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Roman Catholicism
The
Mother Teresa of
- Orthodox have always believed that light has no fellowship with
darkness -
The term Roman Catholic is
actually a fairly recent title for the
Here are a Few Backward and/or
o
The
Stations of the Cross – Orthodox do not have these but the Catholics do.
o
Married
Clergy – Orthodox priests can and often have been married, celibate
priests are generally recluse; the Catholics require all priests to be
celibate.
o
Sign
of the Cross – Orthodox cross themselves from right to left, the
Catholics left to right contrary to the original and correct practice.
o
Transubstantiation
– This is a detailed Catholic explanation for how the Eucharist changes
and the Orthodox see this more as a mystery, unexplainable for the most part
and do not use the word.
o
The
Eucharist – The Eucharistic bread is leavened in Orthodoxy, unleavened
for Romans; the Orthodox give both elements, the Catholics only one, which they
claim is both.
o
Shaven
Clergy – Generally speaking Catholic clergy are shaven and the Orthodox
people do not shave.
o
Creed/Filioque
– The Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the
Son (which is unfounded), the Orthodox say the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally
only from the Father. The Catholics distort the Trinity as this is about the
nature of God. Most every Protestant church has never denounced the alteration
of
o
Supremacy
– The Catholics believe that the Pope is the supreme head over all
Christians on earth. When the Pope was not in heresies the Orthodox honored the
Pope as “first among equals” using only the word for
‘primacy’ but never ‘supremacy’.
o
The
Virgin Mary – The Catholics claim her being Co-Redemptrix (among other
errors); the Catholics are at odds with the Orthodox on these points.
o
Monastic
Orders – There are monastic orders for Romans, all with a differing
focus; with Orthodox there is just one aim, and that is for all
“ascetics” (including clergy, monastic and lay people) and this is
to obtain the kingdom of heaven.
o
Statues
– The Catholics use statues, the Orthodox do not use them.
o
Sacred
Heart – The Catholics get off base here by theologically isolating a
single part of the Lord’s body for worship. This seems to contradict the
Incarnation to me and is not seen in Orthodoxy.
o
Iconography
– One difference between Western and Eastern iconography is that the
vanishing point is reversed, giving an opposite effect.
o
Fasting
– The Catholics have basically abandoned fasting as the ordinary
Christian way, but the Orthodox continue its practice as it was established
long ago.
o
Easter
– The Pope hired pagans to create another calendar and changed the dates
so that now their “Easter” often falls before Passover which
contradicts the rule, whereas the Orthodox keep Pascha correctly with the
ancient Christian calendar.
o
Orientation
– The Orthodox orientate to the east during services to the Lord while
the Catholics generally take no mind.
o
Instrumental
Liturgy – The Catholics introduced instrumental music to their worship,
Orthodoxy has kept Chant as the Psalmology of the
Church.
o
Pews
– Generally you will find pews in the middle of most Catholic churches,
never with Orthodoxy.
o
Baptism
– The baptismal rule for Orthodox Christians is immersion, while the
Catholics merely sprinkle or pour.
o
Infant
Reception of the Eucharist – The Catholics don't allow communion till
confirmation at the age of accountability; the Orthodox commune infants as they
are completely a part of the faithful.
o
Purgatory
– The Catholics added the erroneous doctrine of Purgatory, the Orthodox
have no such teaching.
o
Indulgences
– This act of paying off sin with money is a sad idea that the Catholics
came up with, the Orthodox deny even the possibility of such a thing.
o
Architecture
– The Catholics don't make use of an iconostasis and the Orthodox do. You
can find much stained glass with the Catholics, where you won't with Orthodoxy.
The steeples of Catholics show mans attempt to reach to heaven where the
Orthodox domes reveal that God has come down from heaven to embrace us.
o
Kneeling
on Sundays – The Catholics kneel on Sunday; the Orthodox do not.
o
Canonization
of Saints – Orthodoxy does not follow a particular process for making a
saint, unlike the Romans.
o
Changing
Canons – Catholics change their canons often, even in the last
generation; Orthodox keep all the guidelines of the Holy Spirit.
o
Prayer
Unions – The Roman Catholics pray with nearly every false spirituality;
true Orthodox do not pray with anyone other than the identical One Faith.
o
Augustine
– He is holy (a Saint) to Roman Catholics, Orthodox see Augustine as an
Arch-heretic.
[Admittedly these are just off
the top of my head, any input is desired]
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Just to show how far false Orthodox go these days here is the
OCA metropolitan fully vested in chambers with heretics, too comfy
for my liking. |
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from
http://www.oca.org/pages/events/2002/090802mhenthronement/su/images/P1010005.jpg
Orthodox and Catholic Communion
Patriarch Athenagoras boasted that he gave communion to both Roman Catholics and Protestants. In England, Archbishop Methodios, who is under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has done the same. Bishop Kallistos Ware, by his own admission, has given communion to the Monophysites. Within the Soviet Union, the Moscow Patriarchate gives communion to Roman Catholics “when no church of their own is nearby.” In his book, The Thyateira Confession, Archbishop Athenagoras Kokkinakis, with the official approval of Patriarch Demetrios and his Synod, writes that it is permitted for Roman Catholics to receive communion from the Orthodox, and vice versa. Here is a reference.
We
also need to remember that Roman Catholics added notes to the Pedalion (aka “Rudder” - Orthodox Canon Law) during the
many centuries of the Latin captivity of Orthodoxy. During this time it was
forbidden by the Turks to print Christian books in the Balkans. All such
materials were sent to Venice, a papal region, to be printed.
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