What are the main differences between the various major Christian denominations?
And the differences arise in theology (what the people believe about God, salvation, etc.) and organization (Are there bishops, does the local church belong to the congregation, etc.). All the Christian churches derive from the early christian church which has subsequently divided as can be seen in this chart from Wikipedia. The list in the question included the Catholic (or Roman Catholic) Church, which noticably has a single administrative head in the person of the Pope (also known as the Bishop of Rome) and has a hierarchy with local priests, regional bishops and archbishops in charge of really large areas. All of the other denominations listed are Protestant, having broken away from the Catholic church in the 16th Century. The Anglicans (the Church of England is the origio
