In the year 1054, the Catholic Church had issues within the different parts of it. As these issues continued to pose a bigger problem, the church finally decided that it needed to separate and become different churches so that they could each conduct and run the church like they wanted to. The two branches of the Catholic Church that were feuding around this time were the Latin portion of the church, later known as Roman Catholics, and the Greek part, which were eventually known as the Orthodox Church. As we take a look back at these two branches of the Catholic Church, the differences and problems that they had with one another will be shown by evidence found in documents relating to the incidents and troubles that caused the church to have
In 1054, the Great Schism had taken place. After many disagreements involving the nature of the Trinity, the relative importance of the faith and reason, and especially the use of Icons, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic church had broken their communion. Although the churches based off Christianity and monotheism, the amount of control and association the church had over everything had varied. Roman Catholic churches in Western Europe no longer had any stable control or involvement in politics, as the region became decentralized and had instead became dependent on religion as more of a form of organization during the Middle Ages. Whilst the West had become decentralized, the Byzantine Empire had started to become even more successful in control over the association of government and
Eastern Orthodox was the base of the divide between eastern and western Europe, it was divided socially, economically, and politically. Topic sentences 1. Eastern orthodox divided Europe socially during the Middle Ages. • Religion was a big part of the middle age society so having the religion start the split is a huge deal • Eastern orthodox was the main religion in eastern Europe but in west there was only the catholic church any other religion was stopped from excelling 2.
Because of this separation, where one lived or what one thought was morally correct was all based on the church they were faithful to. The Great Schism was not the only event in history where we saw religion greatly impact a society; it is also seen later in the time of the
During the 18th Century the United States Constitution was written and the majority of the Founding Fathers were religiously associated with either Christianity or Deism. What greatly differed these two religions was that Christianity’s doctrine stated that God created the universe and actively is in control of it. On the other hand the Deists denied the Trinity and believed that God created the universe, and then left it to run it’s course. Aside from this, the Deists received their sense of God and morality from nature instead of the Bible. Deists can easily be identified by their church involvement, their participation in the ordinances or sacraments of their church, religious expressions, and what friends, family, and clergy said about that Founder’s faith.
Why was there competition between the mystery religions and early Christianity? Competition between the mystery religions and early Christianity was primarily revolved around the issue over the individual. Adherents of mystery religions sought to be connected to the divine through personal religious experiences and ceremonies. Although the rites and rituals did connect the individuals it was not, unfortunately, for the benefit of the individuals nor their communities.
The iconoclasm controversy is quite different. Leo III and Constantine V pushed their agendas, and those who did not agree, like the Patriarch Germanus, were replaced. This goes to show how much power the empirical throne had over the Church. The beginning of the iconoclasm controversy had to do with the dangerous attacks of the Arabs. Leo III feared that God was letting the Arabs win as a form a punishment to the Byzantine empire because of their widespread veneration of icons.
The Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy began in 726 CE when Emperor Leo III issued a decree against the worship of icons.1 This action resulted in the removal and destruction of icons in churches and monasteries.2 There had been tensions rising between the church and the state over the use of icons for some time, but the culmination of these tensions along with the pressure of Muslim armies attacking the borders of Byzantium lead to the explosive Iconoclastic Controversy. The iconoclasts ardently believed that the creation of images depicting holy people was making God angry. The iconophiles believed that these images were sacred and used them as a means of worshiping God. This theological battle lead to the meeting of several ecumenical councils in order to resolve the controversy between the church and the state. This paper will examine the arguments for and against the use of icons from iconoclasts and iconophiles in the Byzantine Empire.
There are many similarities and differences in between the Byzantine Empire and early empires of Islam. In the Byzantium period, there were various forms of Christianity; Orthodox, Syriac, and Coptic Christianity. “Orthodox Christians --- including a Greek named Alexander, the bishop of Alexandria --- believed that Jesus the Son was divine and fully a part of the Godhead, equal and unified with God the Father and the Holy Spirit” (Cunningham et all. 217). Orthodox Christianity was the official religion of the Byzantine state. The Coptic Church was the main Christian church in Egypt.
They were no longer able to communicate with each other efficiently because the West speaks Latin and the East speaks Greek (Source 1). This distinction between each side made the East question why they should be ruled by someone so far away that they do not even share the same culture which also led to the split. Additionally, a controversy that caused the split of the Western and Eastern Church is the Communion bread controversy. The West believed that unleavened bread should be used for Communion while the East believed that they should not use unleavened bread and just use regular bread (Source 2). This is very important to the split because this is a disagreement on the most important part of the faith.
Mr Pozoglou, I firmly agree with your bold statement regarding how significant individuals and events have built and formed the development on the Orthodox church. As if these events did not happen to occur at this time the knowledge of Church History how would we be able to study our religion and become more so familiar with our Christian Orthodox faith? Zoe, I also agree with your opinion that Arius is one of the most important individuals involved in the build up of Orthodox church history. Arius made a large impact of positive effects in church history but also quite a few negative ones to help impact the developing church history. Another highly known individual in the Christian church today is Saint Paul.
In 1054 the Great Schism took place, which separated the Byzantine Empires important beliefs into the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. The two churches split up to begin with because of differences in beliefs and traditions. They feuded for many years, fighting over modesty differences, wanting to claim legacy of imperial Rome, and calling the other "not true Christians. " The Catholic Church gave the majority of the power to the Pope, whereas the Eastern Orthodox Church gave the power mostly to the Patriarch, which reflected how much of an impact religion had on the government. One of the main disputes between the two churches were the use of icons.
Another significant similarity in the spread and development of these beliefs is that both faiths would experience a split that would change history forever. In 1054, a combination of political tension, theological differences, and leadership disputes between Rome and Constantinople caused what become known as the “Great Schism”. The Great Schism created two separate churches, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These two churches remained under a state of excommunication from 1054 until 1965 when the leaders of the two churches finally agreed to meet and resume dialogue after
The Gnostic Religion The term “Gnosticism” comes from the Greek word “gnosis,” which means knowledge or a knowing. As an alternative messiah-religion, Gnosticism traces its root back to the beginning of the Christian Church. Some researchers even suggest that it existed before Christianity, in the pre-Christian Judaism. The teachings of Gnosticism had been so influential to the culture of the time, that it threatened the early church, and possibly earned a mention in the Christian Bible.
Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. Over the years, Judaism has evolved into many different denominations. This separation between Jews is mostly because of their different interpretations of the scriptures. These different denominations range from extremely orthodox and traditional to very liberal and flexible. Orthodox Judaism is as true to the traditional Judaism as it gets.
