History of Roman Catholicism & Eastern Orthodoxy

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My dad was right next to me laughing at how confusing this all is, and I said wait until we get to the Protestants.

I really appreciate the fact that not only do you specifically dedicate time in your videos to addressing critiques from your comments, but you even modify your charts to incorporate those issues or to provide greater clarity. That's a rare level of dedication to your craft and to providing clear accurate information. Thank you, and keep up the great work!

I just want to point out that "Oriental" comes from the Latin word for "east". Now think about how Christianity has an "Eastern Orthodox Church", an "Oriental Orthodox Church", and a "Church of the East"... and they're all different churches.

I would also mention the Old Believers, who broke off from the Russian Orthodox Church during reforms in the 17th century, and were anathematized. Recently, some of those anathemas were lifted, but they're still mostly independent.

I honestly wish you all the best with making a coherent tree for all the Protestant/Restorationist denominations. It is nothing short of a mess, even from my very narrow viewpoint

Fun fact: There used to be a third patriarch in Constantinople, after the 4th Crusade the Catholics set up their own Latin Patriarch to replace the Orthodox one, and this position still existed long after they were driven from the city as a "titular see", only being abolished in 1964.

Prayers for my persecuted Orthodox brothers and sisters, and all those around the world. While I’m non-denominational, the persecution of those who “worship in unapproved fashion” is unconscionable. Peace and light be upon all those who walk the path.

“Today most Old Calendarists… are late to appointments, often by several weeks.”

Guys, the Protestant video is going to be WILD. 😄😁 Would have to do a separate video to cover the various Pentecostal churches.

Very interesting. I watched this episode especially since my husband was Greek Orthodox and I am Roman Catholic.

It amazes me how unbiased you are, excellent video, I’m a Catholic myself so you did an great job explaining the church. Also interesting different between the eastern rite Catholic Church’s , they have married priests

As an Eastern Orthodox christian, I think good thing to point out, would be that some of the Orthodox churches were abolished/revoked by Russia or Russian Empire, for example Georgia was christianized around the 4th century, but it only recently regained autocephaly.

it’d be cool if you added a rough estimate of how many people pertain to each branch

As a Catholic, who had a jewish mother, i cant tell u how I enjoy hearing a Jewish man explaining the organization of the catholic church. ;) My mother would always say, "why do they make it so hard?"

Fun fact: the city of Lviv used to be the seat of three Catholic archdioceses at once: a Roman, a Greek (Ukrainian) and an Armenian one. Also, since we have the Old Calendarists on the chart, maybe we could also have the Old Believers (Old Ritualists) - a splinter group(s) of the Russian Orthodox Church that rejected the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the early second half of the 17th century and go one to this day? Edit: an amazing video overall, of course!

Truly amazing Matt. this is in depth and phenomenal work. I was raised a protestant so I'm really looking forward to mid march. I've had my hours and days of research on this and got super confused to a point where I got my head heated. blessings and strength to you my man. Thank you for sharing this value.

As always, you guys never disappoint in presenting genuine, reliable charts tracing back this time the different branches of Christianity. Definitely going to suggest my students to go and watch this video for an assignment. Keep up the good work guys!

ahh i love how much history you can read from this, really fascinating! i'm not sure if theres enough information for more than a brief mention, but the story of what we think happened to Christianity in Britannia after the Roman Empire withdrew is fascinating (i've been going over it in college now, i'm an archaeological apprentice). It was definitely here before the Empire fell (see the Chi-Rho fresco in Lullington for one) but it kinda had to fend for itself during the Saxon migrations as by the time Iona and Lindisfarne were established, the population was majority pagan again. Since the islands were more or less abandoned by Rome for a long time, when what would become Latin Catholic christianity came back, they encountered this Insular Christianity (or "Celtic" Christianity) which had survived in some corners and Ireland (which Gildas makes a critique of in 560) and spread about to convert the majority of the Saxon Heptarchy by the time Norse invasion ramped up. It was reabsorbed for the most part when people fell back in line with Europe in the early medieval period but it's having a bit of a flavour revival now! great content as always x

Perhaps you could also include the "Old Believers", who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church after the reforms of Patriarch Nikon (between 1652 and 1667)? Also, thank you for doing all this work and presenting it to us. As a non-religious person, the structure and timeline of christian denominations has always been hard to follow for me, this helps a lot. :)