What are some differences between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?
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Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics separated from one another in 1054. There are very few theological differences. The main difference is that the Eastern Orthodox Churches follow the Byzantine Rite and the Roman Catholic Church follows the Roman or Latin Rite.\n\nPope John Paul II said of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Orientale Lumen, "A particularly close link already binds us. We have almost everything in common."
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Could you tell us at first what is meant by Orthodox Christians? Because there are many Christians rites that say they are Orthodox.
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As far as I know, there is no difference, it is just what they choose to call the church. They all belive in the same things and whatnot. I really think there is no difference, and fo as long as I have been Lutheran (which is my whole life) I have never heard that a Zion lutheran is any different.
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I am an Eastern Orthodox Christian.  And you know very well what is up with the Pope, you remember that little thing called the Great Schism in 1054? \n\n We Orthodox Christians have to support our church financially, so I don't understand.  Beeswax candles cost, so does it cost to feed a Priest and his family.  You just can't make a bunch of money off of people or it isn't christian.  \n\nConcerning your comment, about all Christian religions should just unite, and go over the whole bible together....well, then you would have a mess.  Protestants are attempting to do this, but the more they go over things, the less they have in common.  Why not go with the Church that wrote the bible, and assembled it?  The Apostles were all part of our One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, and they passed on many things that were not written down.  Without tradition, and Apostolic Succession, you are merely someone who has an opinion about God.  Who wants that?  I want the truth, not somoene's opinion.
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It sounds like your head is in the right place, but your heart is not.  Despite the uneducated repetition of some anti-catholics on this forum, the Catholic Church was the church founded by Jesus Christ.  As much as they try to point out the sins of churchmen or misinterpret scriptures to their own destruction, the facts - as you stated - still remain.  The true church CANNOT apposticise - Jesus promised that it wouldn't.  And the sins of some clergy doesn't make doctrine untrue.\n\nAll this being said, you can't come at people with attacks.  It turns them away so that they will never listen to your arguement.  If you charitably answer their objections, maybe they will see the truth.\n\nFor those of you who think that the Catholic Church is not the original church - please visit my website.\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/orthodox_doctrine/
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The Eastern Orthodox Church broke with the Catholic Church in the 11th Century, over details of the governing of the church, especially whether or not the pope was the head of the church. The source below has detailed information on its beliefs and the formation of the church.
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Catholic churches are governed by Dioceses or Archdioceses.  Several churches in the same geographical area are "governed" by a specific arch/diocese.
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The Orthodox church still calculates Easter according to the Julian Calendar.\n\nUntil 1582, everyone in the world used the Julian Calendar (which kept slipping a bit, because it was too long).\n\nSince then, people started adopting the Gregorian calendar (at different times in different cultures). Even until recently, some countries used the Julian Calendar - for example, Russia's October Revolution was actually in November.\nThe Orthodox church held out longer than most, mainly because the Gregorian calendar was developed by their old enemies/brothers the Catholics (it's named after Pope Gregory 13th).\n\nThe Pravoslavnic (and some other) branches of the Orthodox church still actively use the Julian calendar for other festivals as well, so their Christmas is also on a different day.
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oh the one thing that you can be sure of is the Bible!\n\nif ur a believer of Christ, you are called a Christian.. But the concept of Religion enters when a person decides for his/her religious practices...\n\nChrist did not established religion. he didnt indicate if His church is catholic/baptist etc.\n\nand i can say that Roman Catholic Church is not the true Church...  it is because its doctrines are corrupted...\nchristianity is for real but not until Constantine made Christianity as a state religion for the byzantine empire...\n\nas you know, romans have different gods. They are pagan! when Christianity came, people dont know the nature of Christianity, its doctrines etc. They just know that Christ was the Messiah.... so that means people did not leave their sinful nature (idolatry, worshipping gods). So that is why we have Catholic Church, full of idol worship..\n\nÜ The Bible, the only thing that has not been changed even before Creation, will set you free... Coz the truth will set you free. God bless you!
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Yes, of course.  You can attend any church service. However, if you are true to your Orthodox faith, I believe you can only take communion in the Eastern Orthodox Church, unless you are Coptic Orthodox.  I don't believe that they are in communion with one another.  There are many Eastern Orthodox Churches throughout the entire world.  You can attend Greek, Russian, Antiochian, etc. Orthodox Churches.\n\nIdentify yourself in Jesus Christ and the rest is secondary :-)
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Being Roman Catholic states that one follows the teaching of the Holy Father in Rome.  Other wise one would be Orthodox Catholic and follow the teaching of the head of the Eastern Catholic Church.\n\nCatholic is a generic term and could be either one.
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Christianity is divided into many Churches. Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Coptic, baptist the list goes on and on. They are essentially the same thing but these are some differences in dogma, tradition and ritual. But in fact all these are just nonsense the division in Christianity was done in the sole purpose of controlling the church and that means money and power.
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The Catholic Church is apostolic which means it follows the teaching and practice of the Apostles. In the 20th chapter of the Act of the Apostles, the church in Troas gathered on the first day of the week, Sunday.\n\nChristians believe that Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses. Therefore Christians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity and temple worship.\n\nChristians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments.\n\nThe first Christians were Jews. They went to temple or synagogue on the Sabbath (Saturday) with fellow Jews. \n\nThen they gathered on the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus rose from the dead (Sunday), with fellow Christians to tell stories of Jesus and share Eucharist. See Acts 20:7.\n\nLater Gentiles joined Christianity. The Apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, decided that the Gentiles did not have to covert to Judaism. Therefore, they only attended on Sundays and did not have to abide by Jewish dietary laws.\n\nThis has been the practice ever since.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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catholicism is one of the two major branches of christianity, the other being protestantism. protestantism was founded by martin luther in the 15th century as a rebellion against what he perceived as the corruption of the then-current christian church. he wanted christianity to focus more upon the teachings of the bible rather than those that the church had built upon them. this was called the reformation. the church responded to this with the counter-reformation, which gave rise to catholicism.\n\nthe current differences are that the catholics have a far greater canon than protestantism, for instance they believe in the power of the saints, the authority of the pope, and the divinity of mother mary, none of which is written in the bible. the pope is the highest authority for theological questions. the protestants, on the other hand, tend to keep their canon far simpler, and consider the bible to be the highest authority, and that it should be interpreted individually by each person. they also tend to view religion as more of an individual, personal affair -- a personal relationship with god, while for the catholics it is more of a structured, community affair.
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Read this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox\n\nThen read this: http://www.notreligion.com
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Where to begin...the Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Patriarch of Rome has universal authority while the Orthodox Church teaches that no bishop has authority outside his diocese.\nThe Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Spirit proceeds in essence from both the Father and the Son and illegitimately changed the creed, while the Orthodox Church teaches that God the Father is the essential source of both the Son and the Holy Spirit.\nThe Roman Catholic Church teaches that we bear the actual guilt for the disobedience of Adam and Ever whereas the Orthodox Church teaches that we suffer the consequences of their disobedience but are ourselves not culpable for it.\nBecause of the RC's teachings on original sin they have made up the doctrine of the immaculate conception, which is not the same thing as the virgin birth, whereby she was born free of the guilt of original sin, or is somehow different than other humans to explain how Mary could be able to give birth to God. Of course they wouldn't need to make the Virgin Mary free of the consequences of Adam and Eve's disobedience if they hadn't construed it the way they had in the first place.\nThe Roman Catholic Church requires preistly celibacy whereas the Orthodox Church allows married priests, only bishops and monks are required to be celibate.\nThe differences go  on and on, these are just some of the essential ones.\nBy the way the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Catholic Church is that the Ukrainian Catholic Church uses the liturgy of the Orthodox Church and has married priests while still being in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and accepting the authority of the Pope. It is an Eastern Rite, or Uniate, church.\nIf you have more questions feel free to ask me. I am Orthodox.
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The answer is yes and no.  For starters, except in the United States, the liturgies have always been in the vernacular.  Only Eastern Catholics have the Eastern liturgies in English.  Even there, there are minor differences.\n\nNonetheless, like the Latins, Eastern Christians have highly uniform services.  As the Byzantine service is really the service of James shortened to 1-2 hours, it is fairly uniform.  Since it appears that you are not Orthodox, I would suggest an Eastern Catholic service if you live near one so you can hear it in English. \n\nSome Orthodox, like the Copts use a different service and scripture readings as theirs is from the service by Mark.  So it would also depend upon the jurisdiction.\n\nThe Orthodox are a single church with multiple juridictions.