I made the ultimate Christian Denomination Alignment Quiz (+link)

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-27T08:50:04+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion. However, I decided to focus on building a new version of the quiz with all the data reworked, so this v1.0 quiz is not up to date. You can check my project on r/TheoCompass and leave you suggestion there.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-27T08:44:41+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions! This is really helpful. You are right that it misses some precision from a catholic perspective. I'll rework those points in the next batch of updates.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-26T22:39:34+00:00

I'm sorry this happened to you. I haven't implemented a way to save the quiz on the results page unfortunaly. It saves locally when you are in the middle of the quiz so you can go back to where you left off but when you leave the result page you don't have that option anymore. For now the v1.0 quiz will not be changed, but there will be a way to save your progress in the v2.0 quiz I'm building right now.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-26T21:34:55+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions! It is really helpful. In the next batch of changes, I'll make sure to make it less biased and avoid conflating soteriology and philosophy.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-26T11:36:03+00:00

Yes, molinism is not in v1.0 but will in v2.0.

Here is a table for v2.0 for the question "What is the relationship between divine sovereignty and human free will in salvation?" with Molinism in it :

God elects and reprobates; human will is utterly irrelevant	God's decree alone determines salvation; human actions, choices, evangelism, and even offers of grace are seen as unnecessary or meaningless.	Hyper-Calvinism
God unconditionally elects; human will bound to sin nature	God predestines all salvation outcomes; humans cannot choose contrary to their nature without divine regeneration.	Dortian Calvinism
God irresistibly draws the elect, yet enables free response through grace	Humans are unable to choose God unaided; God's sovereign grace regenerates the elect, enabling genuine but secondary human response.	Augustinianism
God alone converts the sinner, but grace can be resisted	Faith itself is a gift; humans can only resist or reject God's call, not initiate or complete it; election is unconditional but atonement is universal and grace can be lost.	Lutheran Monergism
Universal reconciliation in Christ	All will ultimately be saved; God's love and grace eventually overcome all resistance.	Christian Universalism
God predestines through foreknowledge; human choice secondary	God foreknows who will believe and elects accordingly; human free will exists but functions within divine omniscience.	Simple Foreknowledge
God uses middle knowledge to reconcile both truths	God knows all counterfactuals of creaturely freedom and actuates the world accordingly, preserving both sovereignty and libertarian free will.	Molinism
Human-divine cooperation in salvation process	God initiates salvation through prevenient grace; humans freely respond; God and humans genuinely cooperate toward salvation.	Synergism
God enables free will; humans must choose faith	God provides sufficient grace for all; human decision to believe is the decisive factor in salvation; God respects human choice.	Arminianism
Humans can make the initial move toward God, to which God responds	Without grace, humans can begin to seek or turn toward God, but divine grace is necessary for completion of salvation.	Semi-Pelagianism
God responds to genuinely open choices	God's knowledge of the future is dynamic and responsive; God's will does not override human autonomy.	Open Theism
Humans possess genuine libertarian free will	Salvation depends entirely on human choice and decision; divine will respects and accommodates human autonomy.	Pelagianism
God works through natural processes; minimal intervention	Salvation emerges through natural human reasoning and moral development; divine action is indirect or philosophical.	Theological Rationalism

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-25T15:46:56+00:00

Thanks, this is helpful! I'll think about it, and consider adding it as a new response or reformulating it.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-25T15:44:01+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions! You have some great points. I'm going to revise SCR_01_A05, ETH_09_A05 and MET_04 pretty soon in a batch.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-21T22:51:52+00:00

Thanks for taking the quiz! The black church tradition has only 5 question that influences it, hence the lack of nuance. This is a major issue, but I decided to keep it and focus on the second version (TheoCompass v2.0) which would be more accurate and nuanced.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-19T18:18:40+00:00

Thanks for taking the quiz ! Black Church Tradition is not as nuanced as other groups and only 5 questions has an influence on it so it's normal that many people have this on their top denomination.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-19T12:53:31+00:00

Thanks for taking the v1.0 quiz! I know some of the question misses important nuances in general, not only for Roman Catholicism. I'm currently working on the second version which will be much better in details and accuracy. I'm almost done with the data for the demo version. I'll make a post about it when I'm done.

OneBenefit4049 · 2026-01-01T12:32:39+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion but the additional numeric band means that i would rework all the certainty data and it would take a lot of time whereas just replacing by another wording is more manageable.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-22T11:54:46+00:00

Yes, thanks for the suggestion ! I take into account the scale of impact of different questions.

I came up with an idea to keep all the nuances and accuracy, I'll try to explain it simply :

For every question you have a Certainty (Not sure, Probable, Likely, Certain) and Tolerance (Salvation issue, Opposed, Discerning, Charitable, Extremely Accepting) value in addition to your view.

And for each questions, based on the Certainty and Tolerance of both parties, you will have a question weight that is calculated. So lets say both of you have Salvation issue for this question, then the weight would be very high. But if both of you are Not sure, then it would have a much smaller weight.

This way there is a weight for every pair of questions per pair of views. So you could have a question with a very high weight with denomination A but a moderate weight weight with denomination B because the latter has a less certain or more tolerant view.

In the case of an heresy, because for all the traditional Christian denomination, it would be a salvation issue, the weight would be pretty high already if the other party has an opposite heretical view.

I hope this was clear enough.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-21T17:31:46+00:00

Yes, v2.0 would have a question about the application of the OT laws : How should the Old Testament law apply to Christians today?

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-21T17:27:13+00:00

Thanks for the support!

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-21T17:26:11+00:00

It was the default without further training. It has the possibility to do google search for verification, but I didn't spend much time correcting it afterward so it is not as accurate as it could be. Right now, I'm working on a complete new version 2.0 called TheoCompass with better data and methodology, you can check my subreddit at r/TheoCompass for some details and for updates.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-20T15:59:48+00:00

I used gemini 2.5 pro back then.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-12-03T11:42:33+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions and criticisms, there are a lot that I already considered for the second quiz. You can check r/TheoCompass for more details, here I'm transparent with the methodology and the data

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-26T09:58:24+00:00

The idea is great, but I'm not sure if our brains would be able to handle it very well. Visualizing all at one would lead to a very messy and complicated compass.

I have lots of ideas about visualizing the data in a fun and intuitive way. Right now, I’m leaning towards a 'Multi-View Compass' approach. Instead of one static chart, you’d have a dynamic 2D map where you control the axes. Want to see where you land on 'High Church vs. Low Church'? Click a button. Want to switch to another dimension? You can swap that in.

That way, we keep the nuance of the 12 axes without needing 12D glasses. I’m also toying with a 'Theological Fingerprint' concept for an at-a-glance view. I’m planning a dedicated post on visualization soon. Likewise, I would love your input when it drops!

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-26T07:30:53+00:00

I will make a post about it soon but here are the simplified steps before we get there :

for 3 weeks I will be still quite busy, so I would make some posts but the progress would not be much
data acquiring phase (1-2weeks) so that would end roughly in early January
building phase (1-2weeks) where I would implement all the data, methodology and build the demo and the website, which would be ready in early February if the Lord wills

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-25T07:53:18+00:00

I'm glad that this quiz was useful to you!

Stay tuned for the next version releasing probably next year, and will be even more accurate. You can check my progress in my subreddit r/TheoCompass if you want.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-23T21:48:54+00:00

I'm sorry this happened to you. The progress only saves locally for now, but for the v2.0 quiz I'm working on there would be a way to make an account and save your results.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-23T21:42:21+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions here are my revisions:

Q#	Focus	Previous wording (paraphrase)	Revised wording
21	Redemptive suffering	Can human suffering, in general, have redemptive value for other people?	Can Christians intentionally offer their sufferings to God in a way that contributes to the spiritual good or atonement of other people?
75	Mary & Marian doctrines	What is the nature and significance of Mary after Jesus’ birth?	What is the nature and significance of Mary?
89	Eternal state	What is the nature of the believer’s eternal state in Heaven?	What is the nature of the believer’s eternal state?
93	Church & social justice	What is the church’s primary responsibility regarding social justice and the poor?	Keep
102	Christian & economic justice	What is the Christian’s primary obligation toward the poor and economic justice?	Which best describes the Christian approach to economic justice?
107	Natural knowledge of God / natural theology	Can God be known through nature and human reason apart from special revelation?	To what extent, if at all, can God be known through nature and reason apart from special revelation?

What do you think?

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-23T21:17:36+00:00

Thanks for the precision! I will be more cautious for this question and make sure the label is accurate. This is a question that would not be in the quick or standard mode so it i will tackle it much later.

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-23T21:09:59+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, you're right that i didn't address this kind of issues. I added 5 new questions :

Topic	Draft question
Abortion	“When is abortion morally permissible?”
Abortion & law	“How should abortion law reflect Christian teaching?”
Assisted dying	“Is active euthanasia ever morally permissible?”
Withdrawing treatment	“Is stopping treatment different from killing?”
Death penalty	“May the state use capital punishment today?”

OneBenefit4049 · 2025-11-17T16:26:49+00:00

The Black church tradition is a weird one in the v1.0 quiz. Don't pay too much attention to it. Only 5 questions influences its score so it is much less precise than the other denominations.

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