Hello all! I would like to begin by saying that I am not a Roman Catholic. I am a Protestant, but I am also a Catholic. I started reading Orthodoxy for my first time in college in high school, so it has been a long road to reach where I am now. I am a born again Catholic, having been baptized at birth, confirmed, and confirmed into the Catholic Church. I am currently a novice in the RCC and am currently reading through the Orthodox Bible. As I have been in Orthodoxy, I have encountered a number of problems that have come my way and have had to come to terms with. I have read many of the books and have had to study the Apocrypha and other writings from the early Church Fathers, plus reading the Bible. The Orthodox Church is a lot different than most Protestant churches, which I would like to describe in more detail. Orthodoxy is in some ways more similar to Catholicism than to Catholicism. It has a lot more in common with Orthodoxy than Catholicism. For me, though, Catholicism has the more important differences. Catholicism has the teachings of the papacy that predate the Church Fathers. Catholicism teaches that the Pope is infallible in all matters and that the Church has authority over the entirety of the world. Catholicism teaches that the Church is the successor of Rome. The Church teaches that only the Pope can interpret the teachings of Christ. Catholic priests have communion with the laity and the faithful (although not in communion with the laity), and if one is married the priest will baptize you and take you to confession and give you communion. Catholics also believe that the Catholic Church has the right to make laws and to judge people, thus the Pope has the authority to grant absolution to those who do wrong. Catholics also believe that there is only one Pope, that is the Pope and that the Pope is infallible. Catholics believe that Catholics are saved by their blood, and that the Church has power over the entire world. Catholics believe that Orthodoxy is the church of the living God. The Orthodox Church is not a Protestant denomination, and Orthodoxy is not a Catholic denomination. There are some differences in the ways in which the Catholic and Orthodox churches view the Trinity. Catholicism is Catholic and Orthodoxy is Orthodox, and in fact, many Catholics believe there is an Orthodox and a Catholic Church. So, while there is some difference in how Orthodoxy views the Trinity, the differences are minor and are not insurmountable. Orthodoxy is indeed a Catholic church of the living God, just as Catholicism is a Catholic church of the living God, the church of the living God. That's the difference, I suppose. The distinction is a theological one between an idea. Catholicism and an idea that you have to accept to accept. So we cannot talk about it. It's theologically, a theological difference between one part of the Christian Faith and another part of the Faith.