*waves through the bulletproof glass and laughs at you*
Some numbers for you:
Major Traditional Branches of Christianity
(mid-1995; source: Encyclopedia Britannica) Branch Number of Adherents
Catholic 968,000,000
Protestant 395,867,000
Other Christians 275,583,000
Orthodox 217,948,000
Anglicans 70,530,000
AND
Major Denominational Families of Christianity
(This table does not include all Christians. These numbers are estimates, and are here primarily to assist in ranking branches by size, not to provide a definitive count of membership.)
Branch Number of Adherents
Catholic 1,050,000,000
Orthodox/Eastern Christian 240,000,000
African indigenous sects (AICs) 110,000,000
Pentecostal 105,000,000
Reformed/Presbyterian/Congregational/United 75,000,000
Anglican 73,000,000
Baptist 70,000,000
Methodist 70,000,000
Lutheran 64,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses 14,800,000
Adventist 12,000,000
Latter Day Saints 11,500,000
Apostolic/New Apostolic 10,000,000
Stone-Campbell ("Restoration Movement"
5,400,000
New Thought (Unity, Christian Science, etc.) 1,500,000
Brethren (incl. Plymouth) 1,500,000
Mennonite 1,250,000
Friends (Quakers) 300,000
Its quite interesting the number of Protestants who dont even recognize the Catholics as being Christian. For isntance when McKinley in the late 19th century was preparing to go to war against Spain, one of his aims was to Christianize the Phillipines. Never mind that they were Catholic. So yes, for the Protestants to recognize the Pope and the things he says is not exactly accurate thinking.
Oh and if you ever get a chance to study Papal history, do so - its so corrupt and debased that its lots of fun.
Warder to the fair Sophy
Kory: not forgotten.
*NM*