Library of Congress Classification:Class B, subclass BX -- Christian Denominations

Subclass BX: Christian Denominations is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class B -- Philosophy, Psychology, Religion. This article describes subclass BX.

1-9999 Christian Denominations

1-9.5 Church unity. Ecumenical movement. Interdenominational cooperation

100-189 Eastern churches. Oriental churches

100-107 General

120-129 Armenian Church

130-139 Coptic Church

140-149 Ethiopic or Abyssinian Church

150-159 Nestorian, Chaldean, or East Syrian Church

160-169 St. Thomas Christians. Malabar Christians. Mar Thoma Syrian Church

170-179 Syrian or Jacobite Church

180-189 Maronite Church

200-756 Orthodox Eastern Church

200-395 General

400-756 Divisions of the church

400-440 Patriarchates of the East. Melchites

450-450.93 Church of Cyprus

460-605 Russian Church

610-620 Church of Greece

630-639 Orthodox Church in Austria and Hungary

650-659 Bulgarian Church

660-669 Georgian Church

670-679 Montenegrin Church

690-699 Romanian Church

710-719 Serbian Church. Yugoslav Church

720-729 Orthodox Eastern Church, Macedonian

729.5 Orthodox Eastern Church, Ukrainian

729.9-755 Orthodox Church in other regions or countries

800-4795 Catholic Church

800-839 Periodicals. Societies, councils, congresses, etc.

840 Museums. Exhibitions

841 Dictionaries. Encyclopedias

845 Directories. Yearbooks

847 Atlases

850-875 Documents

880-891 General collected works

895-939 Study and teaching

940-1745 History. Including lives of popes

1746-1755 Theology. Doctrine. Dogmatics

1756 Sermons

1760-1779.5 Controversial works

1781-1788 Catholic Church and other churches

1790-1793 Catholic Church and the state

1800-1920 Government and organization

1958-1968 Creeds and catechisms

1969 Forms of worship. Catholic practice

1970-2175 Liturgy and ritual

2050-2175 Prayers and devotions

2177-2198 Meditations. Devotional readings. Spiritual exercises, etc.

2200-2292 Sacraments

2295-2310 Sacramentals

2312 Images

2315-2324 Relics. Shrines. Pilgrimages. Processions

2325-2333 Saints. Hagiology

2347-2377 Practical religion. Christian life

2380-2386 Religious life. Religious state

2400-4563 Monasticism. Religious orders

2890-4192 Religious orders of men

4200-4563 Religious orders of women

4600-4644 Churches, cathedrals, abbeys (as parish churches), etc.

4650-4705 Biography and portraits

4650-4698 Collective

4654-4662 Saints and martyrs

4700-4705 Individual

4700 Saints

4710.1-4715.95 Eastern churches in communion with Rome. Catholics of the Oriental rites. Uniats

4716.4-4795 Dissenting sects other than Protestant

4718.5-4735 Jansenists

4737 French schisms of the 19th century

4740 German Catholics

4751-4793 Old Catholics

4793.5-4794.25 Independent Catholic Churches

4795 Other

4800-9999 Protestantism

4800-4861 General

4872-4924 Pre-Reformation

4872-4893 Waldenses and Albigenses

4900-4906 Lollards. Wycliffites

4913-4924 Hussites

4920-4924 Bohemian Brethren

4929-4951 Post-Reformation

4929-4946 Anabaptists

4950-4951 Plain People

5001-5009 Anglican Communion (General)

5011-5207 Church of England

5011-5050 General

5051-5110 History. Local divisions

5115-5126 Special parties and movements

5127-5129.8 Church of England and other churches

5130-5132 General

5133 Sermons. Tracts. Addresses. Essays

5135-5136 Controversial works

5137-5139 Creeds and catechisms, etc.

5140.5-5147 Liturgy and ritual

5148-5149 Sacraments

5150-5182.5 Government. Organization. Discipline

5183-5187 Religious communities. Conventual life. Religious societies

5194-5195,, etc. in England and Wales

5197-5199 Biography

5200-5207 Dissent and nonconformity

5210-5395 Episcopal Church in Scotland

5410-5595 Church of Ireland

5596-5598 Church in Wales

5600-5740 Church of England outside of Great Britain

5601-5620 Anglican Church of Canada

5800-5995 Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

5996-6030 Protestant Episcopal Church outside the United States

6051-6093 Reformed Episcopal Church

6101-9999 Other Protestant denominations (Alphabetical; only larger denominations listed. The subarrangement is essentially the same for each sect, the primary features being indicated by way of example under Baptists)

6101-6193 Adventists. “Millerites”

6195-6197 Arminians. Remonstrants

6201-6495 Baptists

6201-6227 General

6231-6328 History. Local divisions

6329 Baptists and other churches

6330-6331.2 Doctrine

6333 Sermons. Tracts

6334 Controversial works

6335-6336 Creeds. Catechisms

6337 Service. Ritual. Liturgy

6338-6339 Sacraments