The Orthodox present a great deal of cultural unity due to the nature of their Churches, but scratch the surface and you'll problems, like anywhere else.
The Orthodox present a great deal of cultural unity due to the nature of their Churches, but scratch the surface and you'll problems, like anywhere else.
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The abortion thing has zero to do with my comment. You did not pay attention and did not read it correctly.
G Larry wrote: Let’s see....thousands of self-declared “popesâ€, each with their own Heresy.
I wrote the Orthodox seem to have a decentralized church - some of it base don ethnic lines some on geographic - and their various patriarchs (sort of like popes) don't veer that much apart in terms of what is doctrine - and hence we don't have thousands of Orthodox popes with their own heresies.
I know there is a schism here or there in the Orthodox world but a schism is not technically an heresy. So the Orthodox seem to be pulling it off.
I don't know why you brought up the abortion thing - I am pretty sure the Russian Orthodox church does not support abortion.