Considering reverting back to Catholicism

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JohnR77 said:
Both East and West acknowledge wrongdoing in the tragic events leading up to 1054 when the schism finalized. Nevertheless, it is undeniably true that the West (and especially the Roman See) had a much more solid and consistent record of orthodoxy. For example, the Eastern Church split off from Rome and the Catholic Church on at least six occasions before 1054:

The Arian schisms (343-98);
The controversy over St. John Chrysostom (404-415);
The Acacian schism (484-519);
Concerning Monothelitism (640-681);
Concerning Iconoclasm (726-87 and 815-43).

This adds up to 231 out of 500 years in schism (46% of the time)! In every case, Rome was on the right side of the debate in terms of what was later considered “orthodox” by both sides. Thus, the East clearly needed the West and the papacy and Rome in order to be ushered back to orthodoxy. …
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This is a very misleading post. For one, it is not the case that the entire East was out of communion with Rome during any of these controversies. Furthermore, the refutation of most of the heresies in the East did not come from Rome, but rather from the catholic eastern bishops who made up the Ecumenical Councils. For example, Arianism was defeated largely through the efforts of St. Athanasius the Great and the Cappadocian Fathers. There heresies of the Pneumatomachoi and of Apollinarius of Laodicea, which were condemned at the First Council of Constantinople (where not one single western bishop or papal legate was present), were defeated by the teachings of the Cappadocian Fathers, and Nestorianism was refuted by St. Cyril of Alexandria. Finally, the West has been plagued by myriads of its own heresies, many of which are very much alive today.
 
RyanBlack said:
This is a very misleading post. For one, it is not the case that the entire East was out of communion with Rome during any of these controversies. Furthermore, the refutation of most of the heresies in the East did not come from Rome, but rather from the catholic eastern bishops who made up the Ecumenical Councils. For example, Arianism was defeated largely through the efforts of St. Athanasius the Great and the Cappadocian Fathers. There heresies of the Pneumatomachoi and of Apollinarius of Laodicea, which were condemned at the First Council of Constantinople (where not one single western bishop or papal legate was present), were defeated by the teachings of the Cappadocian Fathers, and Nestorianism was refuted by St. Cyril of Alexandria. Finally, the West has been plagued by myriads of its own heresies, many of which are very much alive today.
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lots of errors out there. I would suggest, It’s not confined to the West

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius10/p10pasce.htm
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9syll.htm
 
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