| Group Name |
Founder |
The Gospel |
The Church |
God |
Jesus |
Salvation |
Jesus
Resurrection |
Scripture and
writings
associated with group |
| Christianity |
Jesus Christ |
That Jesus saves from
sin |
Those who are
saved |
Trinity: 3 Persons in one
God |
God in flesh |
by Grace |
Jesus rose in the same
body he died in. |
The Bible
alone |
| Christa-
delphianism |
John
Thomas
(1805-1871)
founded 1848 |
Faith in Christ and
baptism |
Members of their
church |
One God as
one person |
Created
being. A man with a sin nature |
Baptism is
required |
Yes |
The Bible is
inspired.
Elpis Israel, Eureka written by founder. |
| Christian Science |
Mary Baker
Eddy
(1821-1910) |
Religious beliefs of
Jesus' teachings, not the atonement. |
A collection of
spiritual ideas |
Impersonal Universal
Presence |
A man in tune with the
Divine Consciousness, not the Christ. |
Correct
thinking |
No |
Bible, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures, Miscellany |
| Islam |
Muhammad |
Faith in Allah and
works |
n/a |
One God:
Allah. Non Trinitarian |
Created being. A
prophet. Not God. |
by Allah's grace and
man's works |
No. |
Qur'an,
Hadith |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Charles T.
Russell
(1852-1916)
founded 1879 |
Jesus opened the door
for us to earn our salvation |
Members of their
church |
One Person |
Created being. Michael
the archangel who became a man |
Keeping the
commandments, being in their Organization |
No |
Bible, Studies in the
Scriptures, presently the Watchtower and Awake Magazines |
| Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter day saints (Mormons) |
Joseph
Smith
(1805-1844)
founded 1830 |
Jesus' atonement plus
the Laws and ordinances of the gospel |
Members of their
church |
Triad - 3
gods. |
Created being. The
brother of the devil and of all people |
Resurrected by grace,
saved by doing works. |
Yes |
The Bible, Book of
Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants,
Pearl of Great Price |
| Oneness Pentecostal |
N/A |
Faith in Christ and
baptism |
Members of their
church |
One
Person
modalism |
God in flesh |
By faith and baptism
"in Jesus' name" in their church |
Yes |
The
Bible |
| Theosophy |
Madame Helena
Blavatsky
(1831-1891)
founded 1875 |
n/a |
n/a |
God is a
principle |
Created being. A great
teacher |
* |
No |
The Secret Doctrine,
Isis Unveiled, The Key to Theosophy, and The Voice of the
Silence |
| Unity |
Charles
Fillmore
(1854-1948)
founded 1889 |
The overall principles
of Unity |
A collection of
spiritual ideas |
Impersonal Universal
Power |
Created being. A man,
not the Christ |
Adopting the correct
Unity thought principles |
No |
Bible, Unity
Magazine, Metaphysical Bible Dictionary. |
| Way
International |
Victor Paul
Weirwell
(1917-1985)
|
Earned |
Members of their
church |
One Person |
Created being. A man,
not God in flesh |
By works |
Yes |
Bible, Jesus Christ
is Not God, Power for Abundant Living |
