“The reason the Orthodox and eventually the Protestants left was simply because of these disputed areas.”
The Orthodox have never “left”, HD. We’re right where we have been for the past 2050 years. :)
“Oh, I thought the fillique was in dispute. Was this resolved recently? ;O)”
As a matter of fact the filioque is no longer considered “normative” by the Latins. In any event, the filioque was a later Western innovation which you Protestants picked up from your Latin parent. Orthodoxy recites the Creed as the council established it.
“I would suggest the early western fathers were very much Reformers.”
Oh...Greek speaking Western Fathers?
***The Orthodox have never “left”, HD. We’re right where we have been for the past 2050 years. :)
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As a matter of fact the filioque is no longer considered “normative” by the Latins.***
Correct on both counts. The twisting and corrupting of history appears to bother, or even interest, very few of the Reformers.