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The extent to which this is true depends on which "Catholic Church" you mean.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by cat199 7y ago
The extent to which this is true depends on which "Catholic Church" you mean..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism
and, many in these would argue that the extent of the roman repression of the renaissance was a direct side effect of the unique theological positions of the roman church..
Also, the same thing could be said to one degree or another for science which is not politically acceptable in the modern context..
- tathougies 7y agoIn most contexts, including within Anglicanism and the Orthodox Churches, saying the Catholic Church (with a capital C) indicates the Church of Rome. While all those churches consider themselves catholic, in the sense of universal, the phrase 'Catholic Church' in English has a very well understood meaning, and indeed, this was the church I was indicating in my post.
- cat199 7y agounderstood, and agree that this is generally the case; however, contextually, it is also presented as the only 2000 year institution of Christianity, and so its behavior can be extrapolated and viewed as representative of a 2000 year religious institution, which clearly is not true.
- tathougies 7y agoI see... point taken. Perhaps I should say the diocese of Rome and the various other dioceses of the original Pentarchy, most of which have stayed relevant in some form in their various regions for the last two thousand years.