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Is there a possibility that since most American Orthodox converts were former Protestants of which rejection of Church hierarchy featured high, that when those converts become Orthodox they over correct in the opposite direction by following bishops no matter what?
I can’t look down on Protestants for their complete rejection hierarchy because it started when the hierarchy of their day was actually corrupt and deserved rejection, although I don’t agree with their rejection of even the good hierarchs.
It seems like just another dialectical tension. Is there more nuance in American Orthodoxy when approaching faulty hierarchs, or do most Americans default to “obey your bishop” even if the bishop is teaching something outside of our Tradition?
Any examples of such rejection in recent years?
Have Americans ever deposed a bad bishop?
I can’t look down on Protestants for their complete rejection hierarchy because it started when the hierarchy of their day was actually corrupt and deserved rejection, although I don’t agree with their rejection of even the good hierarchs.
It seems like just another dialectical tension. Is there more nuance in American Orthodoxy when approaching faulty hierarchs, or do most Americans default to “obey your bishop” even if the bishop is teaching something outside of our Tradition?
Any examples of such rejection in recent years?
Have Americans ever deposed a bad bishop?