Tradition Explorer
The living branches of the Church
Historic Christianity is one river with three great channels. Each tradition below is presented in its own voice — its history, worship, authority, and confession.
The Catholic Church, in communion with the Bishop of Rome, is the largest body of Christians in the world.
A communion of self-governing churches that confess the faith of the seven Ecumenical Councils.
A family of traditions originating in the 16th-century Reformation; today extremely diverse.
The ancient Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Malankara (Indian) churches — apostolic communities that parted from the Chalcedonian mainstream in 451 while confessing the same faith in different words.
Nicene Atlas welcomes explorers from every tradition. Every branch is treated as it understands itself.