Crowd-Sourcing: The Family Tree of Christianity (redux)

UPDATE 06.01.2015:

The final version of the diagram has been uploaded here for online viewing or printing.

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4 years ago (has it been that long already?) I created a poster with the Family Tree of Christianity. Since then I’ve noticed several errors that demanded the poster be redesigned and I also had some new ideas; so I decided to start over.

I’ve been working on this for several months now, on and off, whenever I can find the time. This a first draft, necessarily broken down in pieces because of the size for public scrutiny. Pick whichever piece you want (click to enlarge) and let me know of errors and suggestions. These files are large enough to be read on screen, but the final product will be a poster about 100 x 150 cm approximately, which I plant to release free of charge for anyone who cares to download and/or print it.

I’ve already gone through a first review phase with the greek atheist community, but the feedback was minimal, so I decided to turn to the greater, world-wide atheist community. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Here, on the right and below are the two pieces that comprise the meat of the poster and they contain the various branches of christian denominations (the two pieces obviously join at the Protestant Reformation and were split for convenience here). As you can see, I’ve made several corrections, added new denominations and also added the various religious movements that influenced their development. To make things more interesting, I also added badges, emblems, seals and coats of arms for the various deniminations. I’ve also made the diagram vertical. While the pseudo-3D of the first diagram is interesting, it doesn’t make for easy scrolling. The colours are consistent across the diagram and I limited the criss-crossing lines to a minimum. The final poster will have a legend, but I don’t include one here since I think everything is pretty much self-explanatory.

Under the family tree in the new poster I decided to add an extra diagram (same layout, mirrored) with some basic events, theological and military related to each denominations (the Catholic Church obviously takes the cake in this case).

The following maps were created in an effort to fill in the blanks left by the diagram with interesting information on Christianity. If you have a better idea for a map, don’t neglect to mention it in the comments.

Map 1 The spread of Christianity	Map 2 Dominant Denominations
Map 3 Church Attendance Minority Status	Map 4 Population Density

Cross Variants

Demographic Data

Please, don’t hesitate to leave any comments you have, no matter how minor. I’ve already gone through a redesign process once and I’d like to get it right this time. I’ve also posted this on Facebook, but due to its ephemeral character, I’d rather you leave your comments here for ease of reference.

Needless to say EVERYONE is welcome. I’m not asking for the help of just atheist readers, but Christians as well. After all the poster is non sectarian and makes no mention of atheism anyway. I’ve also made sure to keep it school friendly.

So, again, thanks a lot for your assistance and I eagerly await your comments. I’ll allow about a month for comments and corrections and after that I’ll compile the posters and release them both in Greek and in English for anyone who cares to download them.

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