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"Eastern Christianity"
This rather arbitrary term is customarily used
for all forms of Christianity which do not trace
their major roots to the Latin-speaking Western
half of the Roman Empire:
- Chalcedonian "Eastern Orthodox" Churches (Greek, Russian, etc.)
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Non-Chalcedonian "Oriental Orthodox" Churches
(Coptic, Armenian, etc.)
- The "Nestorian Church of the East"
- "Eastern Rite" Churches of many unrelated
kinds in communion with Rome
- Non-traditional Christian sects which have arisen
in Asia in modern times
Even excluding the last entry, these various groups
are quite distinct, and none are confined any longer to
"the East".
Norman Hugh Redington
- ABOUT:
- Aziz S. Atiya:
History of Eastern Christianity, (1968).
University of Notre Dame, 1968.
- Ignace Dick:
What is the Christian Orient? (1965).
Westminster, Md.: Newman, 1967.
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