Something regarding influences and the branches of Christianity

Lately influences have been boiled down to: Bible, Homer, Ouspensky.

It occured to me, as I was trying to find a defining influence for each of the three branches of Christianity (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant) that the three influences above fit.

For Protestants it's the Bible itself.

For Eastern Orthodox it's Ouspensky (because Work knowledge and practice are the best of what comes out of the E. O. branch, and defines it).

For Roman Catholicism I had a problem. I couldn't think what would fit as a defining influence. I think art, music, and architecture are the positive aspects of RCism. Elements of mysticism too. It has more negative than the other two branches, but it does represent the emotional realm (as E. O. represents the physical and Protestantism represents the intellectual realm), and it does have some positive. Then it occured to me, as strange as it first seems, that the Homeric epics are a defining influence of the Roman Catholic branch. Because Roman Catholicism represents paganism in Christianity, and classical influences, and Marian worship has elements that are positive in terms of emotional development (and the Olympian pantheon provides this with Athena, for instance, i.e. wisdom and so on). See what I mean? Roman Catholicism is still basically pagan. Ritual, goddess worship (Mary), creature-oriented rather than Creator oriented, visual, sensual, etc.

So this explains somewhat why a Christian who really knows the Bible and biblical doctrine AND knows the Homeric epics (and add to that knows the Work) is a much more SERIOUS Christian. That's because all those things represent a balanced development of Man #1, 2, and 3 and puts you at a level above all three branches, with understanding of all three. Then of course you practice the real thing with that development and understanding. And of course the Work really is in the Man #4 level properly and perhaps a better defining influence for the Eastern Orthodox branch would be the Philokalia.