Talk:Western Christianity

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Contents 1 In Desperate Need of Information 2 Western Christianity and the Western Hemisphere 3 New Graphic - Survey 4 high-importance stub

[edit] In Desperate Need of Information

Compared to the Eastern Christianity article, this one needs a lot of work. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the religions could follow the Eastern Christianity's format and at least make the article in equal size to the Christianity Template? I think several of the paragraphs on the "Eastern Christianity" could almost be copied onto this one, with just a little rewording. For example:

The Eastern churches' differences from Western Christianity has as much to do with culture, language, and politics as theology. For the non-Catholic Eastern churches, a definitive date for the commencement of schism cannot be given (see East-West Schism), although conventionally, it is often stated that the Assyrian Church of the East became estranged from the church of the Roman Empire in the years following the Council of Ephesus (431), Oriental Orthodoxy separated after the Council of Chalcedon (451), and the split between the Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church is usually dated to 1054 (often referred to as the Great Schism).

So if somebody has the time and better knowledge of the workings between the Western Churches, could they consider expanding the article? Irish♣Pearl 20:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Added some more information, but a lot more is still needed and someone should go over to check what I did add. If I have more time, I'll try to research and put more detailed information in, but this was all I could do for now. Irish♣Pearl 21:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Western Christianity and the Western Hemisphere

I think the opening section needs to be revised due to confusing phrasing. Western Christianity is not something that is inherently "Western European" or belonging to the Western Hemisphere. Western Christianity actually developed in the Eastern Hemisphere and all the countries of Central Europe also practice these religions.

[edit] New Graphic - Survey

I have set up a survey on the new graphic at the Schism talk page; I didn't then realize it was being used on other pages. It is probably sensible to centalize discussion - the Survey is here Johnbod 03:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] high-importance stub

This page does need a lot of work, and here I go. Leadwind (talk) 18:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)