I get the impression from RC and EO that you folks are the only true church and the rest of us are off the bubble. I know I'm saved. My Lord lives within me. I live a Christian life as much as it's possible to do that as a human being. But I'm filled with HIS spirit and that's how I am able to go through this vale of tears. M
There is nothing that anyone could say or do that would make me stop loving Him or Him stop loving me. And I am quite sure you have the same blessed assurance, because we share the mind of Christ (I Cor 2, Romans 8, John 14-17)
Just curious, what does that means?
Well, yes and no. Those arrogant baklava and pirogi scarfing Orthodox scum think THEY're the true Church, while we humble, polyester-clad Catholics KNOW we are. (But we're both being really nice about it to each other, for the present.)
Heh heh heh.
But seriously, in our minds it's more like there is one Church, membership in which is, ah, established by Baptism with water and the use of a trinitarian formula. But the members of this Church are scattered, some far from the center, othes not so far.
LIKE that, not exactly that. Maybe somebody else can say it better.
"I get the impression from RC and EO that you folks are the only true church and the rest of us are off the bubble."
Well, yes. From a definitional point of view, goups of Christians outside the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and those Eastern Churches in communion with Rome, the Oriental Orthodox and likely some Lutheran dioceses (in my opinion)are not truly chuches at all but rather what +BXVI calls "ecclesial assemblies". We KNOW that theosis is found inside the Eucharistic Liturgical community of The Church. Outside The Church, well in Orthodoxy at least, we simply have no opinion.