Stuart, you noted, "On the other side of the coin, I thought Father James should have clarified the ecclesial nature of the Eastern Catholics in regard to the Church of Rome. I would have said, "Just as the Eastern Orthodox Church is a communion of particular Churches, so the Catholic Church is a communion of particular Churches. The Eastern Catholic Churches are no more "branches" of the Roman Catholic Church than the Church of Moscow is a branch of the Church of Constantinople"."
What you said is on the mark, stuart, but I know plenty of Latins who make the assumption that, to quote you, "the Church of Moscow is a branch of the Church of Constantinople..."
