THE RANGE OF UNDERSTANDINGS
Before being too critical of the following table, please read the notes at its conclusion.
For quotes from some of the groups own writings, click on the group name below.
| WHO IS JESUS? | ORTHODOXY | GROUP (not exhaustive) |
| Fully God/Fully Man | Orthodox Christian | Roman Catholics |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | ||
| Community Bible Church | ||
| Southern Baptists | ||
| Bible Churches | ||
| Christian (Plymouth) Brethren | ||
| Evangelical Free Church of America | ||
| Presbyterian Church in America | ||
| Independent Christian Churches | ||
| Messianic Judaism | ||
| Worldwide Church of God | ||
| Alamo Christian Ministries | ||
| Christian Identity Movement | ||
| Non-Trinitarian Christian | United Pentecostal Church | |
| God-Man (A State We Can Achieve) | Christian Cult | Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) |
| Philadelphia Church of God | ||
| Church of God International | ||
| Non-Christian | New Age Movement | |
| Not God/Fully Human | Christian Cult | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Christian Scientists | ||
| Freemasonry | ||
| Unification Church | ||
| Unity School of Christianity | ||
| Religious Science | ||
| Christadelphians | ||
| Church Universal and Triumphant | ||
| The Family/Children of God | ||
| Urantia Foundation | ||
| The Way International | ||
| Christian Liberals | Some Liberals (42% of a 1966 National Council of Churches General Assembly Did Not Believe Jesus is God) | |
| Non-Christian | Scientology | |
| Judaism | ||
| Western Buddhism | ||
| Islam | ||
| Baha'i World Faith | ||
| Transcendental Meditation (TM) | ||
| Spiritualism | ||
| Association for Research & Enlightenment | ||
| A Course in Miracles | ||
| Eckankar (ECK) | ||
| Rosicrucianism | ||
| Hinduism |
IMPORTANT NOTES: The word, "cult," is being used in a theological sense and does not necessarily mean the group is a physical danger. Also, in some cases, doctrines are very complex and the above may be an over-simplification. New Age, as a style of music, may not be related to the non-Christian religion. It is hard to classify Freemasonry with respect to it being a non-Christian religion or a Christian cult, is hard to classify. Hinduism sometimes considers Jesus an avatar. Hare Krishna sometimes considers Jesus as Krishna. Except in the west, Buddhism does not have a part for Jesus. Though orthodox in core beliefs, Alamo Christian Ministries has other bizarre beliefs like polygamy. Christadelphians and those of the Urantia Foundation would say they believe that Jesus is Divine yet from the orthodox viewpoint, their Jesus' divinity is defective. Racism unites the Christian Identity Movement, not similar core doctrinal beliefs. Please be merciful concerning our humble attempts.
Here are some good sources of information on the above religious organizations. The information on which the above chart was based often came from these sources:
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