What if a Pope became Orthodox?

Question

Let us suppose that a Pope suddenly decides to become Orthodox and to bring all the Catholics to Orthodoxy. With that outward change would even one of the millions of Catholics really become Orthodox? And even if they all had the best disposition to memorize and believe all the doctrines of Orthodoxy, they would not be able to take even one step towards her, because Orthodoxy is not only a system of doctrines or a series of customs, but something much deeper and substantial. It is a whole orientation of life and thought. Orthodoxy is a spirit, the spirit of Tradition, which cannot be acquired from books but is transmitted from the living to the living, from father to son, mother to daughter, brother to brother, friend to friend, priest to priest, monk to monk, from spiritual father to spiritual child, «not by means of ink and paper, but from mouth to mouth», from soul to soul. And all this within the life of the Holy Mysteries of the Church, within the atmosphere of the Holy Spirit, with the passing of time, little by little, with the slow development of an organism…
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Answer 1

A Pope by himself cannot change the Roman Catholic religion or Tradition. He does not make decisions on his own, so a decision by a Pope to become Orthodox would not make Roman Catholic become Orthodox anymore than a Pope's decision to become Muslim or Jewish or Buddhist would change our religion.

Answer 2

A Pope of Rome's personal conversion to Orthodoxy would, as you point out, change nothing. There would have to be a great deal of adjustment throughout the children of Rome, re-education, re-alignment of their erroneous beliefs back to the true Faith.

Unfortunately, I fear that a large number of Orthodox cannot distinguish between the Faith and cultural accretia.

Answer 3

This grew to alter right into a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church in 1870. The "church fathers" of the time merely declared it to be a piece of writing of religion for the RC Church. Jesus in no way appointed a pope. Even St. Peter exchange into no longer appointed as head of the apostles via Jesus. Papal infallibility potential that the pope can no longer make a mistake while he makes pronouncements approximately faith and/or morals. i do no longer think this for one 2d. luckily, i'm a Lutheran -- yet we've our very own issues too.

Answer 4

Well as you know we use to be one with the Catholics. Now they have been trying for centuries to reunite. I will not see this in my day and I don't think you will either. It however would be nice if we are were Orthodox.

Answer 5

That is apostasy.

Mark 7:6-9 He (Jesus) answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Answer 6

What? You are trying hard to sound spiritual.You flew past most of us. God is not a spirit of tradition.He is the spirit of truth. Wisdom is a she. Proverbs 8. God created her before the world was formed.

Answer 7

Lightning would strike me!

Answer 8

I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.

Answer 9

It would be better for him to get saved. Praise the LORD.

Answer 10

well, we converted rice didn't we.