Did you read the document from the CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH at the link that I provided? Read the third and fourth questions particularly.
“I am afraid that I will deal with you as you deserve.”
Oh, dear me, what will you ever do to me?? Flog me?? Get a grip. This is an Internet forum. And it ain't your Internet forum. Unless you have the power to suspend or revoke my membership here, there is little you can do but show me the same contempt shown by the Orthodox on many occasions. I somehow survived that, I'll survive your mistreatment, too.
“Many Western Catholics post idiotic statements like this.”
You make assertions, but give no reason to support them. Are you saying that I haven't been here for a while? That I haven't been involved with and witnessed many exchanges between Orthodox and others? Are you saying that the Orthodox are free from churlishness in their posts? So, calling us a bunch of bishop-worshippers is... not churlish (as well as hilariously off the mark)?
You still haven't told me what was wrong with the first sentences of mine that you flagged. From post 2023. You know, the one where you said I wasn't close to the truth. The one where I said that reunion is a high (but I'm not sure the No. 1) priority of the pope, and that another reason for that was because Jesus prayed that we all be one.
What was wrong, precisely, with those sentences that you quoted?
You keep asserting stuff, but when challenged, I don't get much of an answer.
“If it wasn't for the Orthodox anchoring the Faith, who knows where it might have gone.”
I view statements like this as Catholic self-hatred.
The Catholic Church, as always, has plenty of stuff to work on.
But the Orthodox Churches are not Oz, not some wonderful spiritual, theological or moral wonderland.
Because I'm nowhere near as course in my postings as your posts have been, I will not lay out a small listing of the problems of the Orthodox Churches. That was never my intention, and it still isn't.
Even if I had misunderstood the teaching of the Catholic Church on this issue, that wouldn't constitute churlishness on my part, or any other evil thing, other than simple error. I've made plain my understanding of Church teaching. I've also admitted my limitations in the various posts with the other poster.
I've also made plain that my only real purpose in posting to this thread was to defend the idea that there can be Catholic/Orthodox threads AND Catholic Only threads AND Orthodox Only threads.
Your reaction is over the top.
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“Many Western Catholics post idiotic statements like this.”
You make assertions, but give no reason to support them.
Churlish, arrogant, ignorant and wrong to boot.
I've also made plain that my only real purpose in posting to this thread was to defend the idea that there can be Catholic/Orthodox threads AND Catholic Only threads AND Orthodox Only threads.
If it were permissible to call you an idiot, then I would call you one. Alas, you post evidence of an invincibly ignorant mindset that heretofore I have only seen in some of our Protestant brethren. I would ask that you do some research into the term Catholic and find out what it means.