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 Eastern Orthodox Church organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox church claims to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
The highest-ranking bishop of the communion is the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also primate of one of the fourteen or fifteen churches.
The Eastern Orthodox Churches are a communion comprising the collective body of fourteen or fifteen separate autocephalous hierarchical churches that recognize each other as "canonical" Orthodox Christian churches (there is an essentially political disagreement about whether the number is 14 or 15).
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 EASTERN CATHOLICS, EASTERN ORTHODOX: Who are they?
Though the Eastern Orthodox lack adherence to the visible head of the Church Militant instituted by Christ for His One Church (the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of Peter), it is an immeasurable blessing that they retain almost all the faith, worship and spiritual practices which characterized the "undivided Church" of the 7 Ecumenical Councils.
The other important patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox bloc of churches are the patriarchs of such ancient sees of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, followed in time by the later patriarchs of Rumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria, and the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia.
Eastern Catholics are the members of those churches in Eastern Europe and the Near East (and now in our own country) that are in full communion with the See of Rome and have the identical faith and morals possessed by Western Catholics of the Latin Rite.
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II- The Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches have a clear feeling that they live in, and confess Jesus Christ in the same faith, that is fed continuously and uninterruptedly from the fatherly apostolic source of the early centuries.
Verghese Orthodox Church in America Syrian Orthodox Church of India Metropolitan Nikodim Liqe Seltanat Habte Mariam Worqneh Bulgarian Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church Prof N.A. Nissiotis Church of Greece Archimandrite D. Papandreou Church of Greece Prof.
Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox ---------------- ----------------- Metropolitan Parthenion Bishop Samuel Patriarchate of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Church Metropolitan Nikodim Bishop K. Sarkissian Moscow Patriarchate Armenian Apostolic Church Metropolitan Nikodim Rev. Fr.
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 Eastern Orthodox Christianity - ReligionFacts.com
Major Orthodox churches include the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Church of Alexandria, the Church of Jerusalem, and the Orthodox Church in America.
The religious authority for Orthodox Christianity is not the Pope as in Catholicism, nor the individual Christian with his Bible as in Protestantism, but the scriptures as interpreted by the seven ecumenical councils of the church.
Orthodox worship is highly liturgical and is central to the history and life of the church:
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 The Eastern liturgical family of Christianity: the Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church is often referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church.
This is not strictly true, because not all Orthodox churches are eastern.
Regard Orthodoxy as the true Church of Christ on Earth.
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 Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox
The Orthodox Tradition is the theological tradition, generally associated with the national churches of the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of the integrity of the doctrines taught by the fathers of the seven ecumenical councils of the fourth through eighth centuries.
Later doctrinal affirmations by the Orthodox church - for instance, the important 14th-century definitions concerning communion with God - are seen as developments of the same original faith of the early church.
In Greece the Orthodox church is the established religion.
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 Eastern Orthoxoxy and the Four Marks of the Church TCRNews.com By James Likoudis
The fatal consequence of Eastern Orthodox rejection of the traditional fourfold marks of the Church as visible and outward signs of the true Church is the “mystical” spiritualization of each mark.
Eastern Orthodox writers are certainly correct in understanding “Apostolic” as the true Church teaching the same orthodox doctrine that was taught by the Apostles but, once again, the possession of “apostolic doctrine or teaching” can not serve as a visible mark.
Thus, Greek and Russian Orthodox seminarians are taught: “Only that Church is the true Church of Jesus Christ which truly and immutably preserves the infallible teaching of the ancient universal Church, and remains faithful to her in all things.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Churches
Eastern Churches depend originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople; they are those that either find their centre in the patriarchate of that city (since the centralization of the fourth century) or have been formed by schisms which in the first instance concerned Constantinople rather than the Western world.
Eastern Church, 326); the ludicrous scandal at Monastir, in Macedonia, when they fought over a dead man's body and set the whole town ablaze because some wanted him to be buried in Greek and some in Rumanian (op.
The Eastern Catholic Churches in union with the West have always been as much the ideal of the Church Universal as the Latin Church.
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The Orthodox tradition is not entirely apostolic, and consequently the claim to represent the true church of Christ is triumphalistic.
The Orthodox, however, argue that this revelation is conveyed to the world not only through Scripture but also through Apostolic Tradition; that is, Christ entrusted the divine revelation to the apostles, and they entrusted it to the church, which became the custodian and the interpreter of revelation.
Orthodox scholar Timothy Ware (who at his ordination as an Orthodox priest in 1966 received the name Kallistos Ware), for instance, argues that the church must decide this issue because Scripture is not an authority set up over the church, but lives and is understood within the church.
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 schism
Which church is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is disputed; the Catholic Communion claims that title and considers the Eastern Orthodox Communion to be in schism; the Eastern Orthodox Communion also claims that title and holds that the Catholic Communion is heretical.
Any Christian communion or sect that has left the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
The event of two groups of Christians ceasing to be in communion with each other, so that, whereas they formerly could worship together, they decide they must worship separately because of disagreements between them.
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 Orthodox Eastern Church
Orthodox Eastern Church: Relations with Rome and the West - Relations with Rome and the West The relations between the Orthodox and the Western Church have...
Orthodox Eastern Church: Church Government - Church Government The old mode of government was the patriarchate (see patriarch), but now for the...
Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe.
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 Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodox have traditionally challenged this, either saying that the doctrine is inaccurate or, for those who believe that it is accurate, that the pope had no authority to insert this word into the creed (though it was later affirmed by an ecumenical council).
The Eastern Orthodox communion bases its teachings on Scripture and "the seven ecumenical councils"—I Nicaea (325), I Constantinople (381), Ephesus (431), Chalcedon (451), II Constantinople (553), III Constantinople (680), and II Nicaea (787).
In Orthodox circles, the test for whether a council is ecumenical is whether it is "accepted by the church" as such.
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 TCRNews.com, James Likoudis
Whatever positive elements there are in Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology lead directly to a Catholic profession of faith in the divine prerogatives of the Successor of Peter as visible head of the Church Militant and the Rock of the entire visible Episcopate which succeeds to the place of the Apostles.
Though by the grace of God, the Eastern Orthodox have kept in almost complete measure the Catholic faith as defined in the first seven Ecumenical Councils, they have departed from the fullness of that faith in sadly separating themselves from the communion of the Rock-foundation of the Church, Peter and his successors, the Roman Pontiffs.
The Eastern Orthodox continue to profess the ancient belief of the "undivided Church" that the Episcopacy continues the apostolic mission of the original Apostolic College.
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(Eastern Orthodox Church is organically the same congregation -or ecclesia- which was born at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem on Pentecost.
The designation "Orthodox" reflects the additional claim of the Eastern church to have retained unchanged the original church traditions of teaching and worship.
The Orthodox Christian has been baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity and follows the ideals and beliefs of both the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orthodox Church
The Orthodox, then, are the Christians in the East of Europe, in Egypt and Asia, who accept the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon (are therefore neither Nestorians nor Monophysites), but who, as the result of the schisms of Photius (ninth cent.) and Cerularius (eleventh cent.), are not in communion with the Catholic Church.
These sixteen Churches are: (1) The four Eastern patriarchates &; Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem — and the Church of Cyprus, independent since the Council of Ephesus.
The epithet Orthodox (orthodoxos), meaning "right believer", is, naturally, claimed by people of every religion.
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 EASTERN ORTHODOXY
The Roman Catholic Church and its twin, Eastern Orthodoxy, were formed by a spiritually adulterous relationship between the political empire and apostate church leaders.
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy both claim direct descent from Christ and the Apostles, but that this claim is bogus is evident in their non-apostolic doctrines and practices.
ECUMENISM: The Eastern Orthodox churches are members of and form an influential block within the World Council of Churches.
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 BOOK REVIEWS - A New Apologetical Study of the Church - by James Likoudis - March/April 2001 - Catholic Faith
Unlike Protestants, Eastern Orthodox writers agree (with Catholics) that the Church was indeed founded by Christ as one visible body, but, interestingly, claim the four marks of the Church for their own episcopal communion of 16 autocephalous and self-governing churches.
The conclusion is inescapable: the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church is easily discoverable as that group of Bishops who are in communion with the visible head of the Church, the Successor of Peter.
But there is a simpler method by which to convince Eastern Orthodox of the truth of the Catholic Church.
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Faith/2001-04/books.html   (1617 words)

  
 Are We in Communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Are We in Communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church?
This is not accurate; although the Eastern Orthodox Churches have a valid Eucharist and all of the other Sacraments, we are not in Communion with them, unfortunately.
There are Eastern CATHOLIC Churches in existence that are mostly composed of formerly Orthodox Christians that adhere to Eastern Christian Liturgy and Traditions, but the good Father did not specify that.
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 Cracking the Da Vinci Code - Too Many Bibles I: A Nestorian Canon Blows Apart Brown's Thesis
The conviction of the orthodox Church is that the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures to which the intertestamental books were appended, is the received "Old Testament." They make no distinction in their theology of inspiration for the intertestamental books.
This Bible is used in common by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Communion.
This western view is not shared by the Eastern Orthodox, according to the forward of the "Orthodox New Testament," a New King James Version with study notes by scholars of the Eastern Orthodox Church in America.
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 Lambeth Conference 1948 Resolution 66
The Unity of the Church - The Eastern Orthodox Churches
It thanks the theologians concerned for their valuable work in elucidating the "Suggested Terms of Intercommunion," as originally propounded by the Archbishop of Canterbury's Eastern Churches Committee, and asks the Archbishop of Canterbury, in co-operation with the Oecumenical Patriarch, to appoint a further Joint Commission with a view to the continuance of this study.
(c) The Conference heartily welcomes and thanks God for the re-establishment of relations with the Russion Orthodox Church and hopes that these relations may be progressively strengthened and deepened.
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 ecumenical patriarch: Definition and Much More From Answers.com
His titular position is Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, one of the sixteen autocephalous churches and one of the five Christian centers comprising the ancient Pentarchy.
In this capacity he is first in honor among all the Orthodox bishops, presides over any council of bishops in which he takes part and serves as primary spokesman for the communion, but has no jurisdiction over the other patriarchs or the other autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches.
The patriarch of Constantinople, the highest ecclesiastical official of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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The stricter, catechetical definition of ‘Orthodox’ would narrow this to the Churches recognized by all the other Orthodox Churches as independent (self-headed or autocephalous, usually headed by a patriarch) and with whom they are in communion.
This communion of Churches and their dependent (mission) churches makes up the Orthodox Church.
The former once were Orthodox but partly on their own and partly due to Catholic proselytism broke their ties to their mother Churches and were put under the Pope starting in the 1500s.
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 Ask For Greece! Greece: Religion
According to the Constitution the "prevailing religion" of Greece is the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ.
These should not be confused with the Orthodox Church in America, which is one of the 16 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, having been granted autocephaly in 1970 by the Patriarch of Moscow.
the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the "first among equals" of the Eastern Orthodox Communion.
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 Eastern Orthodox: Communion
The Orthodox and the other Christian faiths teach different things and therefore have different cups.
General questions about the teachings of the Orthodox Church and monasticism, particularly differences from Protestants and Catholics.
You should be aware that not even all Orthodox Churches have intercommunion, so seriously do we regard the importance of our teachings.
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Eastern Orthodox Christians are not normally admitted to Communion in the Catholic Church.
A youth minister told me that since members of the Eastern Churches believe that Christ is fully present in the Blessed Sacrament, they are allowed to receive communion.
A friend told me that the pew missals in his parish church invited Catholics AND Eastern Orthodox to communion.
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 HOLY TRININITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church members participated in several support organizations early in the church's history, including the Hellenic Women's Society, Daughters of Penelope, Maids of Athens, Sons of Pericles, and Greek Orthodox Youth of America.
These individuals and families incorporated the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity on May 20, 1925, and initiated a fund drive to raise money for purchasing property and building a church edifice.
Many of Tulsa's Greeks brought with them the Greek or Eastern Orthodox communion of the Christian faith.
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 Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue: Light and Shadows by james Likoudis, TCRNews2.com, Traditional Catholic Reflections & ...
There may be individual Orthodox theologians who say that the anointing with chrism is not a repetition of the Sacrament of Chrismation but other theologians have no hesitancy in asserting that it is the Sacrament of Chrismation that is administered in the reception of converts from Catholicism.
Although these voices in the Orthodox world are significant ones, we do not believe that they represent the tradition and perennial teaching of the Orthodox Church on the subject of baptism…It is rather an eighteenth century innovation motivated by the particular historical circumstances operative in those times.
May Christ the Invisible Head of the Church enlighten the participants in future theological dialogues between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox to study and document the manner in which the universal primacy of the Bishop of Rome has been a reality in the history of the Church from its beginnings.
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 EIR
The Church is involved in dialogues with the Orthodox Churches on several levels.
In addition the Episcopal Church and the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the USA (which comprises the Greek, Russian, Syrian, Serbian, and other Orthodox Churches) both agreed to renew a local North American dialogue in 1991.
Furthermore, in 1989 a special relationship was started between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Episcopal Church, focusing on theological dialogue and areas of practical cooperation.
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 Conversion Story of Burns K. Seeley
Moreover, it became clear to me that communion with the Bishop of Rome was necessary to be a full member of the Church founded and established by Christ.
Until the Seattle General Convention of 1967 I had been convinced that the Anglican Communion in general, and the Episcopal Church in particular, constituted the fullness of the Catholic Church along with the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Communions.
Contrary to Scripture, and to what I had strongly held since childhood, the Eastern Orthodox Communion tolerated “remarriage” for her members who became divorced after receiving the Sacrament of Marriage and whose spouses were still living.
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 Russia and the English Church
During the whole of this service, which in the Eastern Church is extremely long, he retained his consciousness, holding a candle in his hand, at times repeating the prayers with the priest in a whisper, and making the sign of the cross.
The great fact to remember about Russia is that she has not in Church or State gone through either a feudal or a scholastic period; and this she owes to the fact of her belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
As a rule, English Churchmen have little idea either of what the Orthodox Church really is, or of the view that her theologians take of the English or of any other Western Communion.
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 Lambeth Conference 1908 Resolution 62
at all times to admit members of any Church of the Orthodox Eastern Communion to communicate in our churches, when they are deprived of the ministrations of a priest of their own Communion, provided that
they are at that time admissible to communion in their own Churches,
The Conference is of opinion that it should be the recognised practice of the Churches of our Communion:
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 Patriarch Bartholomew I - TheBestLinks.com - Aegean Sea, Communism, Environmentalism, February 29, ...
One of his first focuses has been on rebuilding the once-persecuted Eastern Orthodox Churches of the former Eastern Bloc following the fall of Communism there in 1990.
He has also continued the reconciliation dialogues with the Roman Catholic Church started by his predecessors, and initiated dialogues with other faiths, including Christian, Muslim, and Jewish sects.
As part of this effort he has worked to strengthen ties amongst the various national Churches and Patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Communion.
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 LM
A 1973 revision of the Revised Standard Version that was completed with the cooperation of members of the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, an Ecumenical Edition, The ("RSV Common Bible")
The inclusion of the Apocrypha or Deutero-canonical books with the thirty-nine books fo the Protestant canon make it acceptable to Roman Catholics.
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 Orthodox Research Institute
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Our goal is to provide resources to Orthodox Christians and those interested in Orthodoxy.
For additional information about the Orthodox Research Institute: info@orthodoxresearchinstitute.org
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