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To: Lane3 who wrote (51715)	6/26/2004 3:22:50 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793682

Actually, Karen, all Christians started out as Christians. Then>>>> Greek Orthodox, Catholic churches have specific differences By Elizabeth Lynch Poughkeepsie Journal The Greek Orthodox church shares its religious roots with the Roman Catholic church, but the two are now distinct branches of Christianity. Until the 11th century, the two faiths were one. ''It was called the Christian faith,'' said the Rev. Nicholas Pastrikos, pastor of Kimisis Greek Orthodox Church in Poughkeepsie. In 1054, the Greek Orthodox church split from the Roman Catholic church. The reasons were political and cultural, as well as religious, Pastrikos said. The western Church, which included Rome, became the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern Church, which included Greece and nations to the east, became the Orthodox Church. The primary difference between the two churches is the issue of the pope's infallibility. >>>>>>>>>>>>Cont'd poughkeepsiejournal.com 88888888888888888 religioustolerance.org By the fourth century CE, church authority in the Christian movement had become concentrated in five bishops or patriarchs. They were located in the main Christian centers: Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem and Rome. The Bishop of Rome was considered the first among equals. With the rise of Islam, the influence of church leaders in Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem was severely reduced. Over time, the two power centers of Christianity, centered in Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West, drifted apart. They developed divergent paths in the areas of creeds, beliefs, practices, liturgy, the use of icons, organizational structure, etc. A formal split finally came in 1054 CE. The Reformation in the 16th century later divided western Christianity between Roman Catholicism and a variety of Protestant churches. The Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church has been organized largely on national grounds; it is today a fellowship of 15 separate, autocephalous churches, each led by its bishop. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to heal the split between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. In recent centuries, the relation between the two churches has degenerated, in part because of a move by the Roman Catholic church to establish parishes in Eastern Orthodox territory -- notably Greece and Russia. Mass crimes against humanity by Roman Catholic and Serbian Orthodox individuals and groups in Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Kosovo have further aggravated differences.