Eastern Catholic Churches

disagreements were bound to occur. One argument resulted in the divergence of two different branches of Christianity. Formally known as The Great Schism or The East-West Schism, rising tensions and differing ideologies led to the development of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Many factors led to the Schism, including opposing cultural, political, social, and theological viewpoints. Ranging from the 9th to the 15th century, the Schism was not a clean break, but was a slow course of disaffection…

I was raised to be catholic which as you may know is a strict, and structured type of mass. Their practices in mass is exactly the same way each Sunday you attend, the only thing that usually differs is the subject of which the mass has been planned around. That is why I chose to go to a non denominational church for my church visit reflection. This is because these two religions are extremely different, and a couple of my friends on the soccer team go there for church each Sunday. The church I…

My project is about attending a worship service different from my own religious tradition, which is Catholic. I chose this project because I want to learn about other religions, other traditions, how they worship and what is involve in their ways of doing things. Experiencing a religion other than mine, will expand my knowledge. I believe that we always learn something new everyday and that we have to be open to receive what life offers by being here in this world that God created. What…

of Jesus, and in order to do so they persecuted many of the authority figures of the collegial church who were Catholic, in particular the local bishops. Arianism differs from the Catholic teachings of the Roman papacy because it teaches that Jesus was created by God and therefore is not divine. The persecution of the bishops was detrimental to the structure of the North African churches because the bishops were the top authoritative figures both in the church and in some places, in civil…

political and social power were vastly controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. Some individuals felt a need to practice the religion a different way. Which eventually led up to England breaking away from traditional Roman Catholicism, known as at the English reformation. The English reformation began with Henry VIII summoning the reformation parliament in 1529. Henry VIII ruled from 1509 until he died in 1547. King Henry grew up as a good catholic and even began his reign as one. Married to…

Baptism table Variant Group Expression of Unity Catholic Orthodox Protestant Description (elements) Baptism is a sacrament of spiritual regeneration “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” 2 Cor. 5:17. It is the union with Jesus Christ. “you are all one in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3: 28. Baptism is seen as a basic doctrine of Christian theology as it was instructed by Jesus Christ the central figure of Christianity. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,…

are significant differences and notable similarities amongst the Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church encompassing aspects of historical events and figures, key beliefs and values, practices and authority. Significant historical events and figures in the Catholic Church include the Great Schism (splitting of Western, Eastern and Orthodox Church) and the Great Western Schism (saw the Catholic Church break off into Protestant Churches including the Lutherans, Calvinists and the Church of…

Richard R. Gaillardetz. At the publishing of the book it had been forty years since the close of Vatican II and the publisher thought it would be a great idea to publish books that make the teachings of the sixteen documents more accessible to Catholics. This book focuses on three of the documents, you could say one major, Lumen Gentium, and two minor, Christus Dominus and Orientalium Ecclesiarum, papers. The book is broken down into four distinct chapters with subsections in each chapter.…

communication throughout the land, in addition to internal conflict. The once Roman Empire split into 2 parts: Eastern and Western Europe. Between 476 and 1200 C.E. in Europe, the Eastern Empire started to slowly thrive and flourish due to the access of trading routes, whereas Western Europe undergoed chaos and more invasions, caused by the lack of political unity. The Schism of 1054 caused the churches to split, because of different beliefs of who should be the head of the church. But despite…

starting to be acceptable. During the Middle Ages, between 600 and 1450 A.D, Europe saw Islam make its way into Sspain and the dramatic change brought about by the Christian Schism of 1054 CE. However, there certainly were ideals, like the Roman Catholic Church, that were left relatively unscaved by the turmoil. The Umayyad Caliphate was primarily located in Syria until around 750 CE when they were overthrown and the Abbasid Caliphate took over. This forced the Umayyad Caliphate to relocate to…