ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Western
“theology” & “spirit” influence our orthodox theology and
education
So,
Europe has all the aforementioned demonic theology, which is more or
less unfortunately established among us orthodox Christians, too.
They introduce a punishing and rewarding God. This means, the essence
of Orthodoxy in Greece is a set of moral values, an ethicology,
concludes Fr. John Romanides.
Fr.
John Romanides was a great man and a very bright professor, and his
remark was absolutely well-aimed. Unfortunately, all these false
theories were (and maybe still are being) taught, because most of the
Greek novices in theology were (and obviously more today) influenced
by the western “theology”. The Theology Schools and academic
faculties of orthodox Greece have been unfortunately founded on
protestant standards and values. And, on top of that, many of our
candidates and graduates in the faculty of theology (already carrying
the burden of theological darkness from their studies in our
universities) leave Greece and go to the West, so they can eventually
receive even more of this darkness. When they come back, they usually
get an academic position and by rule they reproduce what they’ve
been taught.
I
challenge you: go to our Schools of Theology and see what is being
taught in their auditoriums. For sure, not Orthodox Theology! There
are, of course, laudable exceptions… However, what students usually
receive is of protestant spirit, and this, because the appointed
professors have got their post-graduate diplomas and PhDs usually
from Western universities; in Tübingen (Germany), for instance.
Tübingen
is the birthplace of Protestantism, the birthplace of heresy! And,
imagine, we go there to be supposedly illumined!... darkened, I would
dare to say… and then, proudly parroting what we have learned
there, we transfer it to the students, who come to the Schools of
Theology with the aspiration to supposedly receive the Orthodox
teachings… and, this way, the theological darkness is passed on
from one generation to the next.
Do
you know when all this evil started here in Greece?
Just
read Adamantios Koraïs, and you will figure it out for sure.
You will find his pejorative words against monasticism, hesychastic
life and Orthodox tradition. This is where it all started with the
anti-Orthodox and anti-monastic policy in Greece.
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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