Thermodolian Christianity

Thermodolia Christianity is a 1.6 Billion member christian denomination orginating in Thermodolia, it is currently the largest christian denomination in thermodolia. The denomination started when the Thermodolian Orthodox Church, Thermodolian Syriac Church, and the Church of St James all merged to become the Thermodolian Christian Church in 1189, this merger is called the Union of the Three Churches.

Its largest church is the Thermodolian Christian Church with a membership of 1,458,443,675, the other 155,213,348 Thermodolian Christians belong to several different groups. Thermodolia Christianity considers itself to be a Catholic Church.

Beliefs

Main article: Thermodolian Rite

As a result of the Union of the Three Churches Thermodolian Christianity is more orthodox in nature. And as such Thermodolian Christianity is non-Chaldean and follows the Eastern Orthodox views of the Holy Spirt and original sin.

Holy Days

Holy Days are grouped into two forms by the Thermodolian Christian Church. Not every church in Thermodolian Christianity follows these forms but the two largest churches, The Thermodolian Christian Church and Thermodolian High Christian Church, do along the majority of the other churches.

As such the two groupings are Major Holy Days and Minor Holy Days. Major Holy Days are holy days which celebrate major events and feasts of the denomination, these days are also considered to be holy days of obligation by the TCC and THCC. In the TCC tradition there are a total of 13 Major Holy Days.

These 13 Days are:

• Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, held 1 January
• Epiphany, held 6 January
• Feast of Mary the Mother of God, held 20 January
• Good Friday, held the Friday before Easter Sunday
• Easter, its held on the same day as the Western Christians
• Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, held 40 days after Easter
• Pentecost, held 50 days after Easter
• Trinity Sunday, held the Sunday after Pentecost
• Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, held 29 June
• Assumption of Mary, held 15 August
• All Saints Day, held 1 November
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception, held 8 December
• Christmas, held 25 December

Minor Holy Days are days which cover all other holy days that are not considered major. These range from lesser events to saints feast days to days which are not considered to be major. Unlike the Major days the Minor days can be numerous in number. Unlike Major days, you are not required to attend these days in the TCC tradition.

Some Minor Days are:

• Saturday of Souls, held the Saturday after All Saints Day
• Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March
• Palm Sunday, held on the Sunday before Easter

Thermodolian Christian Church

Religious Orders

Main article: Thermodolian Religious Orders

Other Thermodolian Christian Churches

Besides the Thermodolian Christian Church there are other independent churches in the thermodolian christian denomination. Most of these, except the Thermodolian High Christian Church which broke off in 1452, split during the Thermodolian Christian Reformation during the late 1600s.

Thermodolian Orthodox Christian Church

The Thermodolian Orthodox Christian Church is the youngest and second largest of the Thermodolian christian churches with 71,680,497 members. The church split in 2023 from the mother church over doctrinal differences as the TOCC believed that the TCC was getting too liberal and worldly and was straying from the true path.

As such they belive that gay marriage should not be sanctioned by the church, that women should not be members of the priesthood, and that many other social issues should be forbidden. The TOCC however still allows priests to marry and the church still has a hierarchal structure with Archbishop Deræn Gonœ as the head of the church and overseeing bishops and rectors under him.

Thermodolian High Christian Church

The Thermodolian High Christian Church is the second largest of the Thermodolian christian churches with 42,658,210 members. The church split in 1452 from the mother church over the use of vernacular in the church instead of keeping with the High Thermodolian language as the language of the church.

The Thermodolian High Christian Church also split in regards to leadership, the THCC believed that there should not be a Supreme Bishop and that a Archbishop should lead the church and be Primus inter pares. Another difference is that the THCC does not allow women to be priests but does also allow priests to be married.

The THCC is currently lead by Archbishop Ræsomøn Alæ

Reformed Thermodolian Church

The Reformed Thermodolian Church, or unofficially Fæntism after its founder, is a branch of Thermodolian Christianity that follows the teachings and tradtions that where set down by its founder Rasemon Fænt. The followers of Reformism or Fæntism, of which there are 21,111,492 members, are called Fæntists or Reformists, though most followers prefer reformist as to them Fæntist sounds cult like and that they are worshiping Rasemon Fænt

Evangelical Thermodolian Christian Church

Evangelical Thermodolian Christian Church or ETCC is the second youngest and fastest growing church and has 13,121,136 members. Its made up of semi-independent churches which follow a collective leadership committee. It was founded in the late 19th century

The True Thermodolian Church

The True Thermodolian church was founded in 1823 after two churches which had split from the mother church and the Thermodolian High Christain Church years before, merged together to form one new church. Over the years several other churches merged and joined with the church. At present it has 5,642,013 members

Independent Churches

Outside of the five other churches there are several independent churches that follow the Thermodolian Christian denomination. Most of these split from either the mother church or other churches and thus where created from the late 1600s to the modern day.

Most of these churches are small and only have less than a few thousand. Collectively these independent churches are estimated to have a combined membership of 900,000 to one million. Official numbers are hard to obtain due to the number and variance of these churches and their membership practices.