Is the orthodox church ever going to convert back to the catholic church?
After being in schism from the Catholic Church, is the schismatic Orthodox Church ever going to convert back to the Catholic Church? They have been separated from the Body of Christ for almost 1,000 years. Are they ever going to convert back to the faith of Christ again?
The Orthodox don’t need to "convert back to the faith of Christ." They’re Christians.
As to whether the schism will ever be healed — I hope so, but it’s not happening anytime soon. I don’t think there’s much motivation among the Orthodox to make it happen. A decent number are still quite anti-Western, or believe that Catholics are heretics, and hence have no desire to reunite.
Current ecumenical talks between the Catholics and Orthodox are focusing on the big issue of what the primacy of the papacy meant back in the first millennium. I do hope they prove useful.
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February 16 2010 03:31 pm | Uncategorized
Invisible Talker on 16 Feb 2010 at 8:38 pm #
What a presumptuous question. The Catholicism has a hotline to God and the Orthodox are the "separated ones", is that what you’re trying to insinuate?
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Hobo on 16 Feb 2010 at 9:22 pm #
The orthodox church is the older of the two.
The catholic church split from it after the fall of Rome, to the Visigoths.
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FireFop on 16 Feb 2010 at 9:29 pm #
Apparently you fail at history.
Catholicism broke from orthodoxy.
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Kristin on 16 Feb 2010 at 9:55 pm #
The Orthodox don’t need to "convert back to the faith of Christ." They’re Christians.
As to whether the schism will ever be healed — I hope so, but it’s not happening anytime soon. I don’t think there’s much motivation among the Orthodox to make it happen. A decent number are still quite anti-Western, or believe that Catholics are heretics, and hence have no desire to reunite.
Current ecumenical talks between the Catholics and Orthodox are focusing on the big issue of what the primacy of the papacy meant back in the first millennium. I do hope they prove useful.
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