[Cronos]

Perhaps a better way would be to ask the RM to tell us what is ontologically lacking in the Easttern Orthodox Church that makes it a "lesser" catholic Church.

Nothing is the simple answer.

The longer one is -- you're making too big a deal about the labelling of a group caucus on a website Forum.

Just because we have an "Orthodox caucus" does not imply that in the real world, there are no orthodox folks who are not members of a Greek or Russian or Bulgarian etc. Eastern Orthodox Church.

Do you really want Orthodox Presbyterians to complain that you are monopolising the term "Orthodox" for an "Orthodox caucus" and that since they are orthodox too, they should be allowed into an Orthodox caucus?

[kosta50]

Do you really want Orthodox Presbyterians to complain that you are monopolising the term "Orthodox" for an "Orthodox caucus" and that since they are orthodox too, they should be allowed into an Orthodox caucus?

Kolokotronis has left the FR over this. And I can see the rest of the Eastern Orthodox following in his steps. This is not a small matter, not to the Eastern Orthodox. Perhaps that's was the idea all along...who knows.

As for Orthodox Presbyterians, they have every right to challenege any caucus names Orthodox. It is too broad of a term and no one can monopolize it as his brand name. The eastern Orthodox Churches are commonly called Eastern Orthodox.

Likewise, every caucus named "Cathoic" is too broad of a term since the Roman Catholic Church does nto have ontological monopoly on it.