What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Until 1054, there was simply the Church. No Eastern Orthodox Church, no Roman Catholic Church, no Reformation, and no denominations. There were just two large branches of the same tree: the church in the West and the church in the East. But in 1054, the tension between the two came to a head in what is now known as the Great Schism—a split between the two that has yet to be mended. The result was two broad strands of Christianity: the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. One should see the Roman Catholic Church not so much as a church but an empire. That might help you understand their use of an army, disregard for the Bible, brutal and deadly power group. Here are nine facts about the Eastern Orthodox Church. 1. They split from the West for several reasons On a basic level (whole books are written on these matters), the divisions between the East and West boiled down to doctrine, culture, and authority. Though the schism is complex and any simple explanat