------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 30-Dec-98 8:38 Subject: Re: religions of the world From: "John Cramer" John.Cramer@das.state.oh.us ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Larry ----- If anyone knows where I can grab a file listing religions and denominations I'd appreciate the info. I want to incorporate it into my genealogy work. ----- Does this help any? "Genealogy for Ohio." <OHIO-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> From: BGSUniversity <seruffe@BGNET.BGSU.EDU> Subject: RELIGIONS >From an Ann Landers article from 11/12/1996. If you are a member of the Jewish faith, your religion was founded by Abraham about 4000 years ago. If you are Hindu your religion developed in India around 1500 BC If you are Buddhist, your religion split from Hinduism and was founded by Buddha, prince Siddhartha Guatama of India, abt 500 BC If you are Roman Catholic, Jesus Christ began your religion in the year 33 If you are Islamic, Mohammed started your religion in what is now SaudiArabia around AD600. If you are Eastern Orthodox, your sect separated from Roman Catholicism around the year 1000. If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by martin Luther, an ex-monk in the Catholic church, in 1517. If you belong to the Church of England (Anglican) your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 534 because the pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry. If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in year 1560. If you are Unitarian, your religious group developed in Europe in the 1500s. If you are a Congregationalist, your religion branched off from Puritanism in the early 1600s in England If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1607. If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744. If you are Episcopalian, your religion was brought over from England to the American colonies and formed a separate religion founded by Samuel Seabury in 1789. If you are a Mormon (Latter-Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your church in Palmyra, NY in 1830. If you worship with the Salvation Army (yes, its a religious group too) your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865. If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year your religion was founded by Mary Baker Eddy. If you are a Jehovah's Witness your religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870s If you are Pentecostal, your religion was started in the United States in 1901 Creators Syndicate JohnW From: CCS-Genealogy Sig-Email List-jc FYI- Delete if unwanted or forward to other interested people. -- Happy Holidays JWCramer-HillTopUSA jcramer@gcfn.org Also John.Cramer@das.State.OH.US To a genealogist, everything is relative. URL is: http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/jwcramer/ Ohio & PA ancestors: CRAMER, SCHMITT, SMITH, HIPPLE, TRICK, BULCHER, FLOYD, LOY, MARTIN, PEQUIGNOT, WASHINGTON. Also Fisher, Riddle, Snyder, Wampler, Wantz/Wants Roots are from Darke Co. Ohio. COPYRIGHT NOTICE All materials contained in this email is furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. !^NavFont02F0AEB0007NGHHQEDCF73