When Christianity spread around the Roman Empire it developed two main churches; Eastern part Greek and Western or Latin. The former was the main church in the eastern part of the empire and the latter the main one in the western part. Later they came to be called Orthodox and Catholic respectively.
The Eastern Orthodox Church was the church for the Byzantine Empire.
A rift developed between Latin Christianity and Greek Christianity which then led to the schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The conflict between the two led to mutual distrust . The Orthodox Church was the church of the Byzantine Empire.
It was the Orthodox Church, or The Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Eastern Orthodox Church.
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It was the Eastern Orthodox Church.
It was the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church was also the Byzantine Emperor, head of both Church and State.
What type of church was most commonly constructed in the Byzantine Empire
It was the Eastern Orthodox Church.
It is when The Roman Catholic Church and The Eastern Orthodox Church had The Great Schism, in which The Roman Catholic Church broke off The Orthodox Church.