Catholicism And Greek Orthodoxy: Compare And Contrast Essay

Catholicism and Greek Orthodoxy are often defined by their slight differences, although they worship the same god. The differences between Catholicism and Greek Orthodoxy are definitely shown through the practice of Saturday/ Sunday worship and the devotion to Mary.

Saturday/ Sunday worship or the Sabbath, was first described in the biblical account of Genesis (Gen. 2:2-3) as the seventh day of creation. " By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." They are the same in this facet as the allocated day for the Sabbath is Sunday for both Catholicism and Greek Orthodoxy, however many of the practices differ slightly.
As is evident from the Holy Scriptures, bows, kneeling and prostrations were employed during prayer even in the Old Testament. King David refers to bowing down to God or to His temple in many of the psalms, for example: "Bow down to the Lord in His holy court" (Ps. 28:2); "I shall bow down toward Thy holy temple in fear of Thee" (Ps. 5:8); "O come, let us worship and fall down before Him" (Ps. 94:6). Full prostrations are also mentioned in the books of the Old Testament. For example: the Prophets Moses and Aaron prayed to God, "having fallen on their faces" (Numbers