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1. The Head of the Church. Alessandra Benedetti / Corbis via Getty Image. Orthodox Christians consider Jesus Christ to be the head of the church, while the Roman Catholic Church is headed by the ...
Nov 8, 2017 · Today, just 12% of Christians around the world are Orthodox, compared with an estimated 20% a century ago. And 4% of the total global population is Orthodox, compared with an estimated 7% in 1910. The geographic distribution of Orthodoxy also differs from the other major Christian traditions in the 21st century.
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. Orthodoxy here refers to the two great bodies of Christianity that use the term to characterize their theologies and liturgies: the churches of Eastern Orthodoxy and the churches that constitute the so-called ...
Nov 25, 2016 · The biggest difference between the two churches is the status of the Roman Catholic Pope. The Bishop of Rome was very early in Christian history given a position of honour based on the city’s ...
Jan 17, 2024 · Catholicism: The Pope, as the Bishop of Rome, holds a central role in Catholic doctrine. The Pope is considered the supreme authority on matters of faith and morals. Protestantism: Rejects the authority of the Pope and emphasizes the priesthood of all believers. Each individual has direct access to God without the need for an intermediary.
Papal authority. Many of the issues that currently separate the two churches are ecclesiastical. Principal among them is the meaning of papal primacy within any future unified church. The Orthodox insist that it should be a "primacy of honor", as in the ancient church and not a "primacy of authority", [1] whereas the Catholic Church sees the ...
II. Three key theological distinctions between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism are the organization of church leadership, their understandings on the Holy Spirit’s position in the Christian trinity, and doctrine concerning life after death. Body I. The first of these major theological distinctions between these two Christian traditions are
