Comments on: Is the orthodox christian church ever going to convert back to the catholic church? http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/uncategorized/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church Catholic & Orthodox discussion Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:39:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dory http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/uncategorized/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church/comment-page-1#comment-6151 Dory Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:17:59 +0000 http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/7/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church#comment-6151 No idea. Something like that is incredibly hard to predict! We can always pray, though, for Christian unity :)<br><b>References : </b><br> No idea. Something like that is incredibly hard to predict! We can always pray, though, for Christian unity :)
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]]> By: oldernwiser http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/uncategorized/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church/comment-page-1#comment-6150 oldernwiser Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:11:59 +0000 http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/7/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church#comment-6150 If they have not gone back after 1000 years, I can't imagine they are ever going back.<br><b>References : </b><br> If they have not gone back after 1000 years, I can’t imagine they are ever going back.
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]]> By: Hungry Hungry Hypocrite http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/uncategorized/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church/comment-page-1#comment-6149 Hungry Hungry Hypocrite Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:30:59 +0000 http://www.thewoodcross.org/wordpress/7/is-the-orthodox-christian-church-ever-going-to-convert-back-to-the-catholic-church#comment-6149 Actually, the Eastern Churches have been following a different path from the Western Churches for well over 1500 years. The excommunication of the patriarch by the pope (silly move, that, by the way) just formalised a cultural split that dated back to the division of the Roman Empire in the 4th century. The adoption of Augustinian theology by the Catholic Church, and the flourishing of the Greek fathers in the East, means that the culture, language, and rites of the two chuches was far apart long before the split of 1056. And the Orthodox Churches have no desire at all to go back to what you assert to be the "faith of Christ." They believe they are the true Church, and they regard Catholics and Protestants as virtually indistinguishable. Frankly, if I were a Catholic I'd stick to trying to play nice with the Anglicans, Lutherans, and Old Catholics. The Orthodox are not at home to the Pope.<br><b>References : </b><br> Actually, the Eastern Churches have been following a different path from the Western Churches for well over 1500 years. The excommunication of the patriarch by the pope (silly move, that, by the way) just formalised a cultural split that dated back to the division of the Roman Empire in the 4th century. The adoption of Augustinian theology by the Catholic Church, and the flourishing of the Greek fathers in the East, means that the culture, language, and rites of the two chuches was far apart long before the split of 1056.

And the Orthodox Churches have no desire at all to go back to what you assert to be the "faith of Christ." They believe they are the true Church, and they regard Catholics and Protestants as virtually indistinguishable. Frankly, if I were a Catholic I’d stick to trying to play nice with the Anglicans, Lutherans, and Old Catholics. The Orthodox are not at home to the Pope.
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