Do the Eastern Orthodox churches have beliefs with more similarity to Catholic or Pro

Do the Eastern Orthodox churches have beliefs with more similarity to Catholic or Protestant?

NO POPES BUT THERE are allot of strict things so a little different.

They are much closer to Catholicism than Protestantism.

They are simply another aspect of the universal Church.

Much more similar to Catholics.

They believe in the Eucharist becoming Christ, they offer confessions with Priests, they have Crucifixes (as opposed to Crosses) and most of their other teachings are close to Catholicism.

Eastern Orthodoxy is more similar to Roman Catholicism than to Protestantism, although all of them share more than some of the more radical among them care to admit.

The Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Roman Catholic Church were one Church - the Catholic Church - for over 1,000 years. Protestantism arose from the Roman Catholic Church, and so there are many similarities among them. Common to all three are most of the points of the Nicene Creed (http://www.goarch.org/chapel/liturgical_texts/creed).
* belief in the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit
* the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ
* the future return of Christ and his everlasting kingdom

Also similar among the three:
* baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
* Sunday observed as the worship day of Christians

Similar between Roman Catholicism (RC) and Eastern Orthodoxy (EO) are
* liturgical worship
* the seven major sacraments and other sacramental
* the change of communion bread and wine into the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
* male clergy: bishops, priests, and deacons
* the Tradition received from earlier generations is a guide to faith and practice
* the Bible is part of the Tradition

Most Protestants (P), and particularly Evangelicals, have their own tradition and practice
* non liturgical, spontaneous worship
* sacraments (or "ordinances") of communion and marriage only
* male or female clergy
* the Bible alone is the guide to faith and practice

OC believes
* the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father (Nicene Creed and John 15:26)
* the regional churches are united by meetings of their chief bishops, with no ruling bishop over all.

RC and P believe
* the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (an RC addition to the Creed)

RC alone believes
* the Pope of Rome should be the presiding bishop over all Christianity

Later dogmas that are required for RC to believe, but are not OC nor P dogmas:
* purgatory
* infallibility of the Pope
* the immaculate conception of Mary

Blessings.
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