Orthodox Christianity and Catholicism are the two major branches of **Christianity. Today, the Orthodox Church lags far behind the Catholic Church in terms of influence between the two religions. Whether it is the number of believers, or the country of faith. As for why this happens, it actually has something to do with doctrine. And this is also the main reason, the main reason why it is said that it is the difference between the two.
It is because the reason why there are more believers in Catholicism than in Orthodox Christianity is actually a doctrinal issue. Of course, there are also geographical reasons for this. Because the population of Western Europe was denser than that of Eastern Europe, and after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Orthodox Christian countries of Eastern Europe were further reduced. In fact, in the end, Russia was the only Orthodox power.
And Russia is not a country with a large population, of course, compared to the population of a single European country, it is still relatively large. But when added to the population of the entire Western European countries, it is still not comparable. In addition, Western European countries also colonized all lands except Europe and Antarctica through the Age of Discovery, and at the same time carried out religious propagation.
Thus the number of Catholics, even after the Protestant Reformation**, was still far greater than that of the Orthodox Church. So since there is a difference in the teachings of the two, whose teachings are closer to the primitive ** religion?The obvious answer is Orthodoxy. Because of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church**, Catholics believe that idolatry should be practiced, that is, to build statues of God.
and the temple of God, which is the splendid cathedral. But this is contrary to the primitive doctrine of the Church, which is resolutely opposed to idolatry. So the Orthodox Christians were therefore resolutely opposed to the Catholics, and there was a gap between the two sides. But in reality, idolatry is actually easier to attract believers. As for the reasoning, it is also easy to understand.
The Orthodox Missionary said, "Come to my religion." The proselytized will ask, "What is God like?"The Orthodox Church cannot answer, only in the image of God as recorded in the Bible. But in many cases, missionaries cannot understand the appearance of God by listening only to physical descriptions. After all, if you can only rely on imagination, it will always be a little off track, and you can't judge accurately.
Catholicism engages in idolatry, and this question is easy to answer. The reason is that as long as someone asks a Catholic missionary what God looks like, the Catholic Church can tell the missionary what God looks like by taking out a statue of God. Although this was not necessarily what God really was, in fact, it was for the common people who had a low level of knowledge at the time.
This kind of idol is sufficient, and it is because of what I said earlier that Catholicism is conducive to proselytizing. Having explained the doctrine, by the way, I can talk about my opinion on the attitude of the two religions towards idolatry. Personally, I still prefer Orthodoxy, because idolatry is something that does have some benefits, like excellent people learning Xi, there is no problem in nature.
But in many cases, fans in idol worship will not only learn from Xi, but also become brain fans who can be used by the idol himself at will. It's easy for idols to do something with them, so it's best not to have idolatry. What do netizens think about this?Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area and communicate with me.