Orthodox Church

18-e Today we want to look at the Decline of the Medieval Church. We will also cover a time that the Catholic Church had three popes at the same time. http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com As the Roman Church assumed spiritual its authority and used it unmercifully against straying church members, and against other bishops. The height of arrogance and assumed authority was in 1054 A.D. when Pope Leo IX issued the Bull of Excommunication against the…

Abanto 1 Pons Abanto Professor Clemens Reinke PHR-121 21 April 2017 Research Paper Distinction between Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christianity With over 2 billion followers around the globe, Christianity is the world’s largest religion and encompasses nearly a third of the earth’s total population. However, Christianity is further broken down into numerous denominations that maintain their own distinct ways of practicing their Christian faith. The main branches of Christianity…

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,…

Catholics intensified. As a result of this conflict, the Roman Catholic sect broke free as an alternative to Orthodox Catholicism (Brom). The Eastern Orthodox Church undertook the role of Catholics who wanted to practice simplified Catholicism after the divergence with Roman Catholics. Rather than recognizing the Pope as their leader, Orthodox Catholicism recognizes Bishops as leaders. Orthodox Catholicism deviates from the ecumenical doctrine that established Catholicism, and is not considered…

In the beginning of the church, not many people adapted to the change. The first idea of the Christian Church was when the apostles or followers of Jesus, who was the Son of God, spread around Asia, Europe, and North Africa to teach others of Jesus’ teachings of God. Jesus, who was born and preached in Judea, was sent by God to preach his good news. He was later crucified by the Romans and rose from the dead three days later. After his ascension to Heaven, his apostles traveled around, preaching…

included the Roman Catholic Church and Judaism. Orthodox Judaism and Catholicism differ in many ways. Judaism rejects the idea of the Holy Trinity, which is an integral factor in Catholicism. Catholicism holds true to the idea that Jesus died for the sins of his followers, whereas Judaism doesn’t believe in that. Judaism doesn’t believe in the Virgin Mary as strongly as Catholics do. The Virgin Mary also plays a large part in the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church believes that…

officially recognized as a religion in 380 BCE, and was “one” religion until 1054 CE when the Great Schism occurred, thus separating Christianity into the Eastern and Western Orthodox sects. After 463 years, in 1517 CE, Martin Luther released the 95 theses that were against the practices and beliefs followed at that time in the Catholic Church. Protestantism is characterized by belief in the supremacy of the Bible and defiance of the Pope as the sole authority of Christians. In…

a) The Protestant Church follow after Martin Luther, meaning they do allow Priest who are not married to marry. They do not impose celibacy at all. b) The Orthodox Church does not refute a celibate priesthood, that is after all why the priest-monks (monks that are also priests) exist. Celibacy is on a voluntary base and never to be forced upon anyone. c) The Catholic Church does impose celibacy on its priest. Recently some of Eastern Catholic Church has allowed for their priest to marry. The…

plagued with corruption on a large scale. The Catholic Church was suffering in a state of uncertainty and lack of a strong foundation and person of authority. The Great Schism of 1054 greatly affected Europe and the rest of the modern world. This great rift between the Eastern and Western Churches caused the rapid development of each side in different ways. What were the effects of this schism on the Eastern part of Europe? The Eastern Catholic Church refers to the Eastern Christian culture,…

and elderly people (35%). It was nice to see a lot of children and young adults in church, it meant to me that the Greeks and other minorities value their traditions and show on their own example how important that was. I could easily detect some Ukrainian and Russian female parishioners, as they…