"Orthodox patriarchs, bishops, priests, and theologians — all you who actively pursue a policy of rapprochement with Rome: Beware. You are trying to bring the Orthodox Church into a lion’s den of unbelievable malignancy. You cannot save the Catholic Church; but the Catholic Church can and will contaminate and then destroy you."
That's as far as I got. From other people on this forum, I am happy to learn that all Orthodoxy doesn't feel this way. Perhaps despite people such as yourself and the priest of your article, we will be united. Rather than continue in your polemics, perhaps you should look to the FACT that we are more alike in beliefs than you think.
I have read other Orthodox articles, and they have a different view on Rome. We Catholics can only hope that you and your views represent the minority of Christian Orthodoxy. The Spirit is not a Spirit of dissension
Regards
The Orthodox Church, every one I've heard of, requires that Catholics denounce the false doctrines of the Bishop of Rome to convert to Orthodoxy, and I have personally witnessed it myself.
It is not a matter of being more similar than different. The Monophysites are extremely similar to the Orthodox in practice, and that doesn't change the fact they hold an absolutely heretical beleif. There can be no capitualtion of truth for the sake of unity.
Show me one Orthodox church that does not renounce the false Doctrine of the Bishop of Rome.
http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=194&SID=3
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8523.asp
http://www.antiochian.org/Orthodox_Church_Who_What_Where_Why/Why_I_Became_An_Orthodox_Christian.htm
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:zB6KRFLpgpsJ:mospat.ru/text/e_news/id/7706.html+site:mospat.ru+%22bishop+of+rome%22&hl=en&client=safari
That is the schism. It isn't about politics. It isn't about contraception or divorce. It is the notion that the Bishop of Rome is the head of the Church, and False doctines subsequently adopted by the Bishop of Rome.
It is a spirit of dissention to pretend the schism is about something else; it is only when the notion of the papacy and false doctrine are addressed that unity can occur. It is only going back to the Pre-1054 definition of primacy of honor, and a rejection of a handful of minor innovations.