That wouldn't surprise either of us, Vlad!:)
“It seems to me that Catholics can’t do ANYTHING without the Orthodox finding something to complain about.”
And?????? If I have said it once, I've said it at least twice...we are not nice people. We are the worst sort of sinners.
BTW, that Archbishop Ireland stuff is all true an correct but it happened a long time ago in a very different time. As some here know, nowadays there is concern in this country when a Latin Rite Catholic shows up at an Orthodox Church wanting instruction. One recent such approach ended up on the desk of the Orthodox Metropolitan and the local RC bishop. The decision there was to catechize the person as she requested but the question, even at the level of a single lay person was taken seriously lest offense be given and the bonds of affection which have developed be impacted adversely.
You wrote:
” And?????? If I have said it once, I’ve said it at least twice...we are not nice people. We are the worst sort of sinners.”
We’re all in the “worst of sinners” camp somewhere.
“BTW, that Archbishop Ireland stuff is all true an correct but it happened a long time ago in a very different time. As some here know, nowadays there is concern in this country when a Latin Rite Catholic shows up at an Orthodox Church wanting instruction.”
True.
“One recent such approach ended up on the desk of the Orthodox Metropolitan and the local RC bishop. The decision there was to catechize the person as she requested but the question, even at the level of a single lay person was taken seriously lest offense be given and the bonds of affection which have developed be impacted adversely.”
And that’s wonderfully charitable.