What is the difference between a Roman church and a Byzantine church?

Answer 1

differences are that in Byzantine Christianity the emperor controls church affairs and appoints the patriarch, or highest church official, in Constantinople. Byzantine Christians rejected the pope's claim to authority.

Answer 2

Roman Catholicism is based in Rome.Eastern Orthodox Christianity is originally based in Constantinople, one of the five ancient patriarchates .

New answer. For the first thousand years of the church there were local churches headed up by bishops but they met every few years to agree on points of organisation theology or church discipline. They did not have any one bishop as the most senior but rotated the chairmanship of their meetings. When the Bishop of Rome wanted to be seen as the most senior it caused a split as the other bishops would not accept this. After the split happened the church of Rome introduced lots of new beliefs which were otherwise not acceptable to the rest of the church. They added a clause into the Nicene Creed, introduced concepts like the immaculate conception of Mary, invented the concept of purgatory, raised money through church taxation based on exciting fear in people- so called indulgences and so on. Basically they centralised power and authority in a way which was alien to the rest of the church. Although the excesses of the church in the early days have changed the centralisation of power is still there. Because this is still the case today many Orthodox do not recognise the Church of Rome as a church at all.

Answer 3

The Church in Byzantium to the east taught much the same things as the Church in Rome. Over a period of time they had developed local customs of their own. For example they wore different vestments, they decorated their churches differently. The differences were minor and for the most part insignificant. The Church in Rome began to assert their supremacy. They had convinced most of Western Europe to coalesce under the authority of The Bishop of Rome. Despite many visits from the Bishop of Rome's legates, the eastern Church steadfastly refused to do the same. Eventually a cardinal from Rome went to the Bishop of the Eastern Rite Christians and made a final bid to bring them under the blanket of Rome. They refused. They Roman cardinal handed the Eastern Rite Bishop a letter of excommunication. In return the Eastern Rite Bishop did the same to the Bishop of Rome.

Answer 4

Not really sure what you are asking here, the "Roman" Church might be a way of referring to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, or it might be referring to the diocese of Rome. Assuming you are referring to the Latin Rite, then the Byzantine Church also is a Rite within the Catholic Church, it is not as large as the Latin Rite, but it is every bit as ancient, and just as much a part of the Catholic Church as the Latin Rite. Are using asking for the physical differences between an actual Church of the Latin Rite as opposed to a Church of the Byzantine Rite?

Answer 5

Roman Catholics believe in Papal Primacy, Papal Infallibility, the Immaculate Conception, and Purgatory while Eastern Orthodox people do not. Roman Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, while Eastern Orthodox people believe that the Holy Spirit only proceeds from the Father.

Answer 6

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Catholic AnswerNone, they are the same Church. The Catholic Church encompasses a number of Rites, of which the Latin Rite is the largest, followed by the Byzantine Rite, commonly called the Byzantine Church by some.