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The Orthodox Church is an international group of patriarchal, autocephalous and autonomous churches. Each church is independent in her internal organization and follows her own particular customs. However, all the churches are united in the same faith.

The Orthodox Church is an international group of patriarchal, autocephalous and autonomous churches. Each church is independent in her internal organization and follows her own particular customs. However, all the churches are united in the same faith.

By the ninth century legitimate differences were intensified by political circumstances, cultural clashes, papal claims, and the introduction in the West of the Filioque phrase into the [[Nicene Creed]].

By the ninth century legitimate differences were intensified by political circumstances, cultural clashes, papal claims, and the introduction in the West of the Filioque phrase into the [[Nicene Creed]].

== References ==

== References ==

[http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]

[http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]

== External Links ==

== External Links ==

[http://www.ancientfaithradio.com Orthodox Internet Radio]

[http://www.ancientfaithradio.com Orthodox Internet Radio]

[http://www.ec-patr.org Official Web Site For Ecumenical Patriarchate]

[http://www.ec-patr.org Official Web Site For Ecumenical Patriarchate]

 

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