In light of discussions here regarding some frequently explosive topics, I thought Father Stephen had a pertinent posting yesterday on his blog. He commented recently about how most comments on blogs are made on ideas over which we are more prone to argue, rather than over simple ideas on which our salvation actually depends. What he says makes me realize the degree of folly that it is for me to try to explain Theosis, or Sacerdotalism, or Apostolic Succession. I certainly find my hands full simply trying to take part in my own theosis, without trying to explain it to others (especially since I have no formal theological training). It reminds me to quote myself less, and the Fathers, more. Anyway, here is the beginning of Fr Stephen’s post:
It is said proverbially in Orthodoxy that “one who prays is a theologian and a theologian is one who prays.” This intends fully to say that an unlettered peasant may be a greater theologian than someone who holds many degrees and can offer page after page of published articles. There is only one reason this is so: Continue reading “The Unity of the Faith”
I’ve been told that Orthodoxy is too “heady” and requires too much “learning.” I’ve probably succumbed to some of that “headiness” myself, at times. Fr Stephen reminds me what Orthodoxy is really about.
It’s posts like that which have kept me so interested in this historical church.
There’s much I don’t know. But this is one of the things I do know. That we are to diminish and Christ is to increase.
Both Fr Stephen and you have shown a desire (and executed that desire) as an example for others to follow.
In Him,