I was born on 16th July 1965, 911 years to the day (disregarding calendar changes) after the representatives of my western European forebears departed formally from the Orthodox church. I always used to view the events in Constantinople of 16th July 1054 in the light of an arid academic theology: there were doctrinal differences, political issues, right and wrong on both sides etc. The path I am now on, however, suggests another perspective.
From the beginning there always has been one, holy, catholic and apostolic church, a living, organic, unified and inspired community of men ad women, which when the true seeker of truth eventually finds, he or she will know that he has "arrived". Atlhough its doctrines are true and can withstand any scrutiny, that is not the key point about the Church for the weary soul. What he delights and reposes in above all is the reality of the encounter with the risen Christ here.
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