This document provides responses to common questions that Roman Catholics ask about Eastern Orthodoxy. It begins by explaining that Orthodox believers see the fullness of the Church as present wherever believers gather with their bishop to celebrate the Eucharist, rather than viewing the Pope as the head of the entire universal Church. It then addresses questions about why Orthodox Christians are not part of the Eastern Catholic Churches and why there are different Orthodox jurisdictions in America despite all being the same religion. The document emphasizes that the Orthodox view their various autocephalous churches as being in communion with one another, not under any single patriarch like the Pope, and that the jurisdictional divisions in America are temporary anomalies rather than essential to Orthodoxy.
This document provides responses to common questions that Roman Catholics ask about Eastern Orthodoxy. It begins by explaining that Orthodox believers see the fullness of the Church as prese…