I’ve been thinking about Eastern Orthodoxy as a Catholic. But I can’t get over the bump of the Papacy, even going as far as to make a slideshow proving the papacy, historically and scripturally. But that only seemed to strengthen my belief in the papacy. Any one think they can help?
I have been Catholic my whole life was baptized Catholic and took the ccd classes for my first communion. Do I need to redo any of this to fully convert to orthodoxy?
In the council of Carthage, St. Cyprian said “For no one of us has set himself up as a bishop of bishops, nor compelled his brothers to obey him; every bishop of the Church has full liberty and power” how does one rebuke this?
So I’ve been diving deep into church history and the bible to help me settle my own recent split between Catholicism and EO. The biggest thing I found was that the papal supremacy didn’t show until the council of Chadeon everything before that like the first councils of Constantinople and nicaea were settled by a group of bishops along with the emperor. Only until the east was begging to have the pope sign off on the 26th? I think, Cannon. Only then was the pope actually needed in these councils this has been a huge turn in my faith and I’m questioning my Catholic faith…
So I’ve been diving deep into church history and the bible to help me settle my own recent split between Catholicism and EO. The biggest thing I found was that the papal supremacy didn’t show until the council of Chadeon everything before that like the first councils of Constantinople and nicaea were settled by a group of bishops along with the emperor. Only until the east was begging to have the pope sign off on the 26th? I think, Cannon. Only then was the pope actually needed in these councils this has been a huge turn in my faith and I’m questioning my Catholic faith…