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Tradition History of the Reformed Tradition Congregational Tradition Anabaptist and Mennonite Traditions Quaker Tradition Moravian Tradition Wesleyan-Holiness Tradition History of Baptist Traditions History of the Methodist Tradition Stone-Campbell Restoration Traditions Seventh-day Adventist Tradition History of Pentecostal Traditions Charismatic Renewal African Initiated Church Traditions Chinese House Church Traditions Latin American Evangelical Traditions Messianic Jewish Movement Non-Denominational and Network Churches Salvation Army Tradition Christianity in North Africa Christianity in the Nile Valley Christianity in the Horn of Africa Christianity in West Africa Christianity across the Sahel Christianity in the Congo Basin Christianity in the African Great Lakes Christianity in Southern Africa Christianity across the Indian Ocean Christianity in the Levant Christianity in Mesopotamia Christianity in Anatolia Christianity in the Caucasus Christianity in the Arabian Peninsula 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Was Peter the First Pope? When Was Christmas First Celebrated? What Year Was Jesus Born? What Day Was Jesus Crucified? What Can History Say about the Empty Tomb? Who Wrote Hebrews? Who Wrote the Pastoral Epistles? Who Was John of Patmos? When Was the New Testament Canon Fixed? Did Constantine Create the Bible? Was Constantine’s Conversion Sincere? Did Nicaea Invent the Trinity? Why Was Arianism So Influential? What Caused the East–West Schism? Did Christianity Split Permanently in 1054? What Caused the Protestant Reformation? Did Luther Nail the Ninety-Five Theses to the Door? Why Did Henry VIII Break with Rome? Were the Witch Trials a Single Church Policy? Did the Medieval Church Teach a Flat Earth? Did the Church Ban the Bible? How Did Sunday Become Christianity’s Main Worship Day? How Did Infant Baptism Develop? When Did Private Confession to a Priest Develop? How Did the Doctrine of Purgatory Develop? When Did Marian Devotion Develop? Did Early Christians Use Icons? 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Christianity in United Kingdom Christianity in United States Christianity in France Christianity in Egypt Christianity in Germany Christianity in India Christianity in Philippines Christianity in Spain Christianity in Turkey Christianity in Armenia Christianity in Georgia Christianity in Greece Christianity in Brazil Christianity in Ethiopia Christianity in South Korea Christianity in Iraq Christianity in Japan Christianity in Mexico Christianity in Peru Christianity in Portugal Christianity in Syria Christianity in Australia Christianity in Canada Christianity in China Christianity in Israel / Palestine Christianity in Jordan Christianity in New Zealand Christianity in Russia Christianity in Singapore Christianity in Sweden Christianity in Switzerland Christianity in Uganda Christianity in Argentina Christianity in Bulgaria Christianity in Chile Christianity in Colombia Christianity in Côte d’Ivoire Christianity in Croatia Christianity in Czechia Christianity in Democratic Republic of 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Documents & Confessions The Didache
Date Late first or early second century
Region Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Syria
Era Apostolic & Early Church An early church manual joining moral instruction, baptism, fasting, Eucharistic prayers, hospitality, and community leadership.
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Date c. 530
Region Italy and later Western Europe
Era Medieval Christianity A compact rule for communal monastic life organized around prayer, work, stability, hospitality, and accountable authority.
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