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In a recent interview, Rod Dreher discusses the recent Declaration entitled “Fiducia Supplicans” with Metropolitan Hilarion:
In the course of the discussion of this document, and the fallout from it, it is mentioned that there are Catholics who are leaving the Roman Church because this is absolutely the last straw for them.
Do you see a problem with this? My thought is that pure and simple disgust over sin in the Latin church is a problematic reason for leaving. My conversion took place because in looking over the history of the Christian faith and the works of the Fathers, I could not find certain Roman dogmas, and in fact found that they were invented after the schism of 1054 AD.
What I am saying is that one should be attracted to the Orthodox faith because it is truth, not because of emotional issues within the body you are leaving.
In the course of the discussion of this document, and the fallout from it, it is mentioned that there are Catholics who are leaving the Roman Church because this is absolutely the last straw for them.
Do you see a problem with this? My thought is that pure and simple disgust over sin in the Latin church is a problematic reason for leaving. My conversion took place because in looking over the history of the Christian faith and the works of the Fathers, I could not find certain Roman dogmas, and in fact found that they were invented after the schism of 1054 AD.
What I am saying is that one should be attracted to the Orthodox faith because it is truth, not because of emotional issues within the body you are leaving.