The 18 traditions, as one table
Where each tradition in the denomination quiz stands on its six questions, all on one page. Read it here, cite it, or take the file.
- 18traditions
- 6axes
- 108coordinates
- Each number
- 0 is the axis's left pole, 100 its right; the middle band, 41 to 59, names no position
- Where it comes from
- the audited answer sheet for each tradition, the same coordinates every tradition page draws
- License
- CC BY 4.0: use it, with credit and a link
the table
Swipe the table left and right to see all six questions.
| Tradition | Grace | Table | Gifts | Kingdom | Authority | Worship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic (Roman and Eastern) | 72synergist-leaning | 5sacramental | 15continuationist | 8one-people-of-God | 5rooted in Scripture and tradition | 5liturgical |
| Eastern Orthodox | 90firmly synergist | 5sacramental | 20continuationist | 8one-people-of-God | 5rooted in Scripture and tradition | 5liturgical |
| Lutheran (confessional) | 33monergist-leaning | 5sacramental | 82cessationist | 8one-people-of-God | 88Scripture alone | 10liturgical |
| Anglican (broad) | 42balanced on grace | 5sacramental | 35continuationist-leaning | 22one-people-leaning | 65Scripture over tradition | 5liturgical |
| Presbyterian / Reformed (confessional) | 5firmly monergist | 10sacramental | 90cessationist | 5one-people-of-God | 88Scripture alone | 67free-leaning in worship |
| Reformed Baptist (1689) | 5firmly monergist | 50between sacramental and memorial | 95cessationist | 5one-people-of-God | 90Scripture alone | 88free in worship |
| Reformed charismatic (Sovereign Grace, Newfrontiers) | 5firmly monergist | 58between sacramental and memorial | 5continuationist | 25one-people-leaning | 88Scripture alone | 85free in worship |
| Southern Baptist (Calvinist) | 8firmly monergist | 95memorialist | 75cessationist-leaning | 58balanced on Israel and the church | 95Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| Southern Baptist (non-Calvinist) | 80firmly synergist | 95memorialist | 75cessationist-leaning | 72dispensational-leaning | 95Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| National Baptist (NBC USA / historically Black Baptist) | 75synergist-leaning | 95memorialist | 35continuationist-leaning | 72dispensational-leaning | 95Scripture alone | 92free in worship |
| Bible church (independent, dispensational) | 48balanced on grace | 95memorialist | 95cessationist | 95dispensational | 95Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| Calvary Chapel | 55balanced on grace | 95memorialist | 25continuationist-leaning | 95dispensational | 95Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| Churches of Christ / Christian Churches | 95firmly synergist | 58between sacramental and memorial | 95cessationist | 30one-people-leaning | 95Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| Wesleyan / Methodist | 88firmly synergist | 8sacramental | 30continuationist-leaning | 20one-people-of-God | 67Scripture over tradition | 28liturgy-leaning |
| Mainline Protestant (PCUSA / ELCA / UMC) | 50balanced on grace | 5sacramental | 35continuationist-leaning | 10one-people-of-God | 55balanced on authority | 25liturgy-leaning |
| Pentecostal (Assemblies of God, Church of God, COGIC) | 90firmly synergist | 90memorialist | 5continuationist | 75dispensational-leaning | 85Scripture alone | 95free in worship |
| Charismatic non-denominational | 75synergist-leaning | 90memorialist | 5continuationist | 55balanced on Israel and the church | 80Scripture alone | 92free in worship |
| Anabaptist / Mennonite (peace church) | 90firmly synergist | 90memorialist | 30continuationist-leaning | 25one-people-leaning | 90Scripture alone | 82free in worship |
A tradition sits where its own confessions and standard works put it, described in words its people would accept; the band words are the ones the quiz prints for a reader at the same point. What a coordinate can and cannot say is set out on the method page.