The Matter is Explained by St. Gregory Palamas in a Couple of Short Sentences

Saint Gregory Palamas reminds us, “Truly as many belong to the Church of Christ belong to truth and those who belong not to truth, they belong not to the Church of Christ. All the more so these ones lie to themselves calling themselves and each other shepherds and sacred archpastors. We have been taught, however, that Christianity is not characterized by the personalities but rather by the truth and by the exactness of the Faith.”