[rzman21]

there are Protestant Churches that have MORE in common with the Orthodox than do the Roman Catholics.

>>Perhaps this is true of some in Lutheranism or remnants of orthodox Anglicanism. But Protestantism is built on the same Augustinian and Scholastic foundation as Latin Catholicism.

I know enough about Protestant and Eastern Orthodoxy to know that the two are miles apart as the author of this article makes plain.

Orthodox soteriology and sacramental teachings are closer to Rome’s than to Evangelicalism’s.

I’d say it’s a bit of a stretch to say that Protestantism in general is closer to Orthodoxy than to Latin Catholicism.

Evangelicalism would have just as many problems with the Orthodox beliefs about the prayers for the dead, prayers to the saints, iconography, Tradition as taught among the Orthodox as they do with Roman Catholic teaching.

But I’d concede that its approach to Mariology is far more Christological than Latin Catholicism. Perhaps this is why I as a former Lutheran have gravitated toward Byzantine Christianity more than to Latin Scholasticism.

[muawiyah]

My own church has so many divorced Catholics that they organized a perpetual novena.

We have no particular reason to reject that form of prayer.

[muawiyah]

Please note I did not make that a totally inclusive statement ~ Lutherans, for example, may or may not have something in common with the Latin church (other than history) - Depends on which version and what time in history in which country.

There remain OTHER PROTESTANTS who are simply much more like Orthodoxy than you'd believe possible. Lurking around in the Protestant movement where there are High Church inclinations probably won't take you there.

[caww]

I as a former Lutheran have gravitated toward Byzantine Christianity more than to Latin Scholasticism.

Why not just "gravitate" closer to Jesus Christ...