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Syriac Orthodox Churches in Syria

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''The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. ''
'''Acts 11:26'''

The [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] in Antioch traces its roots to the dawn of Christianity.
The Church of Antioch is considered the second established church after Jerusalem,
according to the ecclesiastical history of Christendom.
Since 1960, the Syriac Orthodox Church has been a member of the World Council of Churches.
It is one of the founding members of the Middle East Council of Churches.
From dialogues with other churches, the Church has issued two joint declarations with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]
and another with the [[Eastern Orthodox churches]].

==References==
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

https://syrianorthodoxchurch.org/general-history/

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''The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. ''
'''Acts 11:26'''

The [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] in Antioch traces its roots to the dawn of Christianity.
The Church of Antioch is considered the second established church after Jerusalem,
according to the ecclesiastical history of Christendom.
Since 1960, the Syriac Orthodox Church has been a member of the World Council of Churches.
It is one of the founding members of the Middle East Council of Churches.
From dialogues with other churches, the Church has issued two joint declarations with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]
and another with the [[Eastern Orthodox churches]].

==References==
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch: https://syrianorthodoxchurch.org/general-history/

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{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = Armenian Apostolic Church
[[Image:DCP 4427.jpg|thumb|center|The main [[church building]] in [[Echmiadzin]].]] |
subtopics = [[Armenia]]
* [[Divisions in the Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church Heirarchy]], [[Echmiadzin]]
* [[Armenian Apostolic Church Doctrine]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church: Nature of Christ|Nature of Christ]]
* {{Armenian_churches_around_the_world}} |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
}}

The Armenian Apostolic Church (sometimes called the Armenian Orthodox Church) is the world's oldest national church having been founded in 301. The Apostolic Church separated from the then-still-united Roman Catholic/Byzantine Orthodox church in 451, after the [[Council of Chalcedon]] over the issue of the [[nature of Christ]]. It is in communion with the other [[Eastern Oriental]] churches including the [[Coptic Church]].

===History of the Armenian Apostolic Church===

* According to religious tradition, the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew introduced Christianity to Armenia in the first century.

* Armenia would become the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion, in AD 301, when St. Gregory the Illuminator, a missionary from Caesarea, converted the king of Armenia, Trdat IV, to Christianity.

===Armenian Apostolic Church Doctrine===
The Armenian Church accepts the first three ecumenical councils which are as follows:
* [[First Council of Nicaea]]
* [[Council of Constantinople]]
* [[Council of Ephesus]]
However, the Armenian Church did not accept the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

The Armenian Apostolic Church has Miaphysitism (or henophysitism) as a key belief, which holds that in the one person of Jesus Christ, Divinity and Humanity are united in one "nature" ("physis"), the two being united without separation, without confusion, and without alteration.[1]
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==Quotes==

==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church Wikipedia - Armenian Apostolic Church]
*[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Armenia Armenian Apostolic Church] by OrthodoxWiki

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==References==
[1] https://orthodoxwiki.org/Miaphysitism

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{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = Armenian Apostolic Church
[[Image:DCP 4427.jpg|thumb|center|The main [[church building]] in [[Echmiadzin]].]] |
subtopics = [[Armenia]]
* [[Divisions in the Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church Heirarchy]], [[Echmiadzin]]
* [[Armenian Apostolic Church Doctrine]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church: Nature of Christ|Nature of Christ]]
* {{Armenian_churches_around_the_world}} |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
}}

The Armenian Apostolic Church (sometimes called the Armenian Orthodox Church) is the world's oldest national church having been founded in 301. The Apostolic Church separated from the then-still-united Roman Catholic/Byzantine Orthodox church in 451, after the [[Council of Chalcedon]] over the issue of the [[nature of Christ]]. It is in communion with the other [[Eastern Oriental]] churches including the [[Coptic Church]].

===History of the Armenian Apostolic Church===

* According to religious tradition, the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew introduced Christianity to Armenia in the first century.

* Armenia would become the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion, in AD 301, when St. Gregory the Illuminator, a missionary from Caesarea, converted the king of Armenia, Trdat IV, to Christianity.

===Armenian Apostolic Church Doctrine===
The Armenian Church accepts the first three ecumenical councils which are as follows:
* [[Council of Nicaea]]
* [[Council of Constantinople]]
* [[Council of Ephesus]]
However, the Armenian Church did not accept the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

The Armenian Apostolic Church has Miaphysitism (or henophysitism) as a key belief, which holds that in the one person of Jesus Christ, Divinity and Humanity are united in one "nature" ("physis"), the two being united without separation, without confusion, and without alteration.[1]
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==Quotes==

==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church Wikipedia - Armenian Apostolic Church]
*[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Armenia Armenian Apostolic Church] by OrthodoxWiki

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[[Category:Oriental Orthodox Communion]]
==References==
[1] https://orthodoxwiki.org/Miaphysitism

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Dr. James Herman Robinson (January 24, 1907 – November 6, 1972) was a clergyman who had founded Operation Crossroad Africa (OCA). President Kennedy described OCA as the "progenitor" of the Peace Corps.

==References==
OCA as Progenitor to the Peace Corp:https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/articles/operation-crossroads-africa-and-the-progenitors-of-the-peace-corps

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{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = The Oriental Churches |
subtopics = [[Branches of the Oriental Orthodox Communion Index]] - [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Coptic Orthodoxy]], [[Eritrean Orthodox Church]] and [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] (Tewahedo Church), [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church]] and [[Indian Orthodox Church]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]
* [[Council of Chalcedon]]
* [[Oriental Orthodoxy Doctrine]] - [[Monophysitism]], [[Justification by faith plus works]]
* [[Oriental Orthodox Heirarchy]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
}}

The Oriental Orthodox Communion refers to the churches of the Eastern Christian traditions that agree with only the first three [[ecumenical councils]] but reject the the fourth ecumenical council, the [[Council of Chalcedon]]. These churches include the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], the [[Coptic Orthodoxy|Coptic Church]] and the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]. Thus, despite the potentially confusing name, Oriental Orthodox churches are completely separate from the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] churches.

===History of Oriental Orthodoxy===

The churches in Armenia, Egypt and Syria parted with other Christian churches (such as the churches of Rome and Greece) in the 5th century. The separation resulted because the Oriental Orthodox churches would not accept the view of the remaining Chrisitan churches that [[Nature of Christ|Jesus has two distinct natures]] — one divine and one human.

===Branches of Oriental Orthodoxy===

The Oriental Churches include the:
* [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]
* [[Coptic Orthodox Church]]
* [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]

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==Quotes==

==Links==
*[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Oriental_Orthodox OrthodoxWiki - Oriental Orthodox]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy Wikipedia - Oriental Orthodoxy]

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{{quote | text=The 'outsider' who knows nothing of the mixture of tradition, conviction, honest difference, and hidden resentment, that lies behind the divisions of the Christian Church sees clearly the advantage of a united Christian front and cannot see why the Churches cannot 'get together'. The problem is doubtless complicated, for there are many honest differences held with equal sincerity, but it is only made insoluble because the different denominations are (possibly unconsciously) imagining God to be Roman or Anglican or Baptist or Methodist or Presbyterian or what have you. ([[J.B. Phillips]])}}
{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = Denominations |
subtopics = [[Denominations Index]]
* [[Assyrian Church of the East]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Eastern Oriental Church]], [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Eastern Rite Catholic Churches]], [[Protestant Church]], [[Pentecostal Church]]
* [[Church]], [[Church history]]
* [[Evangelicalism]], [[Liberalism]], [[Charismatic]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
* [[Church History (G.G.)]] |
}}
[[Image:Christian denominations.png|thumb|A flow chart showing the major denominations]]

Although there is only one universal Christian [[Church]], there are tens of thousands of [[Christian]] branches of Christianity. These branches of Christianity are referred to as denominations. These denominations have formed and divided since the time of [[Christ]], because Christians have had differences in beliefs and practices. Some of the main groups include [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]] and the [[Protestant churches]] and [[Pentecostal churches]].

===[[Roman Catholicism]]===

The Roman Catholic Church is a major Christian [[denomination]]. It's head-quarters are in Rome but it has congregations throughout the world. It claims to have an unbroken leadership first from [[Jesus Christ]], through the [[apostle Peter]] to the [[pope]] by [[Apostolic Succession]].

===[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]===

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a body of Christians that claims origins extending directly back to [[Jesus]] and his [[Apostles]] through unbroken [[Apostolic Succession]]. Its doctrines were formalized through a series of church councils in the following centuries. Toward the end of its first thousand years of existence differences developed between the Church in the Eastern and Western Roman Empire that ultimately led to the [[Great Schism]] in 1054 dividing Christianity into [[Roman Catholicism]] and Eastern Orthodoxy. Today the Eastern Orthodox Church includes the various national churches of Eastern Europe such as the [[Greek Orthodox Church]] and [[Russian Orthodox]] churches, and maintains a strong presence in these ethnic communities in countries such as the United States and Australia.

===[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]===

The Oriental Orthodox Communion refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keep the faith of only the first three [[ecumenical councils]] and reject the the [[Council of Chalcedon]]. Thus, despite potentially confusing nomenclature, Oriental Orthodox churches are distinct from the churches that collectively refer to themselves as [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. The Oriental Orthodox churches came to a parting of the ways with the remainder of Christianity in the 5th century. The key difference was the views of the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The separation resulted in part from the Oriental Orthodox churches' refusal to accept the view that [[Nature of Christ|Jesus has two natures]], one divine and one human, as had been defined by the [[Council of Chalcedon]] ([[Fourth Ecumenical Council]]) of 451. Instead, the churches used the terminology of [[Miaphysitism]] which said that Jesus Christ is fully human and fully divine in one nature or "physis". The Oriental Churches include the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] and the [[Syrian Orthodox Church]].

===[[Assyrian Church of the East]]===

The Holy Apostolic and Catholic Assyrian Church of the East is a church that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by the [[apostle Thomas]]. It is also called the Assyrian Orthodox Church, but should not be confused with the distinct [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], which belongs to [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]. Its geographical origins lie in [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]] and it onced stretched to [[Xian]] in [[China]] and [[Kerala]] in [[India]]. It officially divided from the other Christian churches in 431 AD following the [[Council of Ephesus]] which repudiated [[Nestorianism]] and as such it is often known as the Nestorian Church, however its theology is not strictly Nestorian. Today there are about 5 million members of the church, of which most live in [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]].

===[[Protestantism]]===

Protestantism is a movement within [[Christianity]], representing a split from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] that occurred during the sixteenth century in Europe — a period known as the Protestant [[Reformation]]. The split occurred primarily over issues of doctrine, especially the issue of [[Justification by faith]] versus [[Justification by faith plus works]]. Some of the main Protestant church denominations today include the [[Lutheran Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] and the [[Baptist Church]].

===[[Pentecostalism]]===

The Pentecostal movement within [[Christianity]] places special emphasis on the gifts of the [[Holy Spirit]], especially talking in [[tongues]]. Some Pentecostals believe that belief in Christ and salvation is always accompanied initially by the outward evidence of speaking in tongues. Some of the main Pentecostal denominations today include the [[Assemblies of God]], the [[Church of God in Christ]] and the [[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]].

==Quotes==

[[J.B. Philips]]
: The 'outsider' who knows nothing of the mixture of tradition, conviction, honest difference, and hidden resentment, that lies behind the divisions of the Christian Church sees clearly the advantage of a united Christian front and cannot see why the Churches cannot 'get together'. The problem is doubtless complicated, for there are many honest differences held with equal sincerity, but it is only made insoluble because the different denominations are (possibly unconsciously) imagining God to be Roman or Anglican or Baptist or Methodist or Presbyterian or what have you. If they could see beyond their little inadequate god, and glimpse the reality of God, they might even laugh a little and perhaps weep a little. The result would be a unity that actually does transcend differences, instead of ignoring them with public politeness and private contempt.

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