Christianity - Divisions 0910

Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christianity: Should they be considered as different religions? World Religions Richard Smart Oakland Mills High School

Warm up Look at the images from Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christianity • Identify the subjects/objects in the images • What do these images tell us about the beliefs of these churches?

The History of Three Churches 325 – Council of Nicea 589 – Council of Toledo – Filioque – Papal authority

1054 – Excommunication and split 1204 – Sack of Constantinople 1400s - John Huss etc… 1517 Martin Luther & 95 Theses – Faith alone

1547 Council of Trent 1965 – Reconciliation between Rome and Orthodox Church!

Researching the Churches In teams: • Pick a Christian church each (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant). • Identify important elements of the church for the following dimensions: – – – –

Social and Institutional Practical and Ritual Doctrinal & Philosophical Material.

• Create a glog (http://edu.glogster.com) representing the four dimensions of the church you have researched. • Embed the glog in your posterous ([email protected] ) , or a post a link to it.

Conclusions In your journal… • What was the greatest difference between the Roman, Protestant and Orthodox churches? • Should they be considered different religions?