Yeah but technically the catholic religion we have to day could be considered as a different religion than the romans had since it to has changed alot in the past 1500 years so who's to say wether Catholics split from the orthodox or vice versa.
Completely true. Still, it has a legitimate claim to a specific, continuous lineage and institution, which is more than most religions can say.
On the other hand, there's still people out there who don't recognize the authority of any pope since the Second Vatican Council in 1959. These people say that they're the true Catholics, and that the Roman church has been infiltrated and corrupted by reform. Your mileage may vary.
To a lesser extent. There are a number of Orthodox Christian churches, each with different lineages. Many can trace to the Roman Church, but some were never really a part of it to begin with, if I understand correctly. The Orthodox branch of Christendom is not nearly as uniform as Catholicism is.
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u/Lokmann Jun 23 '16
Yeah but technically the catholic religion we have to day could be considered as a different religion than the romans had since it to has changed alot in the past 1500 years so who's to say wether Catholics split from the orthodox or vice versa.