--- title: Churches of the English-speaking world I — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Churches of the English-speaking world I», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Christians belong to different families of churches called denominations; they share the same core beliefs but have diffe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Churches of the English-speaking world I # Churches of the English-speaking world I Lesson 28 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/0/) — Christians belong to different families of churches called denominations; they share the same core beliefs but have different traditions and ways of organising. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/1/) — The oldest split came in 1054, the Great Schism, when the churches of the East (Orthodox) and the West (Catholic) parted ways. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/2/) — In the 1500s reformers such as Martin Luther protested against problems in the Catholic Church, and the Protestant churches grew from this Reformation. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/3/) — Today in English-speaking countries you meet Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans (the Church of England and the Episcopal Church), Methodists, Baptists and many more. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/4/) — For a child today it helps to know that a friend at a different church is still a fellow Christian: they agree on far more than they disagree on, and many now work and pray together. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/5/) — Denominations are different families of Christian churches with the same core beliefs but different traditions. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/6/) — The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church and is led by the Pope. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/7/) — Catholics celebrate Mass and have seven sacraments; the word catholic means universal. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/8/) — The Orthodox Church includes Greek, Russian, Ukrainian and other churches and is known for icons (painted holy pictures of Jesus and the saints, which people kiss) and chanted worship. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/9/) — For Orthodox Christians Easter is the greatest feast. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/10/) — In 1054 the churches of the East and the West split in what is called the Great Schism. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/11/) — In the 1500s reformers like Martin Luther protested against problems in the Catholic Church; this is the Reformation. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/12/) — Today Catholics and Protestants both admit faults from that time, and how to judge the Reformation is still discussed. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/13/) — Protestant churches stress the Bible, faith and grace, and include Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/14/) — The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/15/) — The Church of England is the established church of England and part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/16/) — The Episcopal Church is the Anglican church in the USA; episcopal means led by bishops. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/17/) — The Methodist Church was started by John and Charles Wesley in the 1700s; Charles wrote thousands of hymns. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/18/) — Baptist churches baptise believers by full immersion and let each congregation govern itself. - ← previous: [Sunday school, youth groups and charity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/) - next →: [Churches of the English-speaking world II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)