This is really interesting, thanks for posting
Thank YOU.This is really interesting, thanks for posting
)My guess is most would just split off and form new “Traditional”, “Authentic”, “Genuine”, etc… Orthodox jurisdictions.
Reunification would have happened centuries ago, if it were up to the popes and the patriarchs. The difference is that the holy men of religious orders in the east are very influential, and they are not as ready to submit to the will of their bishops, as the situation that has developed in the West.
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That is one of the many reasons why today there is a reluctance on the part of the Orthodox to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, there are other issues preventing reunion such as: papal infallibility and universal supremacy, Purgatory, filioque, Immaculate Conception of Mary, divorce and remarriage, artificial birth control, baptism by triple immersion as the norm, unleavened bread, statues, Lenten fasting provisions, making the sign of the cross correctly as it was done historically in both east and west before the change to the western form. Unless the Roman Catholic Church changes its teaching on these issues and adopts the Orthodox teaching on these issues, I seriously doubt whether the Orthodox Church would be willing to accept reunion.
It isn’t a question of just crankiness and a victim mentality. There are very serious differences between us, and they are not just a question of “We use Icons and a lot of Incense.”
