Seraphim, as usual, reminds me to play nice. And if anyone has the street cred to ask this (not that he should need it), it's Seraphim.
I suppose my dilemma is twofold: [A] If we cannot be critical (and I'm not saying Seraphim is saying we can't) of the em church, then there can be no open dialogue between those of us in Orthodoxy (or the Roman Catholic Church) and the em church. Furthermore, they are certainly critical, if not of us, at least of those things that are integral to our beliefs; such as the absolute and nonnegotiable belief in the full humanity and full deity of Jesus, the Sacraments, the perpetual virginity of our Most Holy Lady, and so on. But mostly, if all we can do is lob niceties each other's way, then both of us are being fake and hypocritical. True relationship demands truth, and truth obligates us to be critical where that is warranted. But . . .
If one is critical, then one is perceived to be and often called judgmental, or thought to not be playing nice, or elevating truth over love, or what have you.
So, the first horn of the dilemma is that if one cannot be critical there's no real anything going on: no relating, no truth, no love.
Other horn:
[B] But if one is g