High church
Non-acceptance of the branch theory by the Eastern Orthodox Church, was in 1853 called unfortunate by the theory's founder, [[William Palmer (theologian)|William Palmer]], who wished the Eastern Church to claim to be no more than a part of the whole, not the whole of the true Church. Bishop [[Kallistos Ware]] says that "Orthodox writers sometimes speak as if they accepted the 'Branch Theory', once popular among [[High church|High Church]] Anglicans", but explains that this opinion "cannot be reconciled with traditional Orthodox theology". [[Western Orthodox]] cleric [[Julian Joseph Overbeck]] writes: