Eastern Rite Of The Catholic Church
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Although most Christians believe there is only one major type of
Catholics, there are actually many types of groups of Catholics. From
before 330 AD many different Catholic groups stood out because of their
differences. These differences later became the reason for a great split
and the Eastern R ....
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.... as the filiogue. The
second reason and probably the larger reason was the Roman Papal said he
was the leader and the authority over the entire church. The conflict came
about between Photius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and Pope Nicholas I.
These same conflicts continued until 1054 when Pope Leo the IV
excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinoble. Later the Patriarchs
called together a council to excommunicate the papal delegates and the new
Eastern Rite of the church was born.
The ....
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