Never. The Catholic church is a Christian church.
For the first 1500 years of Christianity, the Catholic Church was the only one in existence.
Protestants are people who broke off from the Church because of the widespread corruption they saw, or for political gains. Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry Tudor, etc. broke away from the Christian Chruch, and that started the distinction between protestant and Catholic.
The Christian religious branch that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century was Protestantism. This split was initiated by Martin Luther and led to the Reformation movement, which resulted in the formation of various Protestant denominations.
The first "denominations" left the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century with Martin Luther leading the apostasy.
Yes, the Puritans split from the Anglican Church and both are considered as Protestant denominations.
Yes, the Puritans split from the Anglican Church and both are considered as Protestant denominations.
The Protestant Reformation.
The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Please specify which split you are referring to.
Nondenomination or nondenominational refers to a christian organization, group, place or thing that is Christian in nature but isn't officially a part of a specific established christian denomination. Another word for nondenominational church could be independent church. Another answerThe Christian Church is split into denominations - groups that have a common way of worship, and in some cases, slightly different beliefs. As examples, denominations include the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists, URC, Salvationists, Pentecostals and so on.If a particular church does not belong to a denomination, then it is called nondenominational or a 'nondenomination'. Another name of a nondenominational church is a 'free' church. Most free churches are very Biblical and orthodox in their beliefs, but there are some dangers in being nondenominational. In denominational churches beliefs are checked and are accountable to the church authorities world wide. In a nondenominational church, unless care is taken over doctrine, it is possible that heresies, fundamentalism or exclusivity can creep in as the church members are accountable to no one.
Christians are members of the religion called Christianity - that is they follow Jesus Christ as God incarnate, worship him as God the Son, and regard Jesus as one of the three persons of a trinitarian ("3 in one") God, One God yet Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Christianity is split into different 'denominations' - groups of Christians that differ slightly. They may have very slightly different beliefs about minor things (for example, Catholics believe in praying to saints but others do not) but overall the major christian beliefs across the denominations are the same. The main differences between denominations is in their style of worship and the way the groups are organised - for example, Baptists baptise by fully immersing the new Christian, whereas Anglicans tend to sprinkle water on the head instead. Among the different denominations are Roman Catholics, Baptists, Methodists and many more. The Anglican Church (which originated as the Church of England) in America is called the Episcopalian Church. So this Church is a mamber of the 'Anglican' group of churches worldwide, and is a Christian Church much in the same way as catholics, Baptists and so on are Christian Churches.
The two Christian churches that developed after the split in 1054 are the Roman Catholic Church, based in Rome and headed by the Pope, and the Eastern Orthodox Church, which has its headquarters in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and is led by various patriarchs.
They formally split the Christian Church apart They created two completely separate churches.
EpiscopalThe Church of England IS a protestant church. Of the major denominations in the U.S., the Episcopal is one that split off from the Churchof England in the 18th Century.