From his 3rd Epistle

He was a dyophysite

So let me ask you this, do you actually believe that the true Church is a small sect that is mostly restricted to a specific geographical location

"Even if Catholics faithful to tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the one who are the true Church of Jesus Christ."

that's St Athanasius

I hope you're not suggesting that truth is decided by a majority of bishops

It may not be so, but the Church is universal, it isn’t shut off somewhere

We agree

The church has historically been much bigger, it is at its weakest right now

That doesn't detract from its truth

It’s been at it’s weakest for 1500 years?

No?

The CotE was huge up into the 14th century

Fresh is Orthodox

it started declining after that

it was under very heavy persecution in the 20th century during the Assyrian genocide

yea, the church being based in Assyria was bad news

fuckin muzzies

Well, I don’t believe God would allow His Church to decline to such an extent. The gospel was said to be preached to all nations

A semi-Arian could have said that to an Orthodox Christian in the 4th century

The CotE spread Christianity to as far as China, Mongolia, and Japan

And it has been preserved in India to this day

The Arian crisis didn’t last for very long, your sect has been in decline for many centuries

Since the 14th

Before that, it was by many estimates larger than the Latin church

I would rather talk on theological grounds than appeals to the size of the church

one can say the catholic church and the orthodox church suffered the same

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The church is probably leaving its period of decline now, at least it seems so to me

Are you Assyrian?

No

Along with about 15% of the church

Well, I’m no theologian, so I’m not exactly equipped to debate that matter, but as a rule I don’t take seriously small sects claiming to be the true Church. Same with the Sedevecantists and those sorts of people

The difference with the Sedevecantists is that they do not occupy any apostolic see

Depends, there are Conclavists with their own ‘Popes’

Their elections weren't valid though

Church of the East has her own Sedevacantists, they are called Old Calendarists and elected their own Patriarch

Maybe not, but I don’t believe your hierarchy is valid either

Respectfully it is valid whether you believe it or not

The issue of our apostolic succession has been firmly settled

You might have ‘Apostolic succession’ in a physical sense, but it doesn’t mean you’re spiritually descended from the apostles. The Lutheran Church of Sweden will also claim apostolic succession