At April 5, 2026, 5:43 p.m. Bleed_For_Love said: Firstly, this is NOT a simple question. This is a question I can write a ten page essay about and that’s just the thesis statement (ok I’m joking on that one), but ohhhh if Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism were to unite, that would be… well to get the obvious out of the way, real chaotic. I mean firstly just the entrance of the Church alone. Like what would it even look like. If you have a statue on top of the Church building of Mary, man the Protestants are gonna be… well doing what they do best, protesting. The Orthodox Christians would be wondering where’s Jesus in the picture cause where Mary is, Jesus, usually as a child, is also. The Catholics would see it as normal and do a lil bow. And that’s just the entrance. Behold! Enter into the Church! The Protestants look around and wish there’s not so many pictures and statues of any saints or Jesus. They see the stage, and hey look, the band is here! They hear the drums and saxophone like a concert and people singing and raise their voices and hands up high. All they really want, however, is less of the standing up and down and kneeling cause legs are getting tired, and anything better than statues people bow down to! Orthodox Christians enter the Church next, and see some icons, but it’s not enough. We need moooore! Then a young child goes over to plant a kiss on the face of one of the saints, and some Protestants over to the side look on, stunned. The Roman Catholics observe with curiosity, while the Eastern Catholics do the same thing, kissing the feet of one of the saints. Next thing the Orthodox Christians know, the band starts playing and confused, whispers to the Catholics to their right. “Pst, why is there a band here?” The Catholic answers, “I dunno, but the piano is fire.” The Orthodox Christians get bored and starts a singing and chanting corner where there is absolutely no instruments allowed, called “Orthodox Chanting Brothers”. Catholics lastly enter the Church, and cross themselves before sitting down like the Orthodox Christians, only to be seen by the Protestants and, uh oh. The Orthodox Christians see it too, and point out how it’s right to left, not left to right. A little debate begins just like that, and they’re off to the other corner, called the “De-bait Me Corner”. Eventually the Protestant band gets kicked off stage to be replaced by some more calming and clear music by the Catholics, only the be overtaken as the Orthodox Chanting Brothers are making a comeback! Using their voice, more than a third of the Church was able to enjoy their singing and chanting, with no instruments by the way. Back to the De-Bait Me Corner, after a few years, it’s expanded into a full blown crowd of people, with a line for anyone who want to be debaited on theology. A lot of blame are being put unto the Protestant side, but Protestants aren’t going down so easily, so with their different versions of the Bible and different theologies, would go on to cast baits into the crowd. Catholics and Orthodox debait on the Eucharist, if it should be leavened or unleavened bread, while Protestants wonder what the Eucharist is, because they take the Holy Communion once a month, deemed to be the “same thing.”After the three years, however, the Debait Me Corner, originally started by the Catholic and Orthodox Christians, would turn into Protestant versus Protestant, my theology versus your theology typa thing. That’s because the “true” Protestants kept on falling for the prosperity theology bait, made by their rival Protestant group. One lone Orthodox sees the action and felt a bit left out, seeing the Debait Me Corner a tangled mess with really no one agreeing upon anything, until a fellow Catholic mentioned the pope. Oh, now it’s really on. Ok I can’t believe I actually wrote like a whole story thing but the point is; the united Church, unless EVERYONE somehow chooses to change, either Protestants becoming more Catholic or Orthodox Christians confessing the pope to be da man chosen by God though apostolic succession or Catholics not regarding the pope to be so highly, it’s just not gonna work. I mean the Liturgy would either a) have to be one of the already existing ones and EVERYONE, as in all Christians, choose to believe that Liturgy, be it a Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox Liturgy or b) a new one gets made up, combining the forces while disregarding others (which is worse because different Liturgies and interpretations are the reason why there’s over 200 Protestant denominations, and there’s no need to add to that number). However one thing all Christians whether Catholics, Orthodox, or Protestants do agree on is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is God, the gospel is found in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and that Jesus Christ is God who has died for our sins and had risen up from death so that we may have everlasting life. So yes, all Christians whether Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox, as long as you put your genuine faith in Jesus, and if you’re not in a life or death situation like the good thief on the cross, LIVE producing good fruit, will go to Heaven and be in forever union with God. You don’t have to be Protestant to be saved. You don’t have to be Catholic to be saved. You don’t have to even be Orthodox to be saved. But “ ‘With man, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’ ” (Matthew 19:26) And yes, the story above was all made up, so there may be faults, but it’s just to illustrate how chaotic and complex a united Church with Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox would look like. But it sure would be nice if somehow, despite our differences, we could, agree. Yes, Protestants may need to change, and Catholics and Orthodox Christians have to work out their differences and their thing with the pope, but I just wish we do live to see the day the Church would truly unite, on earth as it is in Heaven. I know I really didn’t answer the question, of like the Liturgy and Theology of the united Church, but really it’s all based on; are the Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians willing to change? Because if things stay as they are and there is no change or effort to unite, then Catholics would continue with their liturgy and theology, and likewise the Orthodox Christians, and likewise the Protestants. I honestly just want the Church that Jesus Christ established, before the schism, back. Because surely back then everyone had a common theology, a common liturgy, being in union with each other as with Christ, the True Living Body of Christ. Man, the devil and this worldliness has messed us Christians up big time. Let us become like children, Lord. O let us become like children.

At April 7, 2026, 5:12 p.m. Samstavros said: Really good article - but where is the chicken sandwich recipe, maybe that was just click bate? I think a good game of rock paper scissors would easily and quickly solve the issues, then we could move onto other issues like: should the English start driving on the right side off the road (yes!!) and why is dark beer sometimes not very dark.

At April 7, 2026, 5:17 p.m. hieuhanhntn said: Ok Sam you are so funny o