Eastern Orthodox vs Protestantism - Difference and Comparison

Eastern Orthodox versus Protestantism comparison chart
	Eastern Orthodox	Protestantism
Place of worship	Church	Church, chapel,
Use of statues and pictures	Permitted, through Icons	Not used
Place of origin	Byzantine Empire. But Chrisitanity in itself was founded by the Apostles and the followers of Christ, in a sense.	Germany
Scriptures	Bible: Both testaments, scriptures according to apostles.	Holy Bible, a collection of canonical books in two parts (the Old Testament and the New Testament) and does not include the apocrypha
Practices	Adhereing to the teachings of Christ, and going to church. Not much different from other churches, but strict fundamentalist practice of worship, mysticism also main factor in practice.	Regularly visit the church, especially on Sundays, Prayers, Sacraments, reading the Holy Bible, communion-partaking in the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, under the appearance of Bread and Wine.
Founder	King Constantine of Rome, although not the founder, he led the Eastern Orthodox Empire(Byzantine Empire). Since as early as the 3rd century he was admitted to Eucamincal councils including many Bishops.	Martin Luther was the first Protestant.
Literal Meaning	orthodox- a union of Greek orthos ("straight" "correct" "true" "right") and doxa ("glory" as in Doxa Patri, "Glory to the Father")	Protestant - to 'protest'
Birth of Jesus	Virgin Birth	Virgin Birth, through the Holy Spirit.
Clergy	Priests, Deacons, ArchDeacons, Bishops, Metroploitan(Patriarch)	priests, monks, ministers, pastors
Second coming of Jesus	Affirmed	Affirmed
Death of Jesus	Death by Crucifixion	Death by Crucifixion, Resurrection, and the Ascent to Heaven. He will return again.
Resurrection of Jesus	Affirmed	Affirmed
About	Eastern Orthodox Christians follow the teachings of Jesus and claim to be his original Church.	Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church, & follow strict adherance to their own interpretations of the Bible.
Life after death	You will need to pass through a trial, and you will be weighted based of your deeds in your life. Not neccasarily required to be Chrisitan to land in Heaven. At second coming, every soul will be re-judged.	Eternal Salvation in Heaven or Eternal Damnation in Hell.
Day of worship	Sunday.	Sunday is the day to go to church, but worship can and is encouraged to continue personally
Branches	Russian, Greek, Georgian, etc.. Orthodox (only difference is language). In Russia there is also a sect called the Old Believers, who are ultra-conservative.	Thousands of different branches.
Rites	Church Prayer, Nicene Creed, Psalms, Kanons, and Marriages, Funerals, excorsim, excommunication (from eucharist).	Two sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist (not matrimony)
Definition	Orthodox means "true", "right" and it varies from Cathloic which means "Universal"	To protest.
Authority of Pope	Denied. The Patriarch is the Orthodox version of the Pope.	N/A.
Ressurection of Jesus	Affirmed	affirmed
Prophet	Jesus Christ	Moses, Abraham, John the Baptist, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, Nahum, Elijah, Elisha, Obadiah, Amos, Hosea, Zechariah, Zephaniah, Malachi, Daniel, Nathan, and many others
Concept of Deity	Orthodox Christians believe in a single God who is both three and one (triune). The Father is the eternal source of the Godhead, from Whom the Son is begotten eternally and also from Whom the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally.	believe in the Trinity; three persons in one Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Status of women	Women are allowed to become nuns, religious sisters, and deaconesses.	Variable. Conservatives and liberals differ greatly.
Geographical predominance	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Greece, and Macedonia.	North America and Europe
Principle	To retain the Holy creed and teachings of Christ as portrayed by the holy apostles.	Because our first parents sinned, all human beings sin. So Christ Came down from Heaven to Save us from our sins.

Place of worship

Church

Church, chapel,

Use of statues and pictures

Permitted, through Icons

Not used

Place of origin

Byzantine Empire. But Chrisitanity in itself was founded by the Apostles and the followers of Christ, in a sense.

Germany

Scriptures

Bible: Both testaments, scriptures according to apostles.

Holy Bible, a collection of canonical books in two parts (the Old Testament and the New Testament) and does not include the apocrypha

Practices

Adhereing to the teachings of Christ, and going to church. Not much different from other churches, but strict fundamentalist practice of worship, mysticism also main factor in practice.

Regularly visit the church, especially on Sundays, Prayers, Sacraments, reading the Holy Bible, communion-partaking in the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, under the appearance of Bread and Wine.

Founder

King Constantine of Rome, although not the founder, he led the Eastern Orthodox Empire(Byzantine Empire). Since as early as the 3rd century he was admitted to Eucamincal councils including many Bishops.

Martin Luther was the first Protestant.

Literal Meaning

orthodox- a union of Greek orthos ("straight" "correct" "true" "right") and doxa ("glory" as in Doxa Patri, "Glory to the Father")

Protestant - to 'protest'

Birth of Jesus

Virgin Birth

Virgin Birth, through the Holy Spirit.

Clergy

Priests, Deacons, ArchDeacons, Bishops, Metroploitan(Patriarch)

priests, monks, ministers, pastors

Second coming of Jesus

Affirmed

Death of Jesus

Death by Crucifixion

Death by Crucifixion, Resurrection, and the Ascent to Heaven. He will return again.

Resurrection of Jesus

Affirmed

About

Eastern Orthodox Christians follow the teachings of Jesus and claim to be his original Church.

Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church, & follow strict adherance to their own interpretations of the Bible.

Life after death

You will need to pass through a trial, and you will be weighted based of your deeds in your life. Not neccasarily required to be Chrisitan to land in Heaven. At second coming, every soul will be re-judged.

Eternal Salvation in Heaven or Eternal Damnation in Hell.

Day of worship

Sunday.

Sunday is the day to go to church, but worship can and is encouraged to continue personally

Branches

Russian, Greek, Georgian, etc.. Orthodox (only difference is language). In Russia there is also a sect called the Old Believers, who are ultra-conservative.

Thousands of different branches.

Rites

Church Prayer, Nicene Creed, Psalms, Kanons, and Marriages, Funerals, excorsim, excommunication (from eucharist).

Two sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist (not matrimony)

Definition

Orthodox means "true", "right" and it varies from Cathloic which means "Universal"

To protest.

Authority of Pope

Denied. The Patriarch is the Orthodox version of the Pope.

N/A.

Ressurection of Jesus

Affirmed

affirmed

Prophet

Jesus Christ

Moses, Abraham, John the Baptist, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, Nahum, Elijah, Elisha, Obadiah, Amos, Hosea, Zechariah, Zephaniah, Malachi, Daniel, Nathan, and many others

Concept of Deity

Orthodox Christians believe in a single God who is both three and one (triune). The Father is the eternal source of the Godhead, from Whom the Son is begotten eternally and also from Whom the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally.

believe in the Trinity; three persons in one Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Status of women

Women are allowed to become nuns, religious sisters, and deaconesses.

Variable. Conservatives and liberals differ greatly.

Geographical predominance

Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Greece, and Macedonia.

North America and Europe

Principle

To retain the Holy creed and teachings of Christ as portrayed by the holy apostles.

Because our first parents sinned, all human beings sin. So Christ Came down from Heaven to Save us from our sins.

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