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<blockquote data-quote="PloverWing" data-source="post: 77147646" data-attributes="member: 307356"><p>Welcome to CF!</p><p></p><p>You have a long list of excellent questions, which would take some time to answer in depth. I'll start with a short answer to the first two, and I may come back and address the others later.</p><p></p><p>1. There are three main branches of Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. Orthodox Christianity dates back to the earliest centuries of the church, so I don't want to leave them out! The Orthodox and Catholic branches of Christianity split in AD 1054. A collection of issues were involved; one important issue was the exact authority of the bishop of Rome in the church. The Wikipedia page on the Great Schism summarizes the disagreements: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" target="_blank">East–West Schism - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>Catholic and Protestant Christianity split during the Reformation, which happened in stages during the 1500s. The authority of the bishop of Rome was again part of the debate; a number of other issues were also involved, plus it was all tangled up in the politics of the European governments. In modern times, differences between Catholics and Protestants are hard to categorize, because Protestants are so diverse. Catholic Christians place a high value on the authority of the bishop of Rome and the church's teaching office, and their worship is liturgical and sacramental. Protestant Christians may (or may not) respect the bishop of Rome as a learned pastor, but generally do not see him as strongly authoritative. Protestant Christians worship in a wide variety of ways: the Reformed tradition values teaching and study, the Friends value silence, the Lutherans and Anglicans value liturgy and sacraments, and so on. The exact role of good works in salvation was historically one of the points of dispute, but I'm not convinced we're really as different as our arguments make it seem; both Catholics and Protestants will tell you that salvation is through the work of Christ, and that a Christian who doing a proper job of following Jesus will work day by day to love God and to love their neighbors.</p><p></p><p>2. The Greek Χριστός (often rendered in English as "Christ") means "Messiah". When the New Testament writers refer to Jesus as Χριστός, they are identifying him as the Messiah. Whether Jesus is indeed the Messiah is something Jews and Christians have disagreed about for a long time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PloverWing, post: 77147646, member: 307356"] Welcome to CF! You have a long list of excellent questions, which would take some time to answer in depth. I'll start with a short answer to the first two, and I may come back and address the others later. 1. There are three main branches of Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. Orthodox Christianity dates back to the earliest centuries of the church, so I don't want to leave them out! The Orthodox and Catholic branches of Christianity split in AD 1054. A collection of issues were involved; one important issue was the exact authority of the bishop of Rome in the church. The Wikipedia page on the Great Schism summarizes the disagreements: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism"]East–West Schism - Wikipedia[/URL] Catholic and Protestant Christianity split during the Reformation, which happened in stages during the 1500s. The authority of the bishop of Rome was again part of the debate; a number of other issues were also involved, plus it was all tangled up in the politics of the European governments. In modern times, differences between Catholics and Protestants are hard to categorize, because Protestants are so diverse. Catholic Christians place a high value on the authority of the bishop of Rome and the church's teaching office, and their worship is liturgical and sacramental. Protestant Christians may (or may not) respect the bishop of Rome as a learned pastor, but generally do not see him as strongly authoritative. Protestant Christians worship in a wide variety of ways: the Reformed tradition values teaching and study, the Friends value silence, the Lutherans and Anglicans value liturgy and sacraments, and so on. The exact role of good works in salvation was historically one of the points of dispute, but I'm not convinced we're really as different as our arguments make it seem; both Catholics and Protestants will tell you that salvation is through the work of Christ, and that a Christian who doing a proper job of following Jesus will work day by day to love God and to love their neighbors. 2. The Greek Χριστός (often rendered in English as "Christ") means "Messiah". When the New Testament writers refer to Jesus as Χριστός, they are identifying him as the Messiah. Whether Jesus is indeed the Messiah is something Jews and Christians have disagreed about for a long time. [/QUOTE]
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