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The Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church. A Photo History. Learning Goals. To understand the factors that led to the split of the Christian Church. To explain how the decline of the Byzantines changed the course of European history. ROMANS & BYZANTINES. ?. Roman Catholic Pope Francis. ?.

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The Eastern Orthodox Church

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  1. The Eastern Orthodox Church A Photo History

  2. Learning Goals • To understand the factors that led to the split of the Christian Church. • To explain how the decline of the Byzantines changed the course of European history.

  3. ROMANS & BYZANTINES

  4. ? Roman Catholic Pope Francis

  5. ? Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (The largest of the Orthodox Churches) But why and how did this split happen?

  6. Lead up to the Great Schism • Iconoclasm • 800 AD - Pope declares Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor. So how do you think the Emperor in Constantinople felt? • Geography – Very far apart. • Language - Latin Vs. Greek • Religious Focus • Personalities and Conflicts • Christian Religions

  7. The Great (East-West) Schism • The Official Split of Christianity happened in 1054 AD.

  8. Recent News Attempts to bridge the gap.

  9. ICONS

  10. ICONOCLASM Image Breaking More on Iconoclasm. Back

  11. Religious Practices Roman -West Byzantine - East Emphasis on Jesus’s Humanity Emphasis on Jesus’s Divinity Back

  12. Personalities and Conflicts • Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and Pope St. Leo IX weren’t friends, and each one mistrusted the other. Cerularius crossed the line when he wrote in a letter that the Latin use of unleavened bread was Jewish but not Christian. He was denying the validity of the Holy Eucharist in the Western Church. Leo countered by saying that the patriarchs had always been puppets of the Byzantine emperors. • In the end, Pope Leo and Patriarch Michael excommunicated each other and their respective churches. Back

  13. Christian Religions Back

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