Did the Eastern Church schism lead to all those since?

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Regardless of causation …
if East & West would re-unite, might that encourage all separated brethren / ecclesial communities to ‘come home’ too ?
 
I think it would definitely put a lot of pressure on Protestants to join up. It would make it a lot easier for people like me to join.
 
The 1054 Schism did not lead to all subsequent schisms. There was already an example of schism (based on disobedience to God) in the Old Testament. Read 1 & 2 Kings - Israel split up into Two Kingdoms, Judah & Israel, because of idolatry & doctrine. This was never even healed until wars, exiles, and almost total destruction came upon the Chosen People.

We are sinners. That is what causes schisms. Live in unity and charity, and this will be healed - but merely joining the East to us again won’t bring the other schismatics in. Some believe we are antichrist.
 
Which Eastern schism? There were schisms in the East before Nestorius, Eutyches, or Photius came onto the scene, but they fizzled out. Certainly the long-term existence of sects, and their evolution into highly organized bodies does give a false sense of legitimacy to the idea of separation from Rome. But I don’t think we can simply pin the Protestant Revolt on what was going on in the East. Schism is practically inevitable given free will, a fallen nature, and the existence of the Church. If you are going to pin it all on someone, I think it would have to be Adam.
 
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Which Eastern schism? There were schisms in the East before Nestorius, Eutyches, or Photius came onto the scene, but they fizzled out. Certainly the long-term existence of sects, and their evolution into highly organized bodies does give a false sense of legitimacy to the idea of separation from Rome. But I don’t think we can simply pin the Protestant Revolt on what was going on in the East. Schism is practically inevitable given free will, a fallen nature, and the existence of the Church. If you are going to pin it all on someone, I think it would have to be Adam.
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Oh no you don’t, it was EVE 😃
 
brb3 said:
if East & West would re-unite, might that encourage all separated brethren / ecclesial communities to ‘come home’ too ?
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Such an East-West reconciliation would obviously be a very joyous and powerful event, not to mention a major event in history.

I don’t think it would lead to all Christians being unified, but I think it would encourage many protestants to consider Universal Christianity, or at least raise its profile with them.

I think it would encourage many people to question why, in addition to Universal Christianity, they are tens of thousands of protestant Churches too - especially when Jesus himself wanted his followers to be one body.

Right enough - your question also applies in the reverse. A reconciliation might well cause new disgruntled splinter groups to appear* - thought this would probably happen only on the Orthodox side, not the Catholic side.

*An example of this is how, as the SSPX nears full reconciliation with the Church, they have had a small number (handful) of their own clergy break off, because they don’t agree with the reconciliation.

“You cant please everyone” as the saying goes!
 
The other posters brought up pretty good points. All I can say is, “Maybe, maybe not”. Who knows how these things will play out - I’d honestly just be happy for anyone at all to come back to the Catholic Church, like the prodigal son came back to his father. 🙂
 
JonNC said:
For me it would make it impossible to resist.
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Yeah, but you’re already more Catholic than a lot of Catholics.

At any rate, I think that when Christians come together, it is always better than when they separate. There’s been enough separation. A bit more unity would be great. Heck, I would even be glad to see protestant sects reunite.
 
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