ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH - Does the OCC have an equivalent of the CATECHISM that Rom

I recently got Catechism of the Catholic Church in paperback. Is the stuff in this the same as Orthodox Church teaching? Do Orthodox have their own "catechism"?

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The Orthodox Christian Church does have something like that. That would be found under "fundamental beliefs". All of which should be based on the Bible and the Bible only. This is very much unlike the Catholic Catechism, due to the fact that the Catholic church mentions in there that they changed the official day of worship FROM Saturday TO Sunday by there own authority. This is true based on the transition of the Caesars becoming the first Popes, and thus joining pagan Rome with original Christianity. It's all in the history books during the time of Constantine.
Hope this helps! God bless you!

Pastor Brian

yes they have but a little bit different to the roman catholic, they have a Catholicism more theological and they hold the 4 ecumenical councils look at this

Not a Orthodox Christian but would have assume they do since for the first 1100 yrs they were one Church them and the Catholic as both were known then as simply Catholic. As for Brian we never claimed to change the Sabbath day from the Jewish Saturday and still recognize it as such,but as Christians our selected or chosen day to Worship the resurrected Jesus since the time of the Apostles has been the first day of the Week Sunday. Yes it is in the epistles if you care to know.

One of the differences between the Orthodox Church and Catholic church is we're not as well rinsedOED you each branch is has their own publications for catechumans the OCA's is http://www.oca.org/QAIndex.asp?SID=3 and when I was converting I read a book by Bishop Kalistos and went to Church. This is part of the reason there is a signature
"I'm not part of any orgisnied religion I am Eastern Orthodox."

There are books that call themselves catechisms, even approved by bishops. But as a whole Church, no, there is not one catechism as the RCC has. And there is not likely to be one, since there is no doctrine-setting body within Orthodoxy except Ecumenical Councils.


". The whole body of revealed truths is to be found in the Scriptures and Tradition, which have been interpreted and used as such by teachers and thinkers of the Orthodox Church. Only the truths of the Church which have been disputed by misinterpretations are formulated by an Ecumenical Synod, the authoritative body of the Orthodox Church in such matters. In this Church, there is no authorized listing of all the truths on faith and morals in a formulated system, nor an official catechism which encompasses all the truths. The Church leaves teachers and thinkers of theology free to constantly study and present the existing truths of the revealed Word to cope with human needs and circumstances. " [1]

Blessings.
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The OCC may not have, so it is OK for them to use the CC, as both were all Catholics a long time ago.

Their doctrine is contained in their catcall teachings according to that doctrine. It is not "updated" with the errors that the CCC contains through its erroneous "updating."

In that the Orthodox are to be considered more faithful to their doctrine than is the Novus Ordo Church which throws out its Councils of Trent & Florence and even Vatican 1870, dumping many theology books and Encylicals of canonized Popes. Only traditionalism will stay the beam, and only doctrinal Orthodoxy and Traditional Doctrinal Catholicism, although they disagree violently on major tenets of the teachings of Christ, they have this loyalty to tradition in common.

Traditional Catholics at
traditional mass.org/