Like everyone else, you probably know exactly when you were born. But, did you ever imagine your ‘self’ before it was born? Your mother has never forgotten your first capers inside her body, or your movements later on as a baby, telling her how you wanted to come out, into the light! Continue reading “What does an abortion cost? A human life!”
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:
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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 last Interview with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman
An interview conducted by the magazine “Pemptousia” (Issue 4, Dec. 2000 – Mar. 2001) with the great byzantinologist Sir Steven Runciman at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on 14/7/2000, where he was hosted during his three-day stay on Mount Athos for the arrival of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who was to inaugurate the new sacristy of the monastery and the holy community of Mount Athos. Continue reading “The last Interview with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman”
Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman
The most slandered and misrepresented historical period of Romanity [1]
The following interview with the great historian and Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman can be characterized as the quintessence of his great work, which is globally renown and recognized. Continue reading “Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman”
Nature is not God
A study by Th. I. Riginiotis
Translation A. N.
In our day and age there is a noticeable increase in people who have been unearthing from oblivion and reliving the worship of ‘gods’ belonging to ancient pagan religions. This appears to be a worldwide phenomenon, which is intensifying as contemporary peoples seek their cultural roots, and while western peoples are seeing that they can now shake off the oppressive and imperialist versions of Christianity which took shape in the West during the past thousand years: Catholicism and Protestantism. Continue reading “Nature is not God”
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