What is Eastern Orthodox and is it a seperate religion from Catholic?
Like in Eastern Europe you see Eastern Christianity or Eastern Orthodox. Is that a different religion or is it just Roman Catholic but with different ways of worship. Like stricter Catholic.
Thanks.
The Eastern Orthodox church is the same church established by Christ. While it is similar to Roman Catholicism in many ways, the liturgy is very different, and they differ on several doctrines. The schism had its roots early in the middle ages as the two churches developed different styles of worship ( involving matters like the language of worship and the type of bread to be used in the Eucharist. In the west, many people added the words "And The Son" to the Nicene creed regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit. While the intent was to cement the divinity of Christ and combat Arianism, it essentially made the Holy Spirit inferior to the Father and the Son. In Orthodox triadology, any given trait most be common to all three persons of the Trinity or unique to one. By saying that the Father and Son had the procession of the Holy Spirit, those who supported the Filioque clause committed grave heresy. Later Pope Leo III added the clause to the creed. While the churches remained united for many years, eventually they fell apart, culminating with mutual excommunication of the pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople. Later, separate the churches drifted further apart doctrinally on issues like Clerical Celibacy, Papal Infallibility, Purgatory, Original Sin, and the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary. I hope this helps.
RE: Reason Vs. Faith. Orthodox do believe in the virgin birth as an essential doctrine.
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James O on 25 Jul 2009 at 3:28 am #
They were one Church for 1000 years
They are very close in most of their doctrines and practices
There are "Uniate Orthodox Churches",Eastern Rite Catholic s, that are in full communion with the Roman Catholic
but most Orthodox are not
The Assumption of Mary is not a dogma for EOs and most reject the Immaculate Conception
Eastern Orthodox("Greek" or Chalcedonian Orthodox)
reject RC dogmas such as indulgences,Papal Supremacy and Papal Infallibility
also the Filioque(the procession of the Spirit from both Father and Son)
The Orthodox have a different and less centralized ecclesiology(what is the Church) and have independent and autonomous churches in federation and communion with each other
There are patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops and synods and bishop associations but no Pope( Coptic Orthodox, wha are Oriental orthodox and not Eastern Orthodox, do have a Pope)
There are also Western Rite Orthodox whose worship is not Byzantine Rite but like the Tridentine or Anglo-Catholic Anglican
EOs have only 7 Ecumenical or general Councils(ending in AD 787) but RC has 21( with Vatican II in the 1960s the latest)
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Lando on 25 Jul 2009 at 4:03 am #
Yes it’s separate they split very early.
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Reason vs. Faith on 25 Jul 2009 at 4:37 am #
I am actually baptized Christian Orthodox … "Slaves" (people from the Balkans) are mainly Orthodox.
Orthodox don’t believe Mary was a virgin and they don’t give any spritual authority to the Pope. That’s the basic difference with roman catholics.
That being said, I am COMPLETELY ATHEIST !!!
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JayJay on 25 Jul 2009 at 4:52 am #
Actually, they’re the same religion, but different denominations. Likewise for Anglicanism.
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Geezah on 25 Jul 2009 at 5:06 am #
Different religion? No, both are different sects of the same religion: Christianity. But they’re both different sects none the less. Just as the Methodists, Lutherans, Calvinists, Episcopalians, Anglicans, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists, Presbyterians, and hundreds of other groups are different sects of Christianity.
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IJR on 25 Jul 2009 at 5:25 am #
The Eastern Orthodox church was a branch of the Catholic Church (as where all Churches at that time). According to the Orthodox church, the Catholic church broke away from them over the issue of the Supremacy of the Pope over all other Bishops, and one or two minor theological issues. According to the Catholics, the Orthodox church broke away from them. That was about a thousand or so years ago. Over the years, they each grew into there own separate church. The beliefs are almost the same, with the major difference being that the Orthodox Church does not recognize the Pope as the head of the church with power over the other Bishops.
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Trogdor on 25 Jul 2009 at 6:15 am #
The Eastern Orthodox church is the same church established by Christ. While it is similar to Roman Catholicism in many ways, the liturgy is very different, and they differ on several doctrines. The schism had its roots early in the middle ages as the two churches developed different styles of worship ( involving matters like the language of worship and the type of bread to be used in the Eucharist. In the west, many people added the words "And The Son" to the Nicene creed regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit. While the intent was to cement the divinity of Christ and combat Arianism, it essentially made the Holy Spirit inferior to the Father and the Son. In Orthodox triadology, any given trait most be common to all three persons of the Trinity or unique to one. By saying that the Father and Son had the procession of the Holy Spirit, those who supported the Filioque clause committed grave heresy. Later Pope Leo III added the clause to the creed. While the churches remained united for many years, eventually they fell apart, culminating with mutual excommunication of the pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople. Later, separate the churches drifted further apart doctrinally on issues like Clerical Celibacy, Papal Infallibility, Purgatory, Original Sin, and the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary. I hope this helps.
RE: Reason Vs. Faith. Orthodox do believe in the virgin birth as an essential doctrine.
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orthodoxwiki.org
Pastor Art (((SFECU))) on 25 Jul 2009 at 6:57 am #
It is kinda like Roman Catholic, but it is more Biblical.
The Orthodox church pulled away from Rome in 1054 AD due to the heresy being taught by Rome.
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OPsaltis on 25 Jul 2009 at 7:30 am #
Orthodox do believe that the Virgin Mary was a virgin, and that Christ was "incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary", as the Nicene Creed teaches. In fact, we believe that she remained a virgin the rest of her life.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, whether Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, or so forth, is also called "The Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church", though the term "catholic" usually confuses people when used that way.
The Orthodox are not in communion with Rome and the Roman Catholic Church.
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pudlasz on 25 Jul 2009 at 7:56 am #
Eastern Orthodox Church is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by the Apostles on the Pentecost. Roman Catholic Church Separated from in in 11th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
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Laura Kay on 25 Jul 2009 at 8:07 am #
No – Orthodoxy isn’t a stricter version of Catholicism. Catholics and Orthodox are both Christian – but different sects. In 1054 – Catholics and Orthodox split, similar to how the Protestants split off from the Catholics. So – there are 3 main sects in Christianity – Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant.
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