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===[[History of Eastern Orthodoxy]]===
The Eastern Roman Empire, by edict from the Emperor Constantin the Great, officially declares Christianity as a legally permitted religion in 313.
Chalcedonian Schism (5th Century)[edit | edit source]
Primarily due to differing viewpoints of the dogmatic definitions from the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Oriental Orthodox broke away from the Eastern Orthodox faith.
The Oriental Orthodox Faiths are the following: [2]
Coptic Orthodox Church
Armenian Apostolic Church
Indian Orthodox Church (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)
Syriac Orthodox Church or Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia
Tewahedo Orthodox Church, which consists of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as the Eritrean Orthodox Church, both in the African continent.
Schism with the Roman Catholic Faith (11th Century)[edit | edit source]
History tends to place 1054 as the date of the schism between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
However, the two churches were developing differences in certain specific beliefs for ages.
===[[Eastern Orthodoxy Doctrine]]===