The RCC kept the jew in the ghetto for almost 2 millenia…… only when man turned from God in the 1700’s were the jews released from the ghetto…. look at us now!!
I’m (for now at least) an American Protestant and I’ve considered both Catholicism and Orthodoxy. What keeps me from Catholicism is similar to what you’ve laid out: I’m not convinced the Papacy has the authority it claims, and I think it would be very dangerous to commit myself and my family to holding that a fallible authority is infallible on matters so important as faith and morals.
The Eastern Orthodox model seems to me a lot closer to the early church, and I would have a much easier time accepting the church’s laws as valid. The issue I can’t shake though, is that I am a western man. My ancestors as far back as can be traced are all Catholic or Protestant. Eastern Orthodoxy is a beautiful tradition, but it is not my tradition, and I feel that I would be LARPing to some degree if I became Eastern Orthodox. Any advice?
The RCC kept the jew in the ghetto for almost 2 millenia…… only when man turned from God in the 1700’s were the jews released from the ghetto…. look at us now!!
I’m (for now at least) an American Protestant and I’ve considered both Catholicism and Orthodoxy. What keeps me from Catholicism is similar to what you’ve laid out: I’m not convinced the Papacy has the authority it claims, and I think it would be very dangerous to commit myself and my family to holding that a fallible authority is infallible on matters so important as faith and morals.
The Eastern Orthodox model seems to me a lot closer to the early church, and I would have a much easier time accepting the church’s laws as valid. The issue I can’t shake though, is that I am a western man. My ancestors as far back as can be traced are all Catholic or Protestant. Eastern Orthodoxy is a beautiful tradition, but it is not my tradition, and I feel that I would be LARPing to some degree if I became Eastern Orthodox. Any advice?
Start reading Seraphim Rose. A Western man that embraced Orthodoxy.
Interesting post, but I should say, I’m a Catholic. Just thought you should know.
That's fine by me