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Western Christianity

Christianity originating from the tradition of the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome. consists of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and its derivatives

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Dec 20, 2025
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How does the Ethiopian Bible's canon differ from the Protestant and Catholic canons?

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo canon is significantly larger and more varied than the Protestant and Catholic canons: commonly cited as 81 books (sometimes more in broader collections) versus the Pro...

Oct 30, 2025
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How does the Ethiopian Orthodox Church view the canonical status of these extra books?

The assembled analyses agree that the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church treats a larger set of books as than Western Christian communions, commonly citing an compilation that includes works such as 1...

Jan 4, 2026

How did the Ethiopian Orthodox canon develop differently from Western Christian canons?

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo canon developed on a different trajectory from Western Christian canons: it preserves an 81‑book Bible that incorporates texts such as 1 Enoch, Jubilees and three Meqab...

Dec 31, 2025

What historical sources explain differences between Ethiopian and Western biblical texts?

The principal historical explanations for differences between Ethiopian and Western biblical texts lie in divergent canon formation processes, different textual lineages (notably broad use of the Sept...

Nov 24, 2025

When did the term 'sacrament' begin to be applied to confession or penance in Western and Eastern Christianity?

Scholars and Christian traditions diverge on when the word “sacrament” became attached to confession/penance: Western (Latin) Christianity increasingly labelled confession a formal “sacrament” in the ...