what is the difference between an orthodox christian and a catholic?
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The Catholic Church believes the pope to be infallible in matters of doctrine. Orthodox believers reject the infallibility of the pope and consider their own patriarchs, too, as human and thus subject to error. In this way, they are similar to Protestants, who also reject any notion of papal primacy.
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The Catholic Church has a single leader in the pope; the Eastern Orthodox Church is led by a council of five patriarchs. ... The Catholic Church has a single leader in the pope; the Eastern Orthodox Church has a single leader in the patriarch.
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Broadly, Roman Catholicism differs from other Christian churches and denominations in its beliefs about the sacraments, the roles of the Bible and tradition, the importance of the Virgin Mary and the saints, and the papacy. Learn more about the importance of the saints in the Roman Catholic faith.
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Catholics (and Orthodox, and some of the Anglican communion) is a High Church style of worship. One exists and the other doesn't. The so called "evangelicals" are non Liturgical protestants and as such they don't have a mass.
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The word 'Orthodox' takes its meaning from the Greek words orthos ('right') and doxa ('belief'). ... The Orthodox Churches share with the other Christian Churches the belief that God revealed himself in Jesus Christ, and a belief in the incarnation of Christ, his crucifixion and resurrection.
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The major difference between the Eastern and Western churches led to their schism was the inclusion of Pope as the religious head of Christianity. Western churches believed in the authority of a religious leader called Pope who will issue orders. Eastern churches functioned without Pope and a group took decisions.
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The belief in the real presence is what differentiates the Eucharist. Catholics and Orthodox believe that the Eucharist is the literal body of Jesus, he is literally present there. Protestant belief varies. Lutherans believe that Jesus is somewhere in the Eucharist but it is not literally the body of Jesus.
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Essentially the Orthodox Church shares much with the other Christian Churches in the belief that God revealed himself in Jesus Christ, and a belief in the incarnation of Christ, his crucifixion and resurrection. The Orthodox Church differs substantially in the way of life and worship.
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Originally Answered: what is the difference between Greek Orthodox and Jewish Orthodox? Greek Orthodox is an ancient Christian tradition - a Christianity. ... The Eastern Orthodox churches (plural) each have a national leader in each country, but no single overall head. Jewish orthodoxy is a movement within Judaism.
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The Western Church decided to stay under the ruling of the pope, unlike the Eastern Church. ... Before the schism the Church used to believe in the same moral code or sacraments but the Eastern Orthodox Church changed and no longer has the same requirements as the Roman Catholic Church.
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Orthodoxy and Conservative Judaism are two different Jewish denominations. ... Visually a Conservative synagogue wouldn't look significantly different from an Orthodox one. The major differences would be the lack of a “mechitzah”, the screen or fence-like arrangement that separates men from women in Orthodox synagogues.
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Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox believers both believe in the same God. 2. Roman Catholics deem the Pope as infallible, while Greek Orthodox believers don't. ... Latin is the main language used during Roman Catholic services, while Greek Orthodox churches use native languages.
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If so, what are they? There is an important difference for the Old Testament. Orthodox use the oldest version ( 3rd century BCE) of the Old Testament which is the Septuagint or in Greek Εβδομήκοντα (evdomikonda), and Catholics use the Masoretic version (dates from the 10th century CE).
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The official name of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the "Orthodox Catholic Church". ... After 1054, "Greek Orthodox" or "Greek Catholic" marked a church as being in communion with Constantinople, much as "Catholic" did for communion with Rome.
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Roman Catholic priests cannot marry, while priests in the Greek Orthodox can marry before they are ordinated. 5. Latin is the main language used during Roman Catholic services, while Greek Orthodox churches use native languages.
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While Protestants are leaning almost exclusively on the Bible as the ultimate authority, the Orthodox Church (both Eastern and Catholic) draw that authority from Tradition (oral or written), Holy Fathers writings, leading Patriarchs' inspiration (or Pope's for Catholics), and in a much lesser degree from the Bible.
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The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members, comprising 80% of all Orthodox Christians. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops in local synods.