Primary Reasons for People Becoming Orthodox?

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What is the primary motivation for those born as Catholic to become Orthodox? I’m primarily thinking of those baptized and raised in the Roman Rite of the Church.

Is it a loss of the sense of the Sacred since Vatican II in the Western Church?
Dissatisfaction with the way the abuse crisis was handled?
Marriage?

God Bless.
 
This is the Eastern Catholic sub-forum.

I think the best place to ask this question would be either in the Non-Catholic sub-forum here at CA or, even better yet, at an Orthodox forum.

I am sure though that this is a very personal question and you might not get full or truthful answers. It is a personal thing and reasons will vary by the individual.
 
ByzCath- did the OP ask a question or did he not? I don’t recall anyone asking for snide commentary which questions the sincerity of a poster.
 
trophybearer said:
ByzCath- did the OP ask a question or did he not? I don’t recall anyone asking for snide commentary which questions the sincerity of a poster.
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Yet your snide comments are okay?

An answer like “Truth” can be viewed as a snide reply.
 
ByzCath said:
Yet your snide comments are okay?

An answer like “Truth” can be viewed as a snide reply.
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I meant that I believe the Orthodox Church to be the one true Church. I don’t expect you to believe that or you’d belong to it. I simply noticed that it wasn’t among the examples offered by the OP. My conversion had nothing to do with a loss of the sacred after Vatican II, nor the sex abuse scandal, nor marriage. I only seconded someone else’s sentiment. 😃
 
David_B said:
What is the primary motivation for those born as Catholic to become Orthodox? I’m primarily thinking of those baptized and raised in the Roman Rite of the Church.

Is it a loss of the sense of the Sacred since Vatican II in the Western Church?
Dissatisfaction with the way the abuse crisis was handled?
Marriage?

God Bless.
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Veritas.

The Western Church still has the TLM. How the abuse crisis was handled wasn’t a big issue for me, although I think the Latin hierarchy could have handled it much better.
 
Madaglan said:
Veritas.

The Western Church still has the TLM. How the abuse crisis was handled wasn’t a big issue for me, although I think the Latin hierarchy could have handled it much better.
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The Orthodox in the US have the very same abuse & abuse coverup issues… and handled it almost as poorly… but missed mainstream press notice mostly due to being an trivial fraction of the overall US population.

See pokrov.org/
 
Aramis said:
The Orthodox in the US have the very same abuse & abuse coverup issues… and handled it almost as poorly… but missed mainstream press notice mostly due to being an trivial fraction of the overall US population.

See pokrov.org/
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Did not know about this. While of course I won’t judge an Orthodox Christian differently, it does shed some light upon this. One thing I’ve thought when thinking about converting to Orthodoxy was the idea that the Orthodox Church doesn’t have any clergy abuse problems. I guess I was wrong.
 
OhMalley said:
A review of ecclesial history would show you just how laughable of a statement yours is…
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Could you be more obnoxious if you tried?
I’d rather be a heretic that speak to someone with the voice of a Pharisee.
 
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