Question for Eastern or Oriental Orthodox and Catholics?

[RKO]

How do you view each others’ Churches?
Is the fullness of the Gospel and the fullness of the sacraments realized in each? Or not?
Do the doctrinal differences affect how God judges a person, or does he consider each person on their own, in light of the Church in which he belongs?
Does God care whether a person believes Jesus has a dual nature or not? If that is important to God, what does that mean to the person who has it wrong?

 

[dzheremi]

How do you view each others’ Churches?
Is the fullness of the Gospel and the fullness of the sacraments realized in each? Or not?

I don’t know what this means, the part about “realized” and all that. We don’t have opinions about the sacraments of other churches. It is enough that we don’t commune there. We commune in our churches because we are sure of their faith and their sacraments. Whatever happens outside of them is not for us to know.

Do the doctrinal differences affect how God judges a person, or does he consider each person on their own, in light of the Church in which he belongs?

Isn’t this up to God to decide? Again, it is enough that we follow our own doctrines. We know those are right. What God does with, for, or to others is up to Him.

Does God care whether a person believes Jesus has a dual nature or not? If that is important to God, what does that mean to the person who has it wrong?

It’s not a matter of God caring or not. It’s a matter of what a particular communion saw as continuing the faith that has been handed to them. The Chalcedonians, after all, believe that their Christology is that of St. Cyril. So do the non-Chalcedonians. I don’t know if God cares who is right, but obviously the people who are OO or EO do. If it didn’t matter at all, there wouldn’t have been any schism following Chalcedon.

 

[Nine_Two]

How do you view each others’ Churches?

I hold the Church organizations as a whole in respect.

Is the fullness of the Gospel and the fullness of the sacraments realized in each? Or not?

I don’t know what “the fullness of the Gospel” means. They are lacking something, but certainly God works through them. I have no idea if they have the “fullness of the sacraments.” Since we don’t have the “Seven sacraments” theology (although it is still useful for introducing the concept), but rather look at the sacraments (or mysteries, as we call them) as the ways in which God interacts with his flock (greatly increasing what might be considered sacramental). So if you’re asking if I think the Catholic Church has the full seven sacraments - I don’t know, but as I said above, God certainly works through it (and the Oriental Orthodox churches).

Do the doctrinal differences affect how God judges a person, or does he consider each person on their own, in light of the Church in which he belongs?

Judgement is for God alone. As Dzheremi said, doctrinal differences demonstrate a different faith.

Does God care whether a person believes Jesus has a dual nature or not? If that is important to God, what does that mean to the person who has it wrong?

Again, I don’t know what is important to God. I certainly believe that it is possible to find salvation without being an earthly member of the Orthodox Church. I don’t believe church membership is indicative of salvation.