🏛️ Foundational Paper Text: The History of the Orthodox Church The Apostolic Foundation
The 7 Ecumenical Councils and the definition of core dogmas.
Thesis statement: The Orthodox Church maintained early Christian traditions while adapting to geopolitical shifts, resulting in a unique synthesis of theology, culture, and national identity.
Tensions gradually mounted between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West. Disagreements over papal supremacy and the Filioque clause (the insertion of "and the Son" into the Creed by the Western Church) led to the Great Schism in 1054. This event formally divided the Chalcedonian Church into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Captivity and Expansion
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