Which Unity?

Tiber quotes Catholidoxies about his dilemma as to which church he should convert to. He is a Protestant who obviously is about to apostatize from the faith. Reading his Blog however shows great confusion as to what Protestantism is or at least historically why it came about. Anyway he is quoted as saying:

The big philosophical question: how does one leaving Protestantism decide between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, when a major reason for one's frustration with Protestantism is the necessity and difficulty of having to decide, based on one's own reading of Scripture, what to believe and what confession/denomination/church to belong to?"

What a great question. Many RCs point out that Protestantism is only 400 years old (give or take). Since RCism claims to go back to Peter through the Popes, therefore she is the true church. Although many churches claim that today, the Orthodox churches certainly have as much claim to this as Rome. Yet the Orthodox churches claim they have never recognized the Pope in the way Rome does. Therefore this has much weight against Rome’s Papal position.

What is interesting about the above quote however is that it (unlike RC reverts) recognizes there is a private “reading of Scripture” that must guide one’s decision. Ultimately, you must decide what the claims are, interpret them yourself, weigh them and come to a conclusion. Yet one cannot do that infallibly. So where should Catholidoxies go?

Is Rome faithful to the text of Scripture, only if you accept Rome’s final and ultimate authority over scripture? Is the Orthodox Church faithful to the Scripture? How will you know if Scripture is not your ultimate authority?

What is your starting point? Is God able to speak clearly? Are there other God-breathed sources equal to Scripture?

After perusing Catholidoxies’ Blog, he seems to lament the lack of physical unity. He seems to think Traditions and Liturgies are something that brings about unity. I have no doubt they do. Men will unite over just about anything. The Word of God alone seems to divide. So which unity will it be, Rome or the Orthodox?