ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
The
take-over of the orthodox civilization
Arnold
Toynbee, a British historian (14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975),
said that the Orthodox Civilization is being gradually absorbed by
the Western Civilization. I wished it would not come true, and it
won’t, because Orthodoxy will be forever. We, as a Greek nation,
may lose Orthodoxy (and probably have lost Her already, more or
less), but She will continue existing somewhere else on Earth for
sure.
For
example, in America, there is a great interest in and quest for
Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is the “religion” (people there call Her a
religion, because they do not know how else they could) with the
highest conversion numbers in America; many protestant faithful
convert to Orthodoxy every year, according to the statistics.
It will
be no surprise if we end up going to the converted Protestants for
lectures on Orthodoxy… a tragic phenomenon for us the Orthodox.
So,
this historian, Toynbee, said that we, the Orthodox, are getting
progressively absorbed. It’s just an opinion of him, but we see it,
more or less, coming gradually true these days.
Where
are our children, for example? They are in these clubs, brought from
America with the entire attitude, fashion in clothes and the music…
American style and origin…
Toynbee
has written a thick book, where he distinguishes only 5 civilizations
today, all remnants out of 20-25, which existed in the past: the
Indian, the Far Eastern (China & Japan), the European, the
Orthodox, and the primitive civilization.
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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