Eastern Orthodoxy

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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 the various national churches of Eastern Europe such as the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox churches, and maintains a strong presence in these ethnic communities in countries such as the United States and Australia.

Eastern Orthodoxy Doctrine

Much Eastern Orthodox teaching is the same as that as that of other Christian churches, especially Roman Cahtolicism. However there are a number of significant differences in teaching. The Church teaches that its origins extend 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. It teaches belief in the Trinity, Justification by faith plus works, Veneration of saints the Mysteries

Links

• OrthodoxWiki
• Wikipedia - Eastern Orthodoxy

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