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The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1054. [1] A series of ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West preceded the formal split that occurred in 1054.
Twelve Differences Between the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches at the Vivificat blog. Differences by Orthodox theologian Michael Azkoul Archived 2004-06-03 at the Wayback Machine; Orthodoxy and Catholicism Compared by Archpriest Gregory Hallam - Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Churches In-between: Greek Catholic Churches in Postsocialist Europe. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 24. ISBN 9783825899103 this relatively small community is now divided into three religious groups: Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, and Orthodox. "Immigrant social aspirations and American education". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 1979.
The Roman Catholic Church recently [citation needed] has shown some flexibility on the Filioque issue. In accordance with the Roman Catholic Church's practice of including the clause when reciting the Creed in Latin, [ 140 ] but not when reciting the Creed in Greek, [ 141 ] Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have recited the Nicene Creed ...
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
The use of Latin in the Church started in the late fourth century [6] with the split of the Roman Empire after Emperor Theodosius in 395. Before this split, Greek was the primary language of the Church (the New Testament was written in Greek and the Septuagint – a Greek translation of the Hebrew bible – was in widespread use among both Christians and Hellenized Jews) as well as the ...
The Catholic Church itself states that "the total population of Catholics in Greece exceeds 350,000". [2] Other estimates suggested that there were 133,000 Catholics in Greece (1.22% of the population) in 2020. [3] The Catholic Church is recognised by the Greek government and Catholic schools operate in the country. [4]
Catholicity (from Ancient Greek: καθολικός, romanized: katholikós, lit. 'general', 'universal', via Latin: catholicus) [1] is a concept pertaining to beliefs and practices that are widely accepted by numerous Christian denominations, most notably by those Christian denominations that describe themselves as catholic in accordance with the Four Marks of the Church, as expressed in the ...