To: kosta50; Vicomte13
I share your desire to unite and your views of our divded Church, but I just can't see it happening. I can say that the Orthodox would feel that they are betraying God by accepting something they know is not what the original Church professed. I am sure the Catholics feel that they would never be clean again if they accepted those who deny HMC's dogmas.
My point in this -- to my mind -- is very clear: the Orthodox and CAtholic (and the Oriental) churchs HAVE a common dogma and HAVE a common enemy. Do you deny that We CAtholics are Christians? Do you deny that Assyrians, Chaldeans, etc. are Christians? Do you consider us irredeemable heretics like the Arians or Mohammedans?
When the question is turned around to Catholics, the answer to all of these is NO. We consider YOU our brothers in Christ. do you consider us in the same way? do YOU considerISlam the enemy that threatens the ENTIRE body of Christ?
100 posted on
09/27/2004 7:37:05 AM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4)
To: Cronos
My point in this -- to my mind -- is very clear: the Orthodox and CAtholic (and the Oriental) churchs HAVE a common dogma No we don't. Sorry.
Do you deny that We CAtholics are Christians? Do you deny that Assyrians, Chaldeans, etc. are Christians?...
Nosense! The fact is that the Catholic Church added to the faith that is immutable. Consequently, it no longer teaches the same theology it taught with us before the Schism.
131 posted on
09/28/2004 5:26:22 AM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: kosta50
Again, I ask you a simple yes/no question:
We consider YOU our brothers in Christ. Do you consider us in the same way?
142 posted on
09/28/2004 8:13:03 AM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4)
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