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OK, having read Lebell's post, I can say I agree with 99% of everything he said (that 1% is essentially nitpicking on words so I won't even bother)
Just cause this is one thing I'm picky about, there was the Egyptian Coptic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church, not Roman Catholic specifically. Roman Catholic is a particular rite of the Catholic Church and, while it is the most widespread and common, it is not the only one.
The best way to sum up what I mean by different rites is this: all Catholic rites are to believe the same things as far as interpretation of scripture, etc, but as far as the organization is concerned things may differ. Take, for example, the organization choice in the Roman Catholic Rite that priests cannot marry. This is not a matter of faith for Catholics but, rather, something that the Roman Catholic Rite chooses as a way to run itself. The Byzantine Rite or the Latin Rite however allow their priests to marry. All in all, I believe there are 13 or so Catholic Rites. They all work under the Pope and College of Cardinals.
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