I see that you posted a link to Romanides' essays in which he criticized Meyendorff's dissertation on the Palamite controvery. I thought of posting the link myself earlier in the discussion, but refrained from doing so. I thought someone would accuse me of being a Catholic basher. One thing you can't say about Romanides is that he was insipid.
Romanides may have a point about the word Byzantium to describe the late Roman Empire. It is ironic that about a year ago, I was in a discussion with an Orthodox poster about the Byzantine Empire, except I kept using the term Eastern Roman Empire to avoid any of the negative connotations associated with the word Byzantine. I was accused of being pro-Catholic and an Orthodox-basher!
"One thing you can't say about Romanides is that he was insipid."
Another FReeper, Annalex perhaps, noted that Romanides was certainly an ecumenist but hardly an irenicist! In all honesty, I posted the link because of the comments (which I share) about Meyendorff's theories. It didn't occur to me that it might seem like Catholic bashing. I certainly didn't mean that.