Saint Gregory the Theologian wrote: ‘God that created man, since the very beginning let him free and self-governing. He honoured man with self-government, so that good belongs to whom that he choses it not less than to the one who gave him the seeds of good. So that with self-government, i.e. with freedom, man becomes complete and his actions are not irresponsible. Each one of our actions obtains moral value because the involuntary is unstable, tyrannical and alien to the spirit of Christ.’ Continue reading “‘Free man’ is the responsible man”
The Disappointment of Religion
Our feelings and desires are trained by our culture to seek satisfaction. In our spiritual life, we often need to learn how to be disappointed. Fr. Stephen looks at the “disappointment of religion.” Fr. Stephen Freeman is an Orthodox (OCA) priest in USA. Continue reading “The Disappointment of Religion”
Orthodoxy: The hope of the people of Europe
(Our awareness of ourselves as Orthodox Christians does not permit us to overlook the fact that Orthodoxy and Western Christianity cannot share a single ‘Christian identity’. On the contrary, it compels us to stress the fact that Orthodoxy is Europe’s long-forgotten original Christian faith, which at some point should once again serve as the basis of its Christian identity)
By Archimandrite George († 2014, June 8), Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregorios, Mount Athos Continue reading “Orthodoxy: The hope of the people of Europe”
Faith And Science In Orthodox Gnosiology and Methodology (Part 2)
D. God-Man dialectic
Thus the Orthodox believer experiences in the correlation of the two knowledge-wisdoms a God-man dialectic. And to use the Christological terminology, every knowledge must stay put and move within its limits. The problem of the limits of each kind of knowledge is put thus: The surpassing of those limits leads to the confusion of their functions and finally to their conflict. According to the above, the Holy Fathers defended the correct use of science and education. Saint Gregory the Theologian states:
Continue reading “Faith And Science In Orthodox Gnosiology and Methodology (Part 2)”
Faith And Science In Orthodox Gnosiology and Methodology (Part 1)
A. Problem or pseudo-problem?
The antithesis and consequent collision between faith and science is a problem for western (Franco-Latin) thought and is a pseudo-problem for the Orthodox patristic tradition. This is based upon the historical data of these two regions. Continue reading “Faith And Science In Orthodox Gnosiology and Methodology (Part 1)”
The Sickness of Religion and its Orthodox Cure
Introduction by Father George Metallinos
PEOPLE have begun writing articles of late about the relationship between Orthodoxy and religion.
It is a fact that, after the first few centuries [of Christianity], our Faith has also been characterized as a religion. But in what sense is it a religion? Continue reading “The Sickness of Religion and its Orthodox Cure”
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