Diferenţele dintre Biserica Ortodoxă şi cea Catolică
Differences between the Orthodox and Catholic Church

Summary/Abstract: Generally, on the religious, dogmatic plan, there are no considerable differences between Eastern and Western Christians, but there are differences as far as Esoterian essence is concerned. Eastern and Western Christians ask different questions. Catholics and Protestants sometimes give different answers to the same questions, and the Eastern Christians give the same answers by asking different questions. In the spiritual experience, Eastern Christians are focused on the mind (metánoia), and adoration (théosis, deificatio); Western Christians are focused on speaking and conversion. Eastern theology is focused on cosmic, ontological, and triadological questions; Western on anthropological, soteriological and ethical. Eastern theology inclines towards mysticism and esotery; Western towards moral and legal. The Eastern theology is rhetorical and poetic; Western intellectual and scholastic. The Eastern priest is sophisticated and wise; the Western priest is a lower and a judge. The Eastern talks, the Western proves. The Eastern liturgy resembles a celebration, it is dramatical; the Western is transparent and logical. Different religious styles of the Eastern and Western Christians are more complementary than opposed. This is the conclusion of comparative dogma and the wisdom of the ecumenist movement.

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