[Antoninus]

2. He is listened to by American Catholics, mostly lay people but also a handful of equally politicized hierarchs, who measure the orthodoxy of theology by a secular, American political standard. That causes trouble for the whole Church.

Sorry, brother. But I'm afraid your opinions have lost almost all of their authority with me. And they used to have a lot.

[Kolokotronis]

“Sorry, brother. But I’m afraid your opinions have lost almost all of their authority with me. And they used to have a lot.”

I’m sure we will both survive. The next time you hear someone trumpeting a reunion with the Orthodox Church, remember this discussion and what it says about an Orthodox mindset.