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Servants’ Preparation Program CMP 102, Denominations

Servants’ Preparation Program CMP 102, Denominations. Historical Facts. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) Fr. Marcus Mansour St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Phoenix, Arizona Servants Preparation 2005-2006. Introduction.

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Servants’ Preparation Program CMP 102, Denominations

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  1. Servants’ Preparation Program CMP 102, Denominations

  2. Historical Facts “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) Fr. Marcus Mansour St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Phoenix, Arizona Servants Preparation 2005-2006

  3. Introduction In the Creed, which we repeat frequently in our daily prayers, we say: “We believe … and in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We confess one baptism for the remission of sins, …”. It is amazing how many churches we have today, and how each church insists that she is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church! (Gal 4:4,5)

  4. Introduction How did the One church divide into the many fragmented churches around us today? Today, churches may be classified in one of four major groups: • The Orthodox Church • The Catholic Church • The Protestant (Reformation) churches • The Cults

  5. Introduction • The Orthodox Church is unfortunately divided into two major families of Churches: • the “Eastern” or “Byzantine” Orthodox • the “Oriental” Orthodox • The Catholic Church, although its name implies one universal Church, contains a variety of ethnic churches with differences in the way the faith is expressed, such as the Roman, the Greek, the Coptic, the Maronite Catholic churches, and so on…

  6. Introduction • The Protestant Churches, although begun as an attempt to reform the Catholic Church, have divided into over 300 denominational and non-denominational churches such as: • Baptist • Methodist • Anglican (Episcopalian) • Lutheran • Assembly of God • many, many others…

  7. 431 33 325 381 451 Oriental Orthodox Church (Coptic, Ethiopian, Antioch, Armenian, Indian,…) Pentecost Nicea Constantinople Ephesus Chalcedon 1054 Eastern Orthodox Churches (Constantinople, Greece, Russia…) Chalcedonian Filioque Jehovah's Witness Protestants (Lutheran, Baptist,…) Catholics (Rome) Adventist Mormons 1521 1538 Reformation Catholics (Anglican, Episcopal, United,…) Church of England Cults Time Line History of Church Denominations

  8. 431 A.D. Council of Ephesus 200 Bishops Introduction to the Creed 325 A.D. Council of Nicea 318 Bishops The Creed Christian faith preached through the shedding of blood of the 12 disciples and the72 apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world 381 A.D. Council of Constantinople 150 Bishops Final Part of Creed Assyrian Church

  9. 431 A.D. Council of Ephesus 200 Bishops Introduction to the Creed 325 A.D. Council of Nicea 318 Bishops The Creed Christian faith preached through the shedding of blood of the 12 disciples and the72 apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world 381 A.D. Council of Constantinople 150 Bishops Final Part of Creed 451 A.D. Council of Chalcedon

  10. 451 A.D. Council of Chalcedon Non-Chalcedonian Churches Church of Alexandria (Coptic) and Church of Antioch (Syriac) Chalcedonian Churches Church of Constantinople (Eastern) and Church of Rome (Catholic)

  11. Non-Chalcedonian now called theOriental Orthodox Churches Coptic, Syriac, Armenian (Cilicia, Etchmiadzin), Indian, Ethiopian, Eritrean

  12. Oriental Orthodox Churches Byzantines now called theEastern Orthodox Churches Greece, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus, Poland, Albania, Finland, Czech and Slovak, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem 1054 A.D. The “Filioque” Roman Church now called the Catholic Church

  13. Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Orthodox Churches Catholic Church 1538 A.D. King Henry VIII 1521 A.D. Martin Luther Anglican Church Protestant Church (now > 600 denominations)

  14. Review Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Orthodox Churches Catholic Church Anglican Church Protestant Churches

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