Doctrines and beliefs

The Ten Commandments; Matthew 5, the Beatitudes and other teachings of Jesus; the two great commandments; the Lord's Prayer; the acts and teachings of Paul; and the Councils, the papal bulls and encyclicals.

The three-fold nature of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit — a Christian expression of monotheism.

The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed.

Incarnation is Jesus as God incarnate; Logos is the Word of God incarnate as Jesus Christ.

An act or acts of rebellion against the will of God — defined by relation to a will, which is why the remedy Christians describe is reconciliation.

Atonement is reconciliation between God and humanity through Christ; redemption is Jesus Christ as redeemer through his death on the cross; grace is God's love for humanity and the means to salvation through faith in Jesus.

The guide glosses salvation as all believers being saved and living in God's presence, and the Kingdom of God as both an earthly and heavenly closeness to God.

The second coming of Christ, apocalypse, judgment, hell and purgatory, heaven, and salvation or eternal life.

Biblical cosmogony in Genesis 1 and 2; creation by a loving and personal God who is immanent and transcendent; and creationism versus evolution.

As the resurrection, physical or allegorical interpretation, together with the Ascension — so a shared belief is held in more than one way.

Divine authority: God and Jesus; authority of foundational figures, prophets and saints; church hierarchy and the authority of the person in different denominations.

Because the ministers list — pope or patriarch, bishop, priest, vicar, deacon, pastor, lay minister — is the authority answer. Who may preside and who governs are the same question.

Mainstream (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and so on), Fundamentalism, Charismatic, Pentecostal, and non-denominationalism.

Because mainstream names institutions while Charismatic, Pentecostal and Fundamentalism name ways of being Christian that cut across institutions — and non-denominationalism names having none.

A sacrament as the actual presence of God requires an ordained priesthood and conditions on who may preside. A sacrament as an outward sign allows a pastor or lay minister a congregation has called.

The clause about whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone or from the Father and the Son. It contributed to the division between Eastern and Western Christianity — a single word in a creed.

A doctrinal claim rather than a style: the gifts of the Holy Spirit are expected to be exercised now, in the gathering itself, which is why the guide lists charismatic worship as a form of public worship.

That a congregation need belong to no denomination — which is itself a position about where church authority sits rather than a doctrinal distinctive.