Ioannis, the "pope" of the e-cafe, who has, in the virtual world, been deciding where grace resides for the past three years is telling me not to judge. The man who has used the most vile language to describe hiearchs of the Orthodox Church past and present, while at the same time pretending to know their hearts is telling others not to judge.
Reading your bishops confession of faith in the Balamand document, for instance, is not judging another mans heart, it is simply stating the faith they have themselves declared and intended to be known.
Now if I said they signed the document because they had ill intentions and desires, that would be judging their hearts. If I have ever done something like the latter you would be a great friend to point this out to me so I can repent.
As for knowing where Grace is, I believe I have only repeated what the Holy Fathers have repeated regarding such heresies as Balamand (to use the same small example). I even recall saying several times that these definitions are likley very "strict" in order to protect the flock, and that it might be possible Mysteriological Grace is in places we do not know - only Christ knows for sure. The only job of the flock is to follow and repeat what has been passed down to us, specifically about true and false bishops.
Now looking over at your side of the cliff, it seems to me it has been your bishops who have declared where Mysteriological Grace is and isn't without any regard, and really in spite of, the Orthodox faith and the Holy Fathers. For them, it is with the Lutherans, Monophysites, and Roman Catholics, and it is not with us. But it is not this that upsets you?
As with most people I have encountered in the ecumenist churches, it really doesn't seem to matter that "infallible declarations" of "where Grace is" are made, since your bishops do the same, it is just when the Orthodox say something traditional on the subject that it bothers you. Is this correct? I would like to hear more on your thoughts regarding this.
