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To: kawaii
When Christianity first began, there was only one Church that all Christians belonged to. It was comprised of the Bishop of Antioch, the Bishop of Alexandria, the Bishop of Rome, the Bishop of Jerusalem, and the Bishop of Constantinople.

It was when the Bishop of Rome elevated himself to Pope thus creating the schism in 1054 where the other four Bishops refused to recognized the "infallibility of the Pope," (as I understand it, it is when the Pope speaks as God on earth, therefore, he cannot err.)

This was considered blasphemous by the other Bishops.

Any thoughts on this?

29 posted on 07/10/2007 4:16:01 PM PDT by Doctor13
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To: Doctor13

You need to brush up, or more accurately, actually learn factual history.


35 posted on 07/10/2007 5:17:51 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Doctor13

well for starters i’m orthodox.

though i’d have to astrix your comment... strictly speaking antioch had split earlier and returned to the 3 sees


47 posted on 07/11/2007 9:25:22 PM PDT by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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