Gentile Christianity
Separated from: main branch of Christianity, founded by Paul
Key locations: Antioch, Ephesus, Jerusalem, Rome, Damascus
Liturgical language: Koiné Greek, Aramaic
Authority: Apostles, Patriarch of Antioch, Patriarch of Rome
Jewish Christianity
Separated from: Judaism
Key locations: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth
Liturgical language: Palestinian Aramaic
Authority: Patriarch of Jerusalem
Samaritan Christianity
Separated from: Samaritanism
Key locations: Gerizim, Capernaum, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Samaritan Aramaic
Authority:
Valentinian
Separated from: Gentile Christianity, Gnosticism
Key locations: Alexandria, Rome, Cyprus
Liturgical language:
Authority: Church of Aeons
Appollinarian
Separated from: Gentile Christianity
Key locations: Antioch, Laodicea (Lattakia), Jerusalem, Rome
Liturgical language: Koiné Greek
Authority: Appollinarian Congregation
Patripassian
Separated from: Gentile Christianity
Key locations:
Liturgical language:
Authority: Patripassian Patriarchy
Donatism
Separated from: Gentile Christianity
Key locations: Carthage, Rome, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Latin, African, Punic, Berber
Authority: Patriarch of Carthage
Priscillianist
Separated from: Gentile Christianity
Key locations: Ávila, Toledo, Rome, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Latin, Early Spanish
Authority:Bishop of Ávila
Arianism
Separated from: Gentile Christianity at Council of Niceae
Key locations: Alexandria,Sirmium, Milan, Ceasarea, Durosotrum
Liturgical language: Coptic, Gothic, Koiné Greek
Authority: Arian Papacy
Ebionites
Separated from: Jewish Christianity
Key locations:Jerusalem, Damascus, Sinai, Dhofar, Antioch
Liturgical language: Palestinian Aramaic, Hejazi Arabic
Authority: Ebionite Church (Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Pelagian
Separated from: Gentile Christianity
Key locations: Iona, Landisfarne, Dyfed, Inse Gall, Ormond, Canterbury
Liturgical language: Brythonic, Gaelic, Britannian
Authority: Pelagian Bishop, Bishop of Iona
Nicene
Separated from: Gentile Christianity at Council of Niceae
Key locations: Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Liturgical language: Koiné Greek, Aramaic, Coptic, Latin
Authority: The Patriarchates of Rome, Antioch, Alexandria and Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Nestorian
Separated from: Nicene at Ephesus and Chalcedon
Key locations: Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Assur, Edessa, Jerusalem, Antioch, Rayy,Merv, Mahoyadapuram
Liturgical language: Syriac, (Sogdian)
Authority: Patriarch of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon)
Chalcedonian
Separated from: Nicene at Chalcedon
Key locations: Roma, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Latin, Koiné Greek,
Authority: The Pentarchy
Myaphisite
Separated from:Nicene
Key locations: Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Axum, Ghazali (Echmidzin)
Liturgical language: Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Ge´ez
Authority: Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Antioch
Monotheletism
Separated from: Chalcedonian, 3rd Constantinople council
Key locations: Antioch, Jerusalem, Bkerke
Liturgical language: Western Aramaic
Authority: Maronite Patriarch
Catholicism
Separated from: Chalcedonian, by the Great Schism
Key locations: Rome, Santiago, Avignon, Hippo, Jerusalem, Cologne
Liturgical language: Latin
Authority: Pope in Rome
Fraticelli
Separated from: Catholicism
Key locations: Rome, Assissi, ...
Liturgical language: Latin
Authority: Fraticelli Pope
Cathars
Separated from: Catholicism, under influence of Bogomilism
Key locations: Albi, Montségur, Carcassonne, Béziers
Liturgical language: Occita
Authority: Cathar papa(s)
Waldensians
Separated from: Catholicism, by Peter Waldo
Key locations: Lyons, Susa
Liturgical language: Franco-Provencal
Authority: Majoralis omnium
Lollardy
Separated from: Catholicism, by John Wycliffe
Key locations: Oxford, Canterbury, York, Lincoln
Liturgical language: English
Authority: ?
Orthodoxy
Separated from: Chalcedonian, by the Great Schism
Key locations: Constantinople, Mt. Athos, Ephesus, Antioch ,Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Greek, later Georgian and Old Church Slavonic as well
Authority: Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, patriarchs in Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, later Kiev, Mtsketa and Ohrid
Paulician
Separated from: Orthodox
Key locations: Samosata, Kibossa, Amamalis, Tephrike
Liturgical language: Greek, late Anatolian
Authority: Paulician Patriarchate
Bogomilism
Separated from: Paulician
Key locations: Ohrid, Pliska, Visoko,Vidin
Liturgical language: Old Church Slavonic
Authority: ?
Iconoclast
Separated from: Orthodox
Key locations:Constantinople, Ephesus, Mt. Athos,Antioch ,Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Greek
Authority: (iconoclast) Ecumenical Patriarch
Maronites
Separated from: possibly successor to Monothelites
Key locations: Bkerke, Antioch, Tripoli, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Syriac
Authority: Maronite Patriarch (claimant to Antioch)
Coptic Orthodox Church
Separated from: part of Myaphyiste communion
Key locations: Alexandria, Cairo, Minya, Qasr Ibrim, Ghazali, Axum
Liturgical language: Coptic
Authority: Coptic Pope of Alexandria
Syriac Jacobite Church
Separated from: part of Myaphysite communion
Key locations: Antioch, Mor Hananoyo Monastery, Edessa, Jerusalem, Tagrit (Tikrit) , Nisibis
Liturgical language: Syriac
Authority: Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, maphrian of Tagrit
Armenian Apostolic Church
Separated from: part of Mayphysite communion, previously subject to Antioch
Key locations: Dwin, Echmiadzin, Sis, Jerusalem
Liturgical language: Armenian
Authority: Catholicos of Armenia, Catholicos of Cilicia, (Armenian)Patriarch of Jerusalem, (Armenian ) Patriarch of Cosntantinople
Church of the East
Separated from: Nicene at Ephesus and Chalcedon
Key locations: Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Assur, Edessa, Jerusalem, Antioch, Rayy,Merv, Mahoyadapuram
Liturgical language: Syriac, (Sogdian)
Authority: Patriarch of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon)