838 "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter." Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church." With the Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound "that it lacks little to attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord's Eucharist."
I consider myself "certainly, but imperfectly Catholic" as well.
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From what I understand, the Orthodox do NOT accept many things that Roman Catholicism has stated MUST be believed to be saved. Things such as this thread castigates the "Protestants" for not doing such as obedience to the Pope of Rome, Papal infallibility and the Immaculate Conception - hardly things that sound like "little" or inconsequential issues. Yet I can't remember even ONE thread that challenges the Orthodox the way "Protestants" are almost daily. Do you have an answer for why this is?