Will the Eastern Orthodox Church ever return back into the fold of Christ?

The greatest schism suffered by the Christian Church was that of the East, resulting in the establishment of the Orthodox Eastern Church. The Eastern emperors, desiring more power in the Church, tried to make the patriarchs of Constantinople independent of Rome. Finally, Photius, with the support of the emperor, held a council of Eastern bishops in the year 867, and broke from Rome.

The cause of the schism was not doctrinal, but rather political and material,-jealousy between the East and the West. It has resulted in the separation from Rome of 145 million people with valid priesthood and sacraments. In the United States there are a number of schismatics churches, among them the Greek Orthodox, and the Russian Church.

After minor schisms and misunderstandings between East and West in 1054 there was a final break by Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, continuing today.

Today the Orthodox Eastern Church remains in schism, but does not spread. It is a withered branch, having cut itself off from the parent tree.

The Orthodox Eastern Church denies the Catholic Donia that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son. It also teaches that the souls of the just will not attain complete happiness till the end of the world, when they will be joined to their bodies; and that the souls of the wicked will not suffer complete torture in hell until that last day. These are heresies against the doctrines of the Church.

Thus it can be seen that today the Orthodox Eastern Church is not merely schismatics, but truly heretical; for it holds primary doctrines in a different light. But it has valid orders.

I doubt they'll return any quicker than the catholics will.

They never left the fold of the Christ. The split is all about people's human tendency to divide and the church.

A somewhat arrogant question. Those of the Eastern Orthodox Church may ask the same of Catholics.

The Orthodox Eastern Church committed doctrinal error, the only reason for which anyone is ever excommunicated. The Orthodox believe their separation is intractable. They had valid orders originally; such orders have gone through many changes and are questionable today. The Sacrament of ordination has not been verified for doctrinal integrity. The Orthodox are excommunicated permanently without an open forum Abjuration, and the internal forum abjuration and Profession of Faith of all its citizens.

As a matter of fact, the Conciliars owe this Abjuration to God also for the participation in the "mot properer" of Montini which forced the illicit "new Mass" on the Catholics. They, too, must return to the Catholic Church, take the open forum Abjuration and Profession of Faith and be absolved by a valid Catholic priest, such as one ordained in the lineage of a valid Catholic bishop, Mendez or Lefebvre.

One may not run to Orthodox for valid Mass, as a "second choice" against the "moot properer" of Montini put in force on November 3, 1968. Assistance at such a mass is self-ex communicable and confusable to a valid Catholic priest.



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