(Ron) Dick and the original church

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HELEN:
So what is the Coptic Church? It's as old as the two versions you
mention above, but not a part of either. By the way, there is not one
Orthodox Church, but many each with it's own bishop, (Greek Orthodox,
Russian Orthodox, and so own) that's part of what the original
seperation was about, the orthodox churches believe that no bishop is
head of "the church", each church has it's own head. So much for the 
one true church, which is what Dick was claiming.

RON
  The Orthodox Churches accept the decisions of the first seven 
ecumenical councils. So does the Catholic Church. They have not had an 
ecumenical council since their separation from the RC Church. The 
orthodox do, in principal, accept the "seniority" of the Bishop of Rome 
if not his authority. Even the writer of their own liturgy, St. John 
Chrysostom appealed to the Pope when the Church at Constantinople fell 
into error. The "Coptic" Church deviated on the doctrine of the Trinity, 
as would be agreed by the Orthodox Churches as well. Read a history of 
the Orthodox Church, such as Timothy (Kallistos) Ware's "The Othodox 
Church", and you will see that the Eastern Churches frequently appealed 
to the Bishop of Rome when their local sees fell into heresy or error.  

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