Faith is guided by the Bible, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the decisions of the Ecumenical Councils.
The East viewed the Pope as "first among equals" but rejected his absolute jurisdictional authority. The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its His...
The Orthodox Church views itself as the continuation of the original Church founded by Jesus Christ. Its history began in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. For the first thousand years of Christianity, the East and West were generally united under the "Pentarchy"—five major episcopal sees: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The Great Schism (1054) Faith is guided by the Bible, the writings
