“Rome doesn’t “need” you at all.”
Of course it does. Rome is quite frank about that.
“What both Rome and Constantinople “need” is to obey the Lord’s clear command in John 17:20-23.”
Surely you are not suggesting that Orthodoxy succumb to the World and jump on the political bandwagon of the likes of Burke or Chaput or Martino? Is God now endorsing American politics so long as it is spouted from a Latin rite bishop?
Thanks, but I don't really need you to interpret "Rome" for me.
Surely you are not suggesting
I meant exactly what I said. Christian unity is commanded by Christ himself; schism is the result of sin.
Orthodoxy has "succumbed to the world" over and over again. Usually it was the Pope of Rome who pulled your chestnuts out of the fire. cf Iconoclasm, Monophysitism, Arianism, etc.