Which Church would be the most recognizable to Early Christians?

[adamhovey1988]

Which Church would be the most recognizable to Early Christians?
What I mean to ask is, if somehow a Christian from between the years 100 & 300 ended up in our time, which church could he (or she) walk into and instantly recognize it as his (or her) church?
I understand that language might be a barrier to the above mentioned Early Christian, so let’s leave that issue out.
I’m just looking for your opinion & why.
I would imagine that it would be a Church of Eastern Tradition, either Catholic or Orthodox, but am I right in that assumption?
What’s your opinion?

Syriac Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, Armenian Catholic. The reason for this, is, because with the exception of the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic, all of these use Aramaic (Syriac) to at least some degree and I feel like that’s the closest we’ll get to the early Church. NOW, the reason I included the Armenians is because Armenia was the first country to make Christianity a state religion. Then I would say the Copts, the Byzantines, and the Latins and so on. I have been to a Syriac Orthodox liturgy, many Byzantine liturgies, and I am a Latin, as well as a Maronite liturgy. I am more struck by what they have in common than their differences. Just my view on it. The reason I used language, by the way, was because it is impossible to separate the tradition from the language. I.E., I belong to he Latin church, that is, the church that has traditionally used Latin. I feel it’s something you can’t leave out . Mainly, my argument has to do with how things are done.

 

[rcwitness]

Also, the OP asked about creeds. That did not happen for centuries.

I believe some form of creed profession existed from the earliest of days.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CreedSeveral creeds have originated in Christianity.

1 Corinthians 15, 3–7 includes an early creed about Jesus’ death and resurrection which was probably received by Paul. The antiquity of the creed has been located by most biblical scholars to no more than five years after Jesus’ death, probably originating from the Jerusalem apostolic community.

[5]The Old Roman Creed is an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles’ Creed. It was based on the 2nd century Rules of Faith and the interrogatory declaration of faith for those receiving baptism, which by the 4th century was everywhere tripartite in structure, following Matthew 28:19.

 

[SyroMalankara]

Syriac Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, Armenian Catholic. The reason for this, is, because with the exception of the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic, all of these use Aramaic (Syriac) to at least some degree and I feel like that’s the closest we’ll get to the early Church. NOW, the reason I included the Armenians is because Armenia was the first country to make Christianity a state religion. Then I would say the Copts, the Byzantines, and the Latins and so on. I have been to a Syriac Orthodox liturgy, many Byzantine liturgies, and I am a Latin, as well as a Maronite liturgy. I am more struck by what they have in common than their differences. Just my view on it. The reason I used language, by the way, was because it is impossible to separate the tradition from the language. I.E., I belong to he Latin church, that is, the church that has traditionally used Latin. I feel it’s something you can’t leave out . Mainly, my argument has to do with how things are done.

The Armenian language was developed by Syriac missionaries. The Syriac saints even got up to Georgia, which is why today, although Eastern Orthodox, the Head of the Church in Georgia is still called “Catholicos”

 

[Peter_J]

I’d say, the one the reader belongs to.

 

[johnnyc176]

Obviously the Catholic Church because that is the Church Christ established. The op identifies as Catholic so I’m not sure why there would be a question of this.

 

[Peter_J]

The op identifies as Catholic

Good point.

 

[SalamKhan]

Obviously the Catholic Church because that is the Church Christ established. The op identifies as Catholic so I’m not sure why there would be a question of this.

He probably doesn’t mean theology.

 

[LutheranScholar]

Which creeds and liturgies were being used in the 1st and 2nd centuries?

Obi- kaybi ( a bad imitation of Mush- Mouth… a popular cartoon character back when I was a kid in the eighties). Here’s a link to a couple of articles describing Early Christian Liturgy ( probably opening a hornet’s nest between High and Low Church Protestants with this, but conversations lead us in many and sundry directions): higherthings.org/myht/articles/catechesis/10reasons-liturgy, religion.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-2.

Here are a couple of links to early creedal statements used by the Early Christians: coldcasechristianity.com/2014/the-importance-and-early-use-of-creeds/, theopedia.com/church-history.

 

[CathBoy1]

Obviously the Catholic Church because that is the Church Christ established. The op identifies as Catholic so I’m not sure why there would be a question of this.

Yes I am Catholic, and I do agree that the Catholic Church is the Church Christ established, that being said over time the liturgy has evolved, so I had asked the original question to get some (name removed by moderator)ut on this topic.
The question came to mind while attending Mass, I wondered wether or not an early Christian would recognize the New Mass as familiar, and that got me thinking.