Throughout history, Christianity has always been the religion that splits into new groups time and time again. Christianity has split multiple times and developed many branches; Nestorian Christianity, Aryan Christianity, Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Protestant (to name a few). When looking at Christianity with other religions and patterns that have lead to divergences (such as in Islam, say), the presence of a high ranking, powerful religious official who is in charge of those who spread, preach and practice the religion is always present. In Islam, the argument into what the lineage of the Caliph should be led to the development of the Sunni and Shia clans. In Christianity, it is very similar, when a significantly large group of people believe in something that the religious leader (the Bishops in early Christianity and the Pope for most of the divergences after that) goes against, they often rebel and form their own sect. In a less than stable Europe, the ability to break away from an established religious practice and form an alternate religious following is available, and so, as in history, groups have broken away and formed their own sects, practicing the same basic theology with different rituals and traditions. So, Christianity branches off so much because corrupt and absolute leadership anger people, who then move away from the church.
As for capitalism... well... let's see. All I really know is that someone has to own something that generates a profit (like a factory or insurance company) and then they build on that profit which adds to their own personal value. If that's right, that's all I know. If that's wrong, then I guess I know nothing about capitalism other than that it always comes up in politics.
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