[boatbums]

Well thank you for the response. I ask that you also consider that there is a universal, spiritual body of Christ that IS the "church". Inside or outside your recognized liturgical community of The Church, all believers in Christ as Lord and savior are children of God, brothers and sisters in Christ and our Heavenly Father knows those that are his regardless of the labels they choose to attach to themselves.

I wish you a blessed Thanksgiving and hope your family and friends are brought closer to each other and the Lord.

[Kolokotronis]

“I ask that you also consider that there is a universal, spiritual body of Christ that IS the “church”.”

bb, you may be absolutely right. I simply don’t know and the Orthodox Church does not know. This is a matter for God, not men.

“I wish you a blessed Thanksgiving and hope your family and friends are brought closer to each other and the Lord.”

The very same to you and yours, bb!