Idea for a joint Orthodox-Catholic group on fb

it is a nice idea and a lot of good could come out of it, such as discussion of contemporary Saints and their influence. I often see people talking about St Seraphim of Sarov and Francis of Assisi together and it shows a mutual respect, which is beautiful.

The problem is that I can see it causing arguments. We have very different doctrines on certain things and all it takes is someone to put up a flamable quote or link to a site saying "What the Church fathers believed on (Insert Roman doctrine here)" and it would become sectarian. It would be very risky and a very fragile alliance.

I see this as being a potentially beneficial exchange. The Western world, having been dominated by Catholic and Protestant scholasticism for the past millennium, knows very little about the Orthodoxy.

This could be an opportunity both for clearing up misconceptions about Eastern Christianity and for practicing civil dialogue. Many Catholic and Orthodox users have befriended each other on tumblr and have found much common ground.

Hmmm.. I think it's not this one dear gonesimera.
But I'll contact Nikosnature and I'll ask to share a link with me to post it here. But we have to keep in mind that in this group we Orthodox will be a small minority. But propably it would be good for us to join, as an opportunity for clearing up misconceptions about Orthodoxy, as josephofsambro said.

It could be a good idea but equally it could be potentially hazardous, especially if certain doctrines are mentioned that neither of us will budge over and if as Niko said that it could be used to discuss matters of faith then it is likely to turn volatile. I think we only have to look at what occurs in the Holy Sepulchre (though granted, Facebook allows for less broom throwing!)

In theory it is a good thing because we can clear up misconceptions about Orthodoxy. But in practise it could see relations turning sour and I think we need to ask ourselves if it is worth the risk.