Churches Of 7 Councils

The churches of the seven councils form a branch of the family of the Eastern Churches. These are the Orthodox churches themselves together constituting the " Orthodox Church "or the" Orthodox Communion. " They are separated from the Roman Catholic Church since the schism of 1054 (view Roman Catholic). The Roman Catholic Church became a heretic since 1054 ceased to be orthodox (orthodox view), resulting, over time, by a schism.

Other Oriental Churches from schisms previous churches are often equated with the seven councils. They are:

• the two councils of churches (or Eastern Church)
• the three councils of churches (or Eastern Orthodox churches).

Name

The churches of the seven councils are also known by other names:

• Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Churches
• Eastern Orthodox Churches
• Byzantine Orthodox Churches
• Greco-Slavic Orthodox churches

Different Churches

The Orthodox churches of the Communion

The autocephalous Churches

Autocephalous Orthodox churches are among 14 or 15. Indeed, autocephaly the Orthodox Church in America given by the Russian Orthodox Church is not recognized by all others.

• Orthodox Church of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
• Orthodox Church of Antioch Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
• Orthodox Church of Jerusalem and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
• Russian Orthodox Church or the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
• Serbian Orthodox Church or the Patriarchate of Serbia
• Romanian Orthodox Church or the Patriarchate of Romania
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church or the Patriarchate of Bulgaria
• Orthodox Church of Georgia or any Catholicosate-Patriarchate of Georgia
• the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
• the Orthodox Church of Greece
• the Orthodox Church of Albania
• the Orthodox Church of Poland
• the Orthodox Church of Czech and Slovakia
• the Orthodox Church in America

Autonomous Churches

The autonomy of some of these churches is not universally recognized.

• the Orthodox Church of Sinai
• the Orthodox Church of Finland
• the Orthodox Church of Crete (semi-autonomous)
• the Orthodox Church of Japan
• the Orthodox Church of China
• the Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
• the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
• the Orthodox Church of Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate)
• the Orthodox Church of Latvia (Moscow Patriarchate)
• the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
• the Carpatho-Ruthenian Orthodox Church U.S.
• the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA
• the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
• the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Bessarabia
• the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Ohrid
• the Russian Orthodox Church outside borders

The Independent Churches

The non-canonical recognition of these churches can take to territorial disputes (creation of a new church on the canonical territory of a traditional church established without his consent) or to disciplinary or doctrinal disputes (non-acceptance decision (s) an established church, such as the adoption of the Gregorian calendar or location of the Julian calendar ). They can be considered canonical by the churches as being only " schismatics "or worst" heretics. "

• the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate)
• the autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalous
• the Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America
• the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reformer
• the Macedonian Orthodox Church
• the Montenegrin Orthodox Church
• the Abkhaz Orthodox Church
• the Turkish Orthodox Church
• the Belarusian Orthodox Church autocephalous
• the old-calendar Orthodox Churches of Greece :
  • the Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece - Synod Chrysostomite
  • the Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece - Synod Auxentiite
  • the Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece - Synod Lamian
  • the Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance
  • the True Orthodox Church of Greece
• the old-calendar Orthodox Church of Romania
• the old-calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria
• the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
• the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile
• the Russian Orthodox Church outside borders - Provisional Ruling Authority of the Church
• the True Russian Orthodox Church - Synod Lazarite
• the True Russian Orthodox Church - Synod Raphaelite
• the True Russian Orthodox Church - Metropolis of Moscow
• the Russian Orthodox Church sraphimo-guennadite
• the Holy Orthodox Church in North America
• the Orthodox Church in Western Europe and the Americas
• the old-believers Russian Churches :
  • the Orthodox Old-ritualist Russian
  • the Orthodox Old-ritualist Lipovans
  • the Old Russian Orthodox Church
  • the old Orthodox Church Pomors

Ecumenical Councils recognized as

• First Council of Nicaea ( 325 )
• First Council of Constantinople ( 380 - 381 )
• Council of Ephesus ( 431 )
• Council of Chalcedon ( 451 )
• Second Council of Constantinople ( 553 )
• Third Council of Constantinople ( 680 - 681 )
  • Council in Trullo ( 692 )
• Second Council of Nicaea ( 787 )

See also

Internal Links

• Orthodox liturgical calendar
• Orthodox Church
• Byzantine Rite
• Orthodox Old Believers
• Orthodox Old-Calendar
• Orthodoxy

External Links

• Category Orthodoxy directory dmoz
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• (In) Orthodox Research Institute
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Bibliography

• Christine Chaillot (ed.), History of the Orthodox Church in Western Europe in the Twentieth ^Century, Ed. Dialogue between the Orthodox, Paris , 2005
• Raymond Janin, Churches and the Eastern rites, Letouzey & Ane, Paris , 1997 ( ISBN 2706302062 ) ^(5th ed. with additional ^{bibliographic,} 1st ed. 1922)
• John Meyendorff, The Orthodox Church yesterday and today, Seuil, Paris , 1995 ( ISBN 2020235374 )
• Jean-Pierre Valognes Life and Death of the Christian Orient, Fayard, Paris , 1994 ( ISBN 2213030642 )
• Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Faith, Church of the seven Councils, Cerf, Paris , 2002 ( ISBN 2204071021 )
• Thual, Geopolitics of Orthodoxy, Dunod, Paris , 1993 ( ISBN 2100020722 )

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