In brief, the one, undivided Church is said to have begun on the day of Pentecost, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. Roman Catholics, however, see it from the opposite perspective, namely that the Orthodox Church broke communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church placed itself outside of this fellowship when it broke off communion with us in the 11th century. But the bodies that became the two churches had been drifting apart for a long time already. There were attempts at reconciliation until crusaders sacked Constantinople in , which pretty much sealed the split. To find out more about Eastern Orthodoxy, see CH issue Click here for reprint information on Christian History. Sections Home. Bible Coronavirus Prayer.
Subscribe Member Benefits Give a Gift. Subscribers receive full access to the archives. Christian History Archives Eras Home. Elesha Coffman. Current Issue November Subscribe. At the end of the first millennium, the unity of the Church was already broken. And even the moment seen as the start of the schism was infact just the latest step in what was a growing gap between east and west.
The Bull of Excommunication was the not so much the cause, but rather the symptom, of the difficulties which had been gradually unfolding over time.
Both the Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches organise their spiritual officers into three main categories: deacons at the bottom followed by priests and then bishops. During the second millennium, the Roman Catholic Church developed an intensely centralised concept of spiritual authority, but the Orthodox Church has always tolerated greater independence. It is made up of a number of effectively self-governing churches. The Patriarch of Constantinople for instance, has no direct jurisdiction over the other Patriarchs.
The same is not true for the Eastern church.
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