"Many are called but few are chosen" (Mat 22:14). Numbers don't matter. The Church has always applied oikonomia.
That is, it seems the solution requires more than just the Orthodox Church has to offer in the earthly sense. In the heavenly sense, clearly whatever God is doing invisibly is to the benefit of the Orthodox Church and will suffice, but it doesn't look to me like he will solely work through Orthodox auspices without some kind of big deal-signing with other nominal Christians. Thanks as always.
All people are called to the Church but the Body of Christ is just one. There are no Christians outside the Church because the fullness of God's grace and the sacraments are only in His Church. This is like saying it's unlikely that God would choose only the person of Jesus Christ's auspices and not a group of messiahs to do the work of preaching the gospel. No it's not. Christ is one and His Church is one. Always has been and always will be.
Well, if it's not physically feasible then either it won't happen that way or it'll be a miracle (spectacle), and either way it'll be good. I won't be absent from the catechumens when the Revolution comes.
Your premise is incorrect. Christians allover the world were received in large numbers historically and Christianity didn't suffer from it neither the doctrines or canons changed because of it.
"Many are called but few are chosen" (Mat 22:14). Numbers don't matter. The Church has always applied oikonomia.
All people are called to the Church but the Body of Christ is just one. There are no Christians outside the Church because the fullness of God's grace and the sacraments are only in His Church. This is like saying it's unlikely that God would choose only the person of Jesus Christ's auspices and not a group of messiahs to do the work of preaching the gospel. No it's not. Christ is one and His Church is one. Always has been and always will be.
Well, if it's not physically feasible then either it won't happen that way or it'll be a miracle (spectacle), and either way it'll be good. I won't be absent from the catechumens when the Revolution comes.
Your premise is incorrect. Christians allover the world were received in large numbers historically and Christianity didn't suffer from it neither the doctrines or canons changed because of it.