... law and legal practice. The Eastern Orthodox Church's members number over 250 million worldwide, many of which are in the United States. There have been many efforts to establish a single American Orthodox church, but no union has been created. In 1950, several Eastern Orthodox denominations joined with Protestant groups in the formation of the National Council of the Churches of Christ ... in America are now members. Perhaps the single most vital aspect of Byzantine culture was the transmission of classical culture. While classical studies, science, and philosophy largely dissipated in t...

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