[Kolokotronis]

There was a period of time in the very early years of the 20th century when the presiding Orthodox hierarch of America +Raphael Hawaweeny was convinced by the Episcopalians that they really believed the same things as the Orthodox. +Raphael issued an encyclical which directed the faithful to attend Episcopal churches when an Orthodox one wasn't available. After a few years he learned more about Episcopalian theology and issued another encyclical revoking the first and directing the faithful to have nothing to do with Episcopal churches or priests. Here's a link to the letter:

http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/ecumenical/raphael_hawaweeny_episcopal_relations.htm

[FormerLib]

"I make this apology for the Anglicans whom as Christian gentlemen I greatly revere, that the loose teaching of a great many of the prominent Anglican theologians are so hazy in their definitions of truths, and so inclined toward pet heresies that it is hard to tell what they believe."

If that is what +Raphael witnessed at the turn of the last Century, imagine what he could tell us after an exchange with Episcopalian Bishops Spong and Vicki Gene!