What are the main differences between Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox?

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One is the spiritual leader. Catholics have the Pope and the Orthodox have their Patriarch.

In the beginning of Christianity, there was only one Church. As Christianity began to spread to the four corners of the known world, it was decided that there needed to be a "central" location from which to teach and congregate as well as a place for the office handed down from Jesus. "The keys to the kingdom". It was decided that Rome should be that location. However, that was not a unanimous decision. Almost half of the Church leaders thought that Constantinople should be where we should establish the "Physical" Church. Due to this argument, the now referred to "Orthodox Catholics" split off and denounced Papal authority. This was the first split from the Church Jesus established, but certainly not the last.

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