Whatever his good intentions may have been, he lead the rebellion against the western half of Christ's Body.
And thanks to his work and efforts, that western half quickly began disintegrating into splinters, and eventually making the great apostasy our new age reality.
Now our pride has us ensnared in Satan's traps while we keep building upon the sins of the past.
How do we now undo the damage that we and our ancestors have done to His Body?
I don't think we can, because we like our division too much.
We like knowing that "we are right and they are wrong" and we will fight to the death if necessary to prove how right we are.
Jesus said He was returning to a church without spot or wrinkle. I believe Him. Jesus said, His sheep know His voice. I believe Him. Jesus said, The gates of hell will not prevail against His church. I believe Him.
If your denomination or your denomination's culture is premenient in your life; if your denomination has replaced the Holy Spirit and Word of God in your life - then you are missing it and you are not seeing your brothers and sisters in Christ.
There's a line from the movie Avator where Jake says to Neytiri, "I see you", which actually meant I see your spirit, soul and body. Christians need to begin seeing one another as living stones and members of Christ's body.
The Lord's prayers says, ..."thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." When we get to heaven, there will not be separate Orthodox, Roman and Protestant camps. We will be one in Christ. We are NOW one in Christ. Let us be so.
Who led the 'rebellion' against the EASTERN half?
And WHEN??