Just a thought.

I always have looked at denomination more as stacked from four root groups.   The first is based on Catholicism: The Catholic Church, The Orthodox Church, the Coptics, and the Ethiopians.   The second is the original church that formed from the reformers like Luther and Calvin.  The third was the Anglicans and their derivatives and final the fourth is everyone else.

All of this have their roots in the simple teachings of Jesus of Nazareth before he was elevated to Christ.   But that is how I have looked at it as it made it easier to handle everything Academically.

There is a study that shows that as of 2012 there are 43000 distinct Christain Denominations.  Think about this, in 1900 there were only 1600 know denominations in Christianity, This exploded to 43000 in 112 years.    It took from the time Christ walked this earth till 1600 derivatives of his teachings, approximately 1870 years.  It took only 112 to add another 41400 derivatives.  The question is why are we so arrogant as Christians that we believe we know better than the one who started it all that we have to twist to fit what we think or want?
Just my humble opinion and rant.