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The question is not fully correct,ill explain why?
The Orthodox Churche(s) and the Roman Church both have apostolic succession therefore they are the same age and can trace their roots to christ.
However the Catholic Church wanted to change doctrines,traditions,litrugy etc so they changed the original church and continued to add extra doctrines after the 1054 schism e.g pugartory,immaculate conception etc
but the Orthodox Church hasn't changed anything or added any extra doctrines after the 1054 schism.
So concluding the Orthodox and Catholic church are equally old but the Orthodox church is older in tradition,beliefs etc
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe question is not fully correct,ill explain why?
The Orthodox Churche(s) and the Roman Church both have apostolic succession therefore they are the same age and can trace their roots to christ.
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∙ 15y agoI suppose that depends on who you ask. From the Orthodox perspective, both the Orthodox and Catholics started at the same time, in the year 33 AD, when there was no such thing as Orthodox and Catholic, and there was only the universal Christian Church. So they both shared a common foundation for the first 1,000 years of their history. The problem starts when you look at what happened after that time. The Great Schism of 1054 AD caused a split in the universal Church, which resulted in the formation of an Orthodox East and a Latin West. The Orthodox Church claims that the Latins (later known as Roman Catholics) split from the Body of the Church because of Papal claims of supremacy over the Church and changes to the Nicene Creed (the 'filioque' clause), which were not accepted by anyone else at that time. The Roman Catholics called the Orthodox schismatics for not accepting the Pope as supreme ruler over the whole church. Either way, only the Orthodox and the Catholics can claim to have any link to the original Church that Jesus established in 33 AD. Both the Orthodox and Catholics agree that all other Christian groups that came after 1054 AD can have no claim to being the true Church of Christ, since they have no continual history dating back to 33 AD. The Protestants were founded much later, in the 16th Century, and all other Christian groups began long after that time; some of them even began only a few decades ago, so they have no authority to claim any connection with the church that Jesus Christ established on the Day of Pentecost in 33 AD. Only the Orthodox Church (and some say Roman Catholics too) can claim to have an unbroken history and tradition from Jesus and the Apostles right up until the present day.
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∙ 15y agoThe Orthodox branch of Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church became separated from each other by the Great Schism of 1054. As separate Churches, they are therefore both equally ancient.
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Can a divorced greek orthodox woman marry a catholic man in a catholic church if her first marriage was annulled by the greek church?
The answers is no, if he wasn't divorced,yes,because the catholic church recognises the orthodox church as valid since they were one church before.However if he is divorced he is not allowed in either catholic or orthodox. A Catholic can marry any non- Catholic, and it is recognized as a sacrament in the Catholic church. Only when the individual has been previously married there is an issue. In which case that individual must have their previous marriage annuled. The Catholic church permits Catholics to marry in the Orthodox church and it is a sacrament. I have spoken to Catholic priests and Catholic Bishops and they do not see a problem with a Greek annulment, as being an impediment. If that individual did not have their marriage previously annulled than it would be an issue.
Who is the eastern orthodox church not in full union with?
Anyone other than Eastern Orthodox eg Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant
Why was there a schism between the Greek Orthodox Church?
The Orthodox Church and the Roman Church both have apostolic succession so they are equally old. Anyway at one stage they were one church called the Catholic Orthodox Church or The Universal Truth. The western church (Catholic) wanted to change the creed (a sum of the faith) and started declaring papal supremacy over the other churches - the Orthodox church views the St.Peter on the rock thing a Primacy of Honour not infallibility since Jesus did not make one apostle greater than the other. These were the main events that caused the 1054 schism and creating officially the Catholic and Orthodox Church. However seeing how the Catholic Church changed its teachings,liturgy among other things. The Orthodox Church did not change anything before or after the 1054 schism That is why the Catholic Church views the Orthodox Church as valid, but the Orthodox Church doesn't for the Catholic Church
What came first Orthodox Christians or Catholic Christians?
The Greek Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches are now theologically the same but are separate because of the misunderstanding that happened in 451AD however both now see each others view on the nature of christ as truly ORTHODOX They both have apostolic succesion the Greek Orthodox founded by St.Andrew and the Coptic Orthodox founded by St.Mark.Both have presevered their native traditions and beliefs something that is sacred to all eastern churches
How did Christianity become orthodox or Catholic?
The Church of Christ was founded by the Holy Apostles on the First Pentecost. That Church was Orthodox (Right believing, Right worshipping) and Catholic (Universal). The Church of Christ-wherever people were converted to it, was Orthodox, until 1054, when the West (Western Europe) split from the Orthodox Church due to different issues, but mainly revolving around the novel claim of the Popes that they had more power than did all the other Bishops of the Church. As time went on, the church in the West became known as "the Roman Catholic Church," the True Church of Christ in the East as the "Orthodox Church," usually modified by the region of the Church being spoken of - "Greek Orthodox Church," "Russian Orthodox Church," etc. In light of the belief of the Orthodox Church that it is the True Church of Christ, and therefore, True Christianity, "Christianity" did not "become Orthodox or Catholic," but always was, and still is Orthodox; Roman Catholics are an organization that adopted incorrect beliefs about the Church and about Christ from the 9th century on; once being identical, by the 20th century, the gulf had widened greatly, with Roman Catholic belief becoming very far away, indeed, from the beliefs of Orthodox Christianitythe True Church of Christ, the only Genuine Christianity.
Can a Roman Catholic get an annulment from Orthodox Catholic or other Catholic rites?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . A Catholic is bound by his Bishop. If he is a Latin Rite Catholic, then he would need to ask his pastor to apply to his Latin Rite bishop for an annulment. If he is another Rite, then he would need to apply to his Bishop in that Rite. There are more than a few Rites in the Catholic Church, the Latin Rite is just the largest. . An Orthodox Bishop has no standing in the Catholic Church whatsoever, other than valid Orders.
What are the books of the Eastern Orthodox Church?
The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Bible. The books in their Canon are slightly different than that of the Roman Catholic, but they also use 3 Maccabees, Psalm 151, and 1 Esdras.
List three ways that the Roman Catholic Church differed from the Greek Orthodox Church during the early Christian era?
During the early Christian era, before the Great Schism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church did not exist as separate entities - there was only a Church that is now called the Catholic-Orthodox Church. Nevertheless, there were differences between the two sections of the one Church:The western Church, which was later to become the Roman Catholic Church, used Latin, while the eastern Churches used Greek;The western Church celebrated Easter at a different time of year than the eastern Churches.The bishop of Rome regarded himself as of higher standing in the Church than the other Metropolitans of the Church;The eastern primates generally had more autonomy from decision of the emperor than did the bishop of Rome.
What kind of orthodox church is in Romania Greek or Russian?
The Romanian Orthodox Church mainly follows the liturgical practice of the Greek Orthodox Church, rather than the Russian Orthodox Church, such as the use of the new calendar.
Is Orthodox Catholic or Protestant?
Neither. The Catholic church was part of a schism in the church prior to the formation of Protestant denominations.One Wikianswerers opinion:They are Catholic, I was talking to a priest the other day, to learn more of the Catholic beliefs I have been raised Baptist and was just wanting to learn..Catholic AnswerIf you wish to know more about the Catholic Church, ask a priest when the next RCIA class starts. It usually starts in August and runs until the following Easter. It is an Inquirer's class - people who are curious about the Catholic Church. .The Orthodox split from the Catholic Church in the 11th century, mostly over political problems that had been going on for quite some time. When they split, every Rite split in two. In other words, to this day, there is a Greek Orthodox Church, and a Greek Uniate Church. The Orthodox no longer acknowledge the Pope and the Uniate Churches do. But they all remain Catholic in the sense that they are a full Christian Church with a valid apostolic succession, and valid sacraments. If a Greek Orthodox wanted to become Catholic, he would make a profession of faith, but he would not be baptized or confirmed, as he received these sacraments in the Orthodox Church. The Orthodox isn't really "Catholic", but they are valid Church and they are in schism.Protestants, on the hand, are not valid churches, they do not have a valid priesthood and they do not have valid sacraments (save Baptism). They are heretics, not schismatics, they completely left the Church and lost the sacraments (save Baptism), the Church refers to them as ecclesial communities NOT Churches.
Can children be baptized Orthodox and Catholic?
No, because Christians can only be baptized once, as we say in the Creed: "I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins." The Pope has stated that he accepts all Orthodox baptisms as valid, but not all Orthodox churches accept Roman Catholic baptisms as being valid (because Catholics sprinkle with water, rather than fully immerse), so a child baptized in an Orthodox Church would be accepted as valid by both.
Do any Bible verses forbid choosing a religion other than Roman Catholic?
The evidence of the Bible is that there was a great deal of diversity in Christianity during the first century. Gradually one group began to dominate and went on to become what is now known to scholars as the Catholic-Orthodox Church. This group subsequently began to splinter, with some groups such as the Coptics and Arians leaving the main Church. The Great Schism of 1054 resulted in the separation of the unified Church into what we now know as the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Protestant Churches left the Roman Catholic in the Reformation, and so can claim to share the heritage of the Catholic Church. No one modern Church can really claim to be the original Christian Church to the exclusion of all others. The books that now form the New Testament were the ones selected by the Catholic-Orthodox Church, and they do warn against other Christian groups, with references to "false prophets" and "heretics". But they do not mention the Roman Catholic Church.
