The age of Christian churches

Lutheranism was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.

The Church of England was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.

Presbyterianism was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.

Protestant Episcopalians were an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.

Congregationalism was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.

Methodism was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.

Unitarianism, Theophilus Lindley founded this church in London in 1774.

Mormonism (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started this religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.

Baptists owe the tenets of this religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.

The Dutch Reformed church recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated this religion in New York in 1628.

The Salvation Army sect began with William Booth in London in 1865.

Christian Scientists look to 1879 as the year in which this religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.

Religious organizations known as 'Church of the Nazarene," "Pentecostal Gospel." "Holiness Church," "Pilgrim Holiness Church," "Jehovah's Witnesses," "Non denominational" are one of the hundreds of new sects founded by men or women within the past century...