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Christianity

around 2.4 billion adherents worldwide.

Estimate from Pew Research Center — The Future of World Religions.

What the sources state

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are three beings who make up the Godhead.

“These three beings make up the Godhead.”
Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints states that its view of the Godhead corresponds in some ways with that of other Christians but differs significantly.

“Latter-day Saints view the members of the Godhead in a manner that corresponds in a number of ways with the views of others in the Christian world, but with significant differences.”
Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Every quotation above was checked against its source on 3 September 2026.

Authority

Christianity has no central authority.

No body speaks for all Christians. The Holy See governs the Catholic Church only; the Orthodox communions are self-governing; Protestant bodies are independent of one another.

Denominations

Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Anglican Communion

Lutheran churches

Reformed and Presbyterian churches

Baptist churches

Methodist churches

Pentecostal and Charismatic churches

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church of the East

Observances in 2026

ObservanceDatesHow certain
Epiphany6 January 2026Fixed date
Christmas Day (Julian calendar churches)7 January 2026Fixed date
Ash Wednesday18 February 2026Calculated
Palm Sunday29 March 2026Calculated
Maundy Thursday2 April 2026Calculated
Good Friday3 April 2026Calculated
Easter Sunday5 April 2026Calculated
Easter Monday6 April 2026Calculated
Great Friday (Orthodox)10 April 2026Calculated
Pascha (Orthodox Easter)12 April 2026Calculated
Ascension Day14 May 2026Calculated
Pentecost24 May 2026Calculated
All Saints' Day1 November 2026Fixed date
Christmas Day25 December 2026Fixed date

Sources

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