It's weird by Armenians are not considered "white" by Europeans (or fellow Soviets). And calling them "Christian" is a bit of a stretch since they are non-Chalcedonian and their understanding of what Christianity is, is much further away from any Western faith than even Russian Orthodox Christianity. Still Christian, but only kinda, sorta. They haven't been in communion with any Western (or Eastern) Church since 451AD, that is, when Western Roman Empire still existed.
Because they rejected council of Chalcedon in 451AD which every other (every other that still exists, that is), Christian church apart from a few Arabic Christian churches that only have a few million believers total among them (such as Coptic in Egypt), accepted.
Every other Church (including Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox such as Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian etc., all mainline Protestant Churches etc.), believes that Jesus Christ exists in two distinct natures - divine and human - fully joined in one person or "hypostasis". Armenians believe that the divine and human natures are united in a single, composite nature within the one person of Jesus.
It is a Christological difference as big as possible while still staying "Christian" (one step of division further lies the Aryanism, which is already "certainly not Christianity"). Initially several Churches separated after the ill-fated attempt of reunification with so-called "Henoticon", but all others except the Armenian, either folded back, or simply became a tiny minority in their now-mostly Muslim countries. Armenia is the only Christian-majority country in the world that is still that way.
Think of it: dozens of wars and a millennium of mutual schism and hate happened between Catholics and Orthodox since the Great Schism of 1054. It happened over a difference much, much smaller than that.
Let's discuss who considers who white, European, and so on... I thought at least HN is immune from that, but here we go.
And how does believing in Christ and being the first country in the world to accept to christianity make the whole nation just "kinda-sorta" Christian?
Officially, Armenia admitted Atzhah is Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan said "it's our territory, we are goint to ethnically cleanse it", which they did. Neither Armenia nor Russia did nothing about it. Conlusion: Russia is guilty
> the cars stop when you try to cross the street
This is a lie. I generally agree with the rest of the post
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 14.9 ms ] threadIsn’t the Armenian church like the oldest Christian church? Why wouldn’t they be called Christian?
Every other Church (including Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox such as Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian etc., all mainline Protestant Churches etc.), believes that Jesus Christ exists in two distinct natures - divine and human - fully joined in one person or "hypostasis". Armenians believe that the divine and human natures are united in a single, composite nature within the one person of Jesus.
It is a Christological difference as big as possible while still staying "Christian" (one step of division further lies the Aryanism, which is already "certainly not Christianity"). Initially several Churches separated after the ill-fated attempt of reunification with so-called "Henoticon", but all others except the Armenian, either folded back, or simply became a tiny minority in their now-mostly Muslim countries. Armenia is the only Christian-majority country in the world that is still that way.
Think of it: dozens of wars and a millennium of mutual schism and hate happened between Catholics and Orthodox since the Great Schism of 1054. It happened over a difference much, much smaller than that.
Armenians are virtually in every country. So being a small minority in Israel being held against them is the reason you consider them not Christian?
And how does believing in Christ and being the first country in the world to accept to christianity make the whole nation just "kinda-sorta" Christian?
Officially, Armenia admitted Atzhah is Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan said "it's our territory, we are goint to ethnically cleanse it", which they did. Neither Armenia nor Russia did nothing about it. Conlusion: Russia is guilty
> the cars stop when you try to cross the street
This is a lie. I generally agree with the rest of the post