Trinitarian Churches
Trinitarian denominations
These churches confess the Trinity. They are the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant shelves, listed with Christianity on Religions. Each name below is its own page, such as Catholic. The titles under a name open that body’s own doctrine pages. Can you lose your salvation? sets out what these churches teach about perseverance. It does not choose a side.
Catholic and Orthodox
The Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the Oriental Orthodox churches.
- Catholic
A Trinitarian shelf for the Catholic Church, with links to the Church’s own doctrine pages.
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- Eastern Orthodox
A Trinitarian shelf for Eastern Orthodox churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- Orthodox Church in America
- Oriental Orthodox Church
The Oriental Orthodox Church confesses the Trinity and rejects Chalcedon. Doctrine links are below. The Eastern Orthodox comparison is a separate article.
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- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed
Anglican churches, including those called Episcopal, and the Lutheran and Reformed churches.
- Anglican
A Trinitarian shelf for Anglican churches, including those called Episcopal, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- Church of England
- The Episcopal Church
- Anglican Church in North America
- Lutheran
A Trinitarian shelf for Lutheran churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Reformed
A Trinitarian shelf for Presbyterian and other Reformed churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- Presbyterian Church in America
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Christian Reformed Church
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Baptist, Methodist, and Pentecostal
Baptist, Methodist, and Pentecostal churches that confess the Trinity.
- Baptist
A Trinitarian shelf for Baptist churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- Southern Baptist Convention
- National Association of Free Will Baptists
- Methodist
A Trinitarian shelf for Methodist and Wesleyan churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
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- The United Methodist Church
- Global Methodist Church
- The Wesleyan Church
- Church of the Nazarene
- Pentecostal
Pentecostal Protestant churches that confess the Trinity, with their doctrine pages and what Pentecostals believe about the Spirit, tongues, and salvation.
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- Assemblies of God
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Seventh-day Adventist
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, which confesses the Trinity in its Fundamental Belief 2.
- Seventh-day Adventist
A Trinitarian shelf for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with links to the church’s own Fundamental Beliefs.
Official Sources
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
Churches of Christ
Autonomous a cappella congregations of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.
- Churches of Christ
A Trinitarian shelf for the a cappella Churches of Christ, with a congregation’s own statement of belief.
Official Sources
- Churches of Christ
Messianic Judaism
Jewish believers in Yeshua and their congregations, whose alliances and unions confess the Trinity.
- Messianic Judaism
A Trinitarian shelf for Messianic Jewish alliances, unions, and ministries, with links to their own statements of faith.
Official Sources
- Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
- International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues
- Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations