What is differing catholic from orthodox Christian?

Answer 1

"Orthodox Christianity claims to be the original Christian church founded by Christ and the Apostles, and traces its lineage back to the early church through the process of Apostolic Succession."

"It traces its origins to the original undivided Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through unbroken Apostolic Succession."

With that, I think the difference would be the Pope then. Catholics follow the Pope, Orthodox Christians don't.

Answer 2

--Is Catholic--

As there are different Orthodox Churches with minor differences between them, let me us the Greek Orthodox for my examples.

There is a book worth of differences between Roman Catholics and Orthodox. However, there are almost no differences between Greek (Byzantine Rite) Catholics and Greek Orthodox. The way you have to look at things is that there is a small separation between G.Orth being Catholic, and a large separation from them being Roman Catholic.

The differences break down into

Liturgical
--The structure of the Rites are different as are the prayers, but there is the same basic concepts occurring -- Penance, Thanksgiving, Scripture Readings, Homily, and most importantly the Sacrifice of the Mass, the Eucharist.

Clergy
Married priests in G.Orth.

Spiritual
--Vastly different. Some examples. Western mystics tend to get stigmata, Eastern tend to under go transfiguration (glowing). Spirituality of Icons, which is more in-depth and involved than how we use statues. Icons are windows into heaven and are very much revered. Spirituality can be very Oriental almost yogaish and Buddhist.

Theological
Orthodox understand things from a medicinal standpoint. Everything is about how God is healing the human race. Theology also relies upon "mystery", which doesn't mean hidden, but rather unable to approach exactly, when they talk theology (so things can be vague, prosy, and contradictory) whereas the West wants to go for the details. The West (after St. Aquinas) tends to see God as pure act (essence and act are the same). The Orthodox see a difference between God's essence and His energies (activities). The Holy Spirit does not proceed from the Son.

Miss. stuff.
The Sign of the cross is done backwards (or forwards depending on how you look at it) (and the positioning of the hand is different). Believe it or not this was a big deal way back when.

That is just general. There is more.


But you know at the end of the day, these differences are not that much. The difference between a Catholic/Orthodox and a Protestant is vast compared to the difference between Cath. and Orth. Catholics, and Orthodox have the same faith, it is just different in how it is expressed, theologically and its forms. There is also minor differences in how the Church is structured (such as the papacy....).

Answer 3

Not a real lot. There was a dispute over a 1000 years ago over who had the actual grave of St. Peter. which would establish the seat of the leading Bishop. The Orthodox said it was in Byzantium and the Romans said it was in Rome. Thus the split.

Our masses have taken on a slightly different flavor over the 1000 years and they feel a little more strongly about the actual presence of Jesus in the Eucharist than us Roman Catholics.

In recent times the Eastern Orthodox has linked up with The Roman Church and we have full Communion with each other, even as we maintain our own traditions and churches. The Roman church has had frequent talks with the Greek and Russian and other Orthodox groups trying to establish this kind of Unity between us. IT is only a matter of time!

NOTE: under the wickipedia definition above they mean all the "Orthodox" type Christians.

Answer 4

I stand to be corrected but i will try to give an answer. Firstly the differences should be between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Catholics (being Greek Orthodox, Coptic and Russian).

Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism split during the Great Schism that is conventionally dated to 1054, although it was in fact a gradual process rather than a singular event, exacerbated by cultural and linguistic divisions between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West. A number of Eastern Christian communities are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church; these are referred to as Eastern Rite Catholic.

check out this links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Churches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-West_Schism

Answer 5

As an Orthodox Christian listed right here are the transformations- a million.) The hierarchy- in the Orthodox Church all Bishops are seen equivalent in words of authority. There are some who're seen senior- like Patriarchs, Archbishops and Metropolitans yet all this suggests is who presides over the conferences and facilities. The Orthodox Church makes judgements as councils. There are quite a few in the international. so that you've Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and the like that is basically the position the council is depending out of. The Patriarch of Constantinople is the eccumincal patriarch and all that tiles skill is that if there became a international huge assembly he'd preside over it, and everywhere he is going he'd lead the service. on the right of the day he has one vote like each human beings else. 2.) traditionally the Orthodox Church used a version of the interior sight language- the position the Western ceremony Catholics used to apply no longer something yet Latin. 3.) Our view on the unique sin- we do not believe in the stainless theory of Mary. We do believe she is the purest lady to stay. 4.) we do not believe in purgatory- we see salvation as an eternal approach of boost noted as theosis. 5.) Transubstantiation- we do believe the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ yet we do not say how. 6.) The western ceremony of the Catholic Church does hardly ordain married adult adult males. 7.) we do not use nor settle for the additonal words "and the Son" or Filioque they further to the Creed

Answer 6

Hey Ivan,

i would say in terms of the basics of the faith- there are a lot of practices in Catholicism which are not always supported by the Scriptures- such as: confession of sin to a priest, hail marys, Jesus actually being in the eucharist, etc.

It varies though. i think overall the question to ask a person is who is Jesus Christ and do they have a personal relationship with Him? The Bible teaches that this is the only way to salvation. i've met Catholics who have put their faith in Christ and while other Catholics have put their faith in ceremonies and in Christ in the eucharist. The Lord's supper is meant to be celebrated in remembrance of Christ - and not where you receive the finished work of Christ on the cross.

I would ask each individual Christian or Catholic. Because to ask generally is tough because you get all sorts of answers and i've even found people who say they are Christians or Catholics are truly neither when you begin to ask them what they really believe (ie: mormons and Jehovah's witnesses will tell you they are Christians but when you get down to the core beliefs they are teaching a different gospel).

Hope that helps,

Nickster

Answer 7

7 books of bs in bible
catholics have 7 more than orthodox

Answer 8

Beards.

Answer 9

Man your face is priceless. I swear you just walked into your parents bedroom while they were bumping and grinding. Yeah, baby!

Oh, and as to your question, I don't know.

Answer 10

ppl's differing views