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>>3211
Well that just refutes papacy
If you can have Orthodox theology, Orthodox doctrine, Orthodox rules, reject the filioque, venerate saints vatican rejects, but still be in communion with the pope just by in some way accepting his primacy, then the catholic primacy and theology is just a joke.
Rome practically conceded to the Orthodox position for the sake of a "union". Or I guess it would be more fitting to say they reached the limit of what they could impose, seeing as the formation of the eastern rite was pretty forceful
>The Union of Brest-Litovsk in 1596—under which all but two Ukrainian Orthodox bishops accepted, at the demand of their Polish Catholic king, the primacy of the pope—in a substantial way signaled the effective advent of Eastern rite churches. Other smaller groups had united with Rome in previous centuries, but the Ukrainians who were united with Rome at this time were the largest branch of Eastern Catholics to move in that direction. The Union of Uzhhorod (Uzhgorod) in 1646 brought many Ruthenians (or Rusyns) into the Roman Catholic Church when 63 Ruthenian Orthodox priests, who represented Ruthenians living under Catholic rule, accepted the authority of Rome while being allowed to maintain their liturgical language (Old Church Slavonic) and customs.