History Forum / General / General Topics / September 2004

hey, i think i'd like to try this one, or at least a little of it

the split happened (w/o looking, but guessing) circa...within the first couple
of hundred years

the original Christian Church split between the eastern & western, because:

surely big and small theological differences including aspects of  text
interpretation, ritual, liturgy

geographical-logistical distances, we can't comprehend the limitations of the
horse 'n buggy non-electric past

language communication dichotomy problem:
latin & romance languages versus cyrillics alphabets

traditional national rivalries between individual east & west european
countries surely reflected in their churches' politics too

byzantine & greek architectures versus roman columns, very important to
christian art majors

perhaps the question of celibacy versus
not celibacy, which afflicts/disadvantages/hurts the rcc to this very day

p.s. for ye of actual relevant knowledge: vatican I and vatican II: momentous
events in RCC history regarding the jews--have the liberal, humanistic concepts
been substantially accepted or rejected by the various eastern orthodox
churches (greek, ukraine, russian, turkish, serbian)?

what a fine question, monsewer cohen

Why do you even give a sh.t?