what's the difference between catholics and orthadox ?

Question

My friend is Roman Catholic, what does that mean ?

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Answer 1

Once upon a time, there was only the Catholic church ....from about the year 325 A.D.
Approximately 400 years later, the bishops of Rome were wanting more influence.
One of them declared himself head of the church.
Those catholics in eastern Europe re-acted negatively.
This led to a split.
There are the Catholics centered around Rome ...hence Roman Catholics and those on the east side calling themselves 'orthodox', meaning 'true'.

Answer 2

The Catholic and Orthodox Churches are closer to each other than to any other Chuch. Together, they were the original Christian Church. Since the Schism of 1054, differences have emerged and been solidified. Today there are several, some big, some small. Here are a few:

1. filoque: Roman Catholics state that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father AND the Son. Orthodox Catholics state that the Holy Spirit proceeds ONLY from the Father.

2. papal authority: RCs grant the the head of the Church greater authority than OCs do. Following from this, RCs believe in papal infallability (when speaking for the Church, on religious matters, with the authority of St. Peter), and OCs do not.

3. Purgatory: RCs believe in it, OCs do not.

4. The Immaculate Conception of Mary (saying she was born without sin): RCs believe in it, OCs do not.

When they split, both Churches excommunicated each other. In recent years, there have been efforts made towards reconciliation, if not reunion. For instance, OCs are once again allowed to receive communion in RC churches. Hopefully, with God's blessing, the two Churches will one day reunite.

Answer 3

There are a few differences:

- We have the Pope. You sort of have the patriarch of Constantinople.
- Unlike Orthodox, the Catholics have a clause in the creed called the filioque (though Eastern Catholics do not say it when they recite the creed.) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque_clause for details
- We had councils after the first seven... you did not.

Also, the Roman rite celebrated in the west is quite different from Orthodox rites of the East.... Mass is much shorter than the divine liturgy, Roman rite gives out bread and wine of the Eucharist separately, and not via intinction, baptism of an infant does not include "chrismation", which we do later at the age of reason (Confirmation.)

But the Catholic rites of the East are nearly identical to the Orthodox, so you might not notice much of a difference if your friend is a Catholic of the East.

Answer 4

That means he recognizes the pope and so on... The Orthodox don't.

The Orthodox differ from Roman Catholics in many ways, eq.:
they don't recognize indulgence, purgatory, they don't believe in the Immaculate Conception or the Assumption of Mary. The lower clergy doesn't have to vow celibacy.

There are many other differences but these are just the main ones.

Answer 5

Roman Cathelic church is the largest christian denomination with Pope as their spiritual head. There are other cathelic churches like Latin cathelic church and malankara cathelic etc.
Orthodox Church is the Second largest christian denomination. But there are many orthodox churches like Russian orthodox church antioch based Eastern orthodox church and other independant orthox churches are there. These churches are formed in different places in the first century and they don't had frequent communications. They formed their own customs and practices and later divided into many due to disputes in rites, orders, beliefs etc .

Answer 6

Romans can't marry, and we can draw Jesus. We also recognize the bishop of Rome as the spiritual leader, while you have the bishop of Constantinople.

Booyah this atheist knows his religion