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2 days ago · Eastern Orthodoxy, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches.
- John Meyendorff
Sep 9, 2024 · Eastern Orthodoxy - Byzantine, Schism, Reformation: At the beginning of the 2nd millennium of Christian history, the church of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, was at the peak of its world influence and power.
- John Meyendorff
Eastern Orthodoxy, officially Orthodox Catholic Church, One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the Middle East, with a large following in North America and Australia.
Sep 9, 2024 · Eastern Orthodoxy - Church, State, Society: In the West after the fall of the Roman Empire, the church assumed the unifying social function that no other individual or institution was able to fulfill.
- John Meyendorff
Eastern Orthodoxy is one of the main branches of Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy consists of a group of churches, most of which are associated with a particular country. The patriarch, or leader, of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) is the general representative of Eastern Orthodoxy.
4 days ago · Christianity - Eastern Churches, Orthodoxy, Catholicism: Separated from the West, the Orthodox churches of the East have developed their own way for more than half of Christian history.
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The churches of the Eastern Empire have come to be known by the collective term Eastern Orthodoxy. The word orthodoxy simply means “correct teaching,” or “right belief.” The official designation is actually Orthodox Catholic Church to set it off from the Roman Catholic church.
