-England-and-abroad</ref>

* [[Baptists]]: 1609 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52364/Baptist/40130/Growth-in-England-and-abroad Baptist]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Arminians]]: 1610 A.D.-Present.<ref>Arminianism. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35372/Arminianism</ref>

* [[Arminians]]: 1610 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35372/Arminianism Arminianism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Quakers]]: 1652 A.D.-Present.<ref>Society of Friends. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/220221/Society-of-Friends</ref>

* [[Quakers]]: 1652 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/220221/Society-of-Friends Society of Friends]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Methodists]]: 1729 A.D.-Present.<ref>Methodism (Religion). (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/378415/Methodism</ref>

* [[Methodists]]: 1729 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/378415/Methodism Methodism]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Mormons]]: 1830 A.D.-Present.<ref>Mormon. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392525/Mormon</ref>

* [[Mormons]]: 1830 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392525/Mormon Mormon]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

* [[Seventh-day Adventists]]: 1831 A.D.-Present.<ref>Seventh-day Adventist. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536639/Seventh-day-Adventist</ref>

* [[Seventh-day Adventists]]: 1831 A.D.-Present.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536639/Seventh-day-Adventist Seventh-day Adventist]. (2012). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref>

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