Over the past 2000 years, the churches of the world have divided into different communities over questions of doctrine and authority.
The Orthodox community, under the archbishop of Constantinople, separated from the Catholic community, under the Pope (the bishop of Rome), in 1054.
This ostensibly arose because the Catholics had made a change to the Nicene Creed without the authority of an ecumenical council. There was a theological question at the centre of the dispute as well.
This controversy brought into sharp focus the difference between the eastern and western positions on authority within the Church.
The Catholic branch of the Church considers that all authority in the Church vests in the Pope. This position is not accepted in most of the non-western parts of the Church. This issue was also an important part of the Protestant reformation, and led to western churches rejecting the ultimate authority of the Pope, and seeking authority elsewhere.
The Church split into East & West over the "Filique" of the Nicene Creed. Originally, when the creed was composed, it said that the Holy Spirit "Proceeds from the Father," but the Pope in the 10'Th Century added "and the Son." The Eastern Patriarchs did not believe that the Pope was right to do this, & excommunicated him for it. The Pope in turn, excommunicated the Patriarch, for challenging his authority as the Spiritual Head of the Church.
Perhaps the major disagreement was when to celebrate Easter
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Western Europe is majority Catholic whiel Russia is majority Eastern Orthodox. Both are branches of Christianity, however.
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the basic difference between eastern and western institutions , is that eastern institutions worship the group while western institutions worship the individual
The differences between the Eastern Empire and Western Empire is their languages and foods they eat. The Western Empire spoke Italian. A Eastern spoke Greek.
Christianity developed from a religion among a small group of Jews (who lived in Judea, which was part of the Roman Empire) into a mass religion in the Roman days. It spread around the Roman Empire. It became state religion. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Later Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
Love relationships are a little different between Eastern and Western cultures. There are more divorces in Eastern cultures than Western.
The Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic) churches are the two main branches of Christianity. The Eastern Church is composed of national churches that are in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople, while the Western Church is under the jurisdiction of the Pope in Rome. The two churches have different theological traditions and practices. The main differences between the Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic) churches are: -The Eastern Church uses the Byzantine Rite while the Western Church uses the Latin Rite. -The Eastern Church is organized into Patriarchates while the Western Church is organized into Dioceses. -The Eastern Church teaches that the Bishop of Rome is the first among equals while the Western Church teaches that the Bishop of Rome is the supreme Pontiff. -The Eastern Church is composed of national churches while the Western Church is composed of local churches 678217.
There is no "eastern religion" or "western religion." Christianity, Judiasm, and most the religions practiced in the Western Hemisphere originated in the Eastern Hemisphere and spread around the world. Islam, what is thought of as a very Eastern religion by most people who don't know much about it, actually spread up through Africa and into Spain by the Moors, who were eventually defeated. Religion has no bourdaries.