Christianity been thought to have are over 77 major “Christian” denominations for several decades. Church Finder lists 140 denominations although most of them are sub-denominations for 10 major denominations. Of the “thousands” of Christian denominations most were found to be individual congregations for Protestants. They all pretty much have similar beliefs but do not associate with one another. So Protestants have around 30,000 total churches that are independent of one another, this is a pretty similar number to Southern Baptists who have 50,000 thousand churches.
This site will focus on the legality of Christianity, religious freedom violations by Christians and examine the difference between persecution of Christians and self-defense from Christians who trespass on private property, commit crimes of stalking and harassment, and infringe on the religious liberties of non-Christians.
For this, a Central Authority needs to be held accountable for ensuring their members adhere to their stated code of conduct and do not act unlawfully in the practice of their religion. As Jerusalem is the stated capitol of Christendom, we will be looking to the Nation of Israel to hold Christians accountable for their unlawful, illegal, unethical and immoral behavior. We will also be looking at the Nation of Vatican City to do the same for Catholics as they are both lawful countries and there are already international treaties in place to foster and facilitate this type of arrangement.
We will also be looking to hold the headquarters for the denominational church legally liable for civil damages and criminal conduct perpetrated by their member churches. In cases where a church shares a name with a group of churches both the church where the church goer is at fault and the head quarters for that group of churches with a shared name will be held liable together for any civil damages perpetrated by their members.
The tabs on this page provide legal documents, contact details and addresses for legal authorities in Israel and Vatican City as well as the headquarters information for most major denominations.
| Resource Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Constitution of Vatican City 2000 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fundamental_Law_of_Vatican_City_State |
| Constitution of Vatican City 1988 | http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19880628_pastor-bonus-index.html |
| Constitution of Vatican City 1963 | http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html |
| Constitution of Vatican City 1929 | |
| Holy See Coat of Arms | http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/insigne/sp_ss_scv_stemma-bandiera-sigillo_en.html |
| Doctrinal Note on the Participation of Catholics in Political Life | http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html |
| Missing Link: Fundamental Law of Vatican City State 2000 in Italian, German and Portuguese | http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html#Ordinamento |
| Missing Link: November 26, 2000 Apostolic Constitution | http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions.index.5.html |
| Vatican City Normative Legislation | https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/legislazione-e-normativa/norm-general.html |
| Vatican City Adhesion to International Conventions | https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/rapporti-internazionali/adesione-a-convenzioni-internazionali.html |
| Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel 1993 | https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19931230_santa-sede-israele_en.html |
| Resource Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Basic Laws of the State of Israel | https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/State/Law/Pages/Basic%20Laws%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Israel.aspx |
| Selected Laws of the State of Israel | https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/State/Law/Pages/Selected%20Laws%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Israel.aspx |
| Treaties and Agreements made by the State of Israel | https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/dynamiccollectors/mfa-accords?skip=0 |
| Treaty Between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters | https://www.gov.il/files/mfa/amanot/4-19137-4734.tif |
| Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel 1993 (Document 1) | https://www.gov.il/files/mfa/amanot/008241.tif |
| Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel 1994 (Document 2) | https://www.gov.il/files/mfa/amanot/4-18502-4099.tif |
| Resource Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Greek Orthodox Church - The Neptic and Hesychastic Character of Orthodox Athonite Monasticism | https://www.greekorthodoxchurch.org/neptic_monasticism.html |
| Russian Orthodox Church Basic Documents | http://www.patriarchia.ru/en/db/document/anchored_docs/ |
| The Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity Publications | http://orthodoxpeace.org/en/research/publications.htm |
| Archbishop of Canterbury - Anglican Communion | https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/about/anglican-communion |
| Archbishop of York - The Role of the Archbishop of York | https://www.archbishopofyork.org/archbishop-york/role-archbishop-york |
| Church of England - Archbishops Council | https://www.churchofengland.org/about/leadership-and-governance/archbishops-council |
| Diocese of York - Running your Church | https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/running-your-church |
| Anglican Church of North America | https://anglicanchurch.net/about/ |
| Southern Baptist Convention - Cooperating with the SBC | https://www.sbc.net/about/what-we-do/sbc-entities/ |
| United Methodist Church - Our Structure | https://www.umc.org/en/who-we-are/structure |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Church Council | https://www.elca.org/About/Leadership/Church-Council |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Church Organization | https://www.elca.org/About/Churchwide |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Full Communion Partners | https://www.elca.org/Faith/Ecumenical-and-Inter-Religious-Relations/Full-Communion |
| Resource Name | URI |
|---|---|
| North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/orthodox |
| The Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation USA | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/anglican |
| Interfaith Evangelism Department of the Southern Baptist Convention | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/southern-baptist |
| The United Methodist-Catholic Dialogue | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/united-methodist |
| The Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/lutheran |
| National Council of Synagogues | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/national-council-synagogues |
| Dialogue of the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/orthodox-union-and-rabbinical-council-america |
| Forum for Catholics and Modern Orthodox Jews | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/modern-orthodox-religious |
| Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/oriental-orthodox |
| USCCB Dialogue with the Polish National Catholic Church | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/polish-national-catholic |
| The Dialogue with Reformed Family of Churches | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/reformed |
| Meeting of Catholic and Evangelical Pastors and Scholars | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/evangelical |
| Faith and Order | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/faith-and-order |
| Christian Churches Together | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/christian-churches-together |
| Friends of the EIA | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/friends-eia |
| The National Muslim-Catholic Plenary | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/islam |
| Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/sikhism |
| The Hindu-Catholic Consultation | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/hinduism |
| International Plenary of Buddhist and Catholic Leaders | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/hinduism |
| Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign and Religions for Peace USA | https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/multilateral-dialogues |