[verdugo]

At what point did the Eastern Orthodox begin calling themselves Catholic? Did they inform the the Eastern Rite Catholics? What confusion! Reminds me of the cat who fell asleep and dreamed that he was a man dreaming that he was a cat, and when he awoke, he didn't know whether he was a cat or a man.

The "Orthodox" get a free pass here on FR since no one here knows the real "doctrines" (few), and the fact that they are just 10 divided churches, and basically the Russian Orthodox are like 70% of the Eastern Orthodox. Yet, only 2% of the Russian Orthodox practice the religion. I don't blame them for leaving, as the Russian Orthodox Church is the lap dog of the KGB. All of that, yet some Orthodox say that the Eastern Orthodox are the one (though they are 10 separate churches), Catholic, church? Not even they believe that!

The 10 SCHISMATIC Eastern Orthodox churches:

(30 Days Magazine 1992)

Patriachate of Russian (Russian Orthodox) - 85 million

Patriachate of Romania - 17 million

Patriachate of Greece - 9.025 million

Patriachate of Serbia- 8 million

Patriachate of Bulgaria - 8 million

Patriachate of Constantinople - 3.5 million

4 other Patriachates together - 2.36 million

[MarkBsnr]

At what point did the Eastern Orthodox begin calling themselves Catholic? Did they inform the the Eastern Rite Catholics? What confusion! Reminds me of the cat who fell asleep and dreamed that he was a man dreaming that he was a cat, and when he awoke, he didn't know whether he was a cat or a man.

The Church is made up of the five original sees. One of them is the See of Rome. The other four Sees are equally valid and equally part of the Church. It is the sedevacantists that have removed themselves from the Church every bit as much as the Reformers.