Table of Contents
- 1 What did the Orthodox and the Catholic Church disagree on in 1054?
- 2 What was the most important issue dividing the Catholic and Orthodox churches?
- 3 Why are Catholic and Orthodox Easter different?
- 4 Who started the Orthodox Church?
- 5 What did the Greek Orthodox Church do about the Catholic Church?
- 6 Is there a dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church?
- 7 Is the Immaculate Conception accepted by the Orthodox Church?
What did the Orthodox and the Catholic Church disagree on in 1054?
On July 16, 1054, Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius was excommunicated from the Christian church based in Rome, Italy. Rome believed that the pope—the religious leader of the western church—should have authority over the patriarch—the religious authority of the eastern church. Constantinople disagreed.
What was the most important issue dividing the Catholic and Orthodox churches?
The schism was the culmination of theological and political differences which had developed during the preceding centuries between Eastern and Western Christianity. A succession of ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West preceded the formal split that occurred in 1054.
What is the main difference between Catholic and Orthodox?
The Catholic Church believes the pope to be infallible in matters of doctrine. Orthodox believers reject the infallibility of the pope and consider their own patriarchs, too, as human and thus subject to error.
Why are Catholic and Orthodox Easter different?
The reason for the difference is that the Western Church follows the old Julian calendar, while the Orthodox Church uses the Gregorian calendar. This explains why the dates of Catholic and Orthodox Easter are different each year and rarely coincide.
Who started the Orthodox Church?
Eastern Orthodox Church | |
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Language | Koine Greek, Church Slavonic, vernacular |
Liturgy | Byzantine (nearly ubiquitous); also Western |
Founder | Jesus Christ, according to sacred tradition |
Origin | 1st century, according to sacred tradition Judea, Roman Empire, according to sacred tradition |
What are the similarities between Catholic and Orthodox?
There are seven sacraments in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. These include baptism, confirmation, penance, communion, marriage, holy orders and the anointing of the sick. Today, the practice of these sacraments in both churches is nearly identical in form and content.
What did the Greek Orthodox Church do about the Catholic Church?
In Greece, the Orthodox Church condemned the Balamand document, and called for the abolition of the Eastern Catholic Churches as the only solution to the problem. In Romania, the document was approved by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, but rejected out of hand by the country’s Greek Catholic bishops.
Is there a dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church?
This new “Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church” was to include bishops and theologians in equal numbers from both churches, the Orthodox side including representatives from all of the autocephalous and autonomous churches.
Why was there a crisis in Catholic-Orthodox relations?
This event, happy as it was, caused a major crisis in Catholic-Orthodox relations because of the reemergence of Eastern Catholic Churches that had been suppressed by the communists.
Is the Immaculate Conception accepted by the Orthodox Church?
The Catholics teach purgatory, yet the Orthodox reject it. Universal papal jurisdiction was a rather large dogfight in 588-606 AD. Although the Orthodox reject Papal infallibility, the decisions of the orthodox synods are considered infallible. The Immaculate Conception is utterly rejected by the Orthodox.