“And as another convert (former SBC) to EO states,
“The Orthodox Church opposes the Roman doctrines of universal papal jurisdiction, papal infallibility, purgatory, and the Immaculate Conception precisely because they are untraditional.” — .” Clark Carlton, THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, 1997, p 135; And Pelikan is not alone in faulting Trent:
Roman Catholicism, unable to show a continuity of faith and in order to justify new doctrine, erected in the last century, a theory of “doctrinal development.” Following the philosophical spirit of the time (and the lead of Cardinal Henry Newman), Roman Catholic theologians began to define and teach the idea that Christ only gave us an “original deposit” of faith, a “seed,” which grew and matured through the centuries ...
On this basis, theories such as the dogmas of “papal infallibility” and “the immaculate conception” of the Virgin Mary (about which we will say more) are justifiably presented to the Faithful as necessary to their salvation.
- http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html “
That’s a keeper for future reference.....
Well, hugs and kisses only cover a multitude of doctrinal disagreements if you eat the wafer God.