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During the Reformation, many rulers decided to abandon their affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and instead embraced Protestantism. But what if Reformers decided to call for switching to Orthodoxism rather than Protestantism?

Many of the rulers were attracted to Protestantism because they could break free of Papal influence and confiscate RCC lands. But by going Orthodox, you have the same advantages. Under Orthodoxism, all national churches are autocephalous and its leaders are independent of any higher authority. (Patriarch of Constantinople is first amongst equals to leaders of autocephalous churches and has no authority over them).

It seems to me that many of the goals of Protestantism could be achieved by converting to Orthodox. And as Orthodox Church has roots just as deep as RCC, switching to Orthodox affiliation provides a great deal of "religious legitimacy" as well.
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