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1055 BCE
Eastern Orthodox Churches
This is a federation of self-governing Churches who express unity through their tradition and beliefs. The great schism -
30 BCE
Catholic
The majority of Christians who are in communion with Rome follow the Latin/Roman rite. A minority follow the Eastern rites in communion with Rome. 26.6%* of Australians are affiliated with the Catholic Church. -
1527
Anglican Communion
Anglicanism began during the Reformation in England -
Baptist
The Baptist Church emerged from an English Congregational background -
Presbyterians
Presbyterians trace their heritage back to the sixteenth-century Protestant reformers, Zwingli, Calvin and Knox. -
Uniting Church in Australia
Congregationalists, Methodists and Presbyterians formed the Uniting Church.