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Text Box: the Russian Patriarch, who was made a Patriarch by the other Patriarchs. The Bishops of today are the successors of the apostles, and the priests of today are the successors of the disciples. 3. In the year 1054 AD, the Patriarch of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople, got into an argument. They did not use a Great Council of the Church to settle the argument, and the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church split into two parts, the Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church and the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. There are also other parts of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church which had problems because of differences in languages and in the great distances people had to travel to talk with each other. But even though these differences exist, they still form One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. 4. Jesus is not happy with these differences, and has let the leaders of the Church know He is not happy with these differences. Still, it is proof that the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, even though it is governed as Orthodox, Roman, Assyrian Orthodox Church of the East, and the others, is Jesus's Church, because it has existed now for over nineteen hundred years. It is built upon the rock -- that is upon St. Peter and the members of the First Council of Jerusalem and their successors, but most

Text Box: important, it is built upon the Foundation Stone, Jesus, which was rejected by the builders, the Jews. It will never cease to exist until the divine founder returns to judge the living and the dead. Happy are they who believe and act as the Church believes and teaches. QUESTIONS 1. What did the apostles do after Pentecost? 2. How are the successors of Peter, of the other apostles, and of the disciples called? 3. Is Jesus happy with the differences in His Church? 4. How long will the Church last?

Text Box: The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism Q. 361. Who were among the first to adore the Infant Jesus? A. The shepherds of Bethlehem, to whom His birth was announced by Angels; and the Magi or three wise men, who were guided to His crib by a miraculous star, were among the first to adore the Infant Jesus. We recall the adoration of the Magi on the feast of the Epiphany, which means appearance or manifestation, namely, of Our Saviour. Since the Magi

Text Box: traveled a great distance, they must have began being guided by the miraculous star before the Infant Jesus was born, or it may be that the Magi adored the Infant Jesus later at His home, but we depict them as adoring Him in His crib in the stable because tradition tells us that is when and where it happened. +

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