what is the big difference of protestant and orthodox Church's?

Answer 1

Hey guys, let's try and answer this in an objective way.

The orthodox and catholic branches of the church, which are the oldest, believe in two sources of knowledge about God, (1) the Bible and (2) the traditions of the Church. They believe that God's Spirit in the church, which is the "pillar of truth" (1 Tim 3:15), so it will not be led astray.

Catholics are distinguished from Orthodox in that they also believe that the Pope is the apostolic successor of Peter and continues to have apostolic authority ("keys of the kingom" etc.)

Protestants, at least originally, are of the opinion that the above perceptions are wrong, that the church was indeed led astray, and that the only infallible source is the Bible. They point to contradictions between Bible teaching and Catholic/Orthodox doctrine as proof, e.g., justification refers to forgiveness of sins, not imparting of righteousness (Rom 4).

These days, without a unifying set of traditions to hold them together, Protestants have splintered into many groups with differences in both church government and in interpretations of Bible doctrine. There are three main groups, liberals, who deny even the authority of the Bible, sects which have widely divergent teachings and often cite other sources as authoritative (e.g. Book of Mormon), and evangelicals, which hold to the reformation tenets of "Bible alone, Christ alone, faith alone".

Some of the differences you see between Orthodox and Protestant are cosmetic, of historical origin, and perhaps more a difference in emphasis rather than direct contradiction. Both evangelical protestants and Orthodox believe in and obey the same Lord Jesus Christ. However, due to the difference in what they consider their authority of faith, there are doctrinal differences too.

Answer 2

The primary difference is apostolic succession. Orthodox churches, like the Catholic Church, have a history extending back to the Apostles and to Christ Himself. These churches have a valid priesthood and valid sacraments. Protestant churches are manmade institutions without a valid priesthood or valid sacraments, which have replaced much of original Christian doctrine with new traditions of men.

Answer 3

In America, the big difference is that orthodox churches are ethnic churches. Their beliefs are similar to the catholics but they tend to cater to the ethnic community from which they originate, often conducting services in the language of that community.

Answer 4

roots, where they come from - the "protestant" church formed out of luther's desire to "protest" the teaching of the pope and the catholic church - while the orthodox church has been around longer then the roman catholic church -

the difference between the roman church [west] and the orthodox church [east] is vast - depending on one's point of view - the main "split" that came from these two groups is based on who to follow - the west looked to rome while the east looked to the middle-east.

Answer 5

different rules created by man. true believers are not this or that.

Answer 6

man made traditions

Answer 7

Same bunch of nonsense.