Compare the Eastern Orthodox Church to the Roman Catholic Church; cite similarities a

Compare the Eastern Orthodox Church to the Roman Catholic Church; cite similarities and differences.?

Constantine favored the Eastern, Greek, side of his empire by having a vast new capital city built in what is today Turkey. He named it Constantinople (modern Istanbul). The result was that over the centuries the Catholic Church became polarized and split both by language and by geography?Latin-speaking Rome in the West versus Greek-speaking Constantinople in the East.

Divisive debates about aspects of the still-developing Trinity teaching continued to cause turmoil in Christendom. Another council was held in 451 C.E. at Chalcedon to define the character of Christ?s ?natures.? While the West accepted the creed issued by this council, Eastern churches disagreed, leading to the formation of the Coptic Church in Egypt and Abyssinia and the ?Jacobite? churches of Syria and Armenia. The unity of the Catholic Church was constantly threatened by divisions on abstruse theological matters, especially regarding the definition of the Trinity doctrine.

Another cause for division was the veneration of images. During the eighth century, the Eastern bishops rebelled against this idolatry and entered into what is called their iconoclastic, or image-destroying, period. In time they returned to the use of icons.?Exodus 20:4-6; Isaiah 44:14-18.

A further big test came about when the Western church added the Latin word foliage (?and from the Son?) to the Nicene Creed to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeded from both the Father and the Son. The end result of this sixth-century emendation was a rift when ?in 876 a synod [of bishops] at Constantinople condemned the pope both for his political activities and because he did not correct the heresy of the foliage clause. This action was part of the East?s entire rejection of the pope?s claim of universal jurisdiction over the Church.? (Man?s Religions) In the year 1054, the pope?s representative excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople, who in return put a curse on the pope. That split eventually led to the formation of the Eastern Orthodox Churches?Greek, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, and other self-governing churches.

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Both honor the Mother of God and Saints

Roman Catholics bless themselves left to right and the Eastern Orthodox right to left.

Roman Catholics believe the Pope is infallible and Eastern Orthodox Church doesn't.

Eastern Orthodox and the RCC both have apostolic succession, believe in the effectiveness of the 7 Sacraments, and follow a cyclical liturgical calendar. The Eastern rite is older by about 400 years in respect to changes, but, has a very similar view on tradition and faith construct. They more of the original books in their Bible and recognize more saints.

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It's an article called:
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ORTHODOXY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM?
By Father Michael Azkoul

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differences-
Views on sin Catholics have venal and mortal sin Orthodox do not
Orthodox talk about voluntary which we receive personal guilt from and involuntary sins- which is simply every thing messed up about the universe.
The Orthodox don't accept the immaculate conception as our theology on sin is such Mary would eatery need to be Devinne or a new creature sprat from humanity to be born with out involuntary sin.
church structure- the Orthdox church dose every thing by councils and is governed by regional councils- like the Russian Greek and what ever ___ Orthodox Church. We're the same Church that's just a difernt branch.
The Catholics the Pope has the final word.
Language- Orthodox have had a long traditon of using the local language even if its an old version. While the catholics kept any every thing in Latin.
Views on the Euchrest- we Orthodox don't have terms loke transubstiantion and consubstianation we simply accept the Eucherest as the Body and blood of Christ as Christ said it was so.
Priestly celibacy- The Orthodox church ordains married men as a standard practice We also have celibate monk priests who typicaly stay in monestaries and might become Bishops.
The canons of the early church say this is the way it should be.
Fast rules- We Orhtodox fast wensday friday and during advent Lent and other points in the year and are suppsoed to be vegan.
Liturgical rubix- The Catholics have sit stand kneel Orthodox it is Stand Stand stand. the kneeling part on sunday is actualy uncononical.
Orhtodox church music is acapella
divorse- the catholic ban on divorse is not an eccumincal one- they baned it after the 800s. Orthodox as is the older practice do grant divorse it was ment to be done only in the case of adultery like wise remariage even is still premited but the divorse is the result of sin. A second mariage would ban a man from the priesthood.
views on tradtion- the Catholics have had a lot of reform not just vatican II but also before hand while the Orthodox use a basicaly unchanged liturgy.
purgatory indulgences- neither exist in Orthodoxy we pray for the dead as the judgement has not happened yet.
priestly and monastic orders- the Orhtodox don't have orders like the order of benidict or the jesuits.
the incarnation The catholics like the rest of western Christianity foucus on the crusifixion while the Orthodox look at christs life death and resurection as a holistic defeate of death.
rosary- the Rosary is a western prayer the East uses the Jesus prayer- Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner
we still say the hail mary only not part of the meditative prayer.
simularities
we are both Christians with long history
honnor the saints
believe in the ever virginity and Holiness of mary though in difernt ways on the second issue.
have bishops
neither are sola scriptura and both are liturgical