of course it is not that black and white, or we wouldn't have the situation we have today or similar situations in history (albeit on a much smaller scale), but it would be a lot easier to explain things to converts such as myself if it weren't so confusing. I mean how Orthodox is it to say to a newly illumined ROCOR member, for instance, "you may commune in ROCOR, JP, and SP parishes, but not in OCA, GOA, AOA, etc."
Joe Zollars