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Eastern Christian
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Eastern Christianity
Eastern Christianity
consists of four main church families: the
Eastern Orthodox Church
, the
Oriental Orthodox Churches
, the
Assyrian Church of the East
, and the
Eastern Catholic Churches
. The term is used in contrast to
Western Christianity
. Collectively they comprise the
Christian
traditions and churches that developed in the
Balkans
,
Eastern Europe
,
Asia Minor
, the
Middle East
,
Africa
,
India
and parts of the
Far East
over several centuries. The term does not describe a single communion or common religious tradition. Some Eastern churches have more in common historically and theologically with Western Christianity than with one another. The various Eastern churches do not normally refer to themselves as "Eastern", with the exception of the
Assyrian Church of the East
and its offshoots.
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