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пятница, 11 февраля 2011 г.

SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY

 In the days of spring May Day sverdlovchane met with the bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church of USA Basil Rodzianko.
Hitherto educated residents of our city have been literally doomed to communicate with a large non-denominational Ratiu, "divinely inspired" preachers of the Gospel, which in pop style, selflessly "preach" in the houses of culture and the stadiums are eternal truths millennial beliefs, not bothering and sometimes even elementary rules human communication. This is no accident: "looseness" God is always fraught with swagger and the people ... Through the efforts of humanitarian and ecological urban Lyceum, this time, we got a rare opportunity to meet, finally, with the largest representation of the Christian religion. I managed to attend two performances Masters: Motorists in DC and the City Council. Inviting ekaterinburgtsev serious and sincere dialogue, Father Basil at these meetings kept talking about things is very different: the faith and Christian morality, on azah Eastern Orthodox theology and personal impressions of the Theosophical calling Russia and the circumstances of their own destiny. Both times the room was filled with listeners. And, apparently, each had received from these meetings, what I wanted, depending on the nature and level of their individual of belonging to Christianity. Erudition of his father Basil was unmistakable, and apparently, so among the many converts to the Lord and the questions were of a kind that can be conventionally be called "the philosophy of Christianity." For example, one of them, sounded in the hall of the City Council: "If the laws of dialectics, the good is not possible without the existence of evil, it does not follow from this world need evil in God's plan?" "No! - Clearly and emphatically answered the visitor from the USA - the evil only participates in the divine progress, but not create it. " The position of the Lord is clear and very instructive: the dialectic - the dialectic, but she does not abolish the fundamental antagonism between good and evil. Otherwise Christology inevitably turn into a "demonology", and Christian - in the Anti-Christ ... In our times of universal "pluralism", where the intelligentsia flushing the difference between truth and error is considered among the educated public "ideological news" and almost a struggle for personal spiritual sovereignty, this position is a guest has a challenging and certainly fighting character. From the floor followed by another question: "Who comes first: God or the Truth?" - "Between them there is no difference. In fact, they - the same thing "- was the answer - But then, once the truth and God are one, the science of truth - the theory of knowledge - and the science of God? "- His next question. - Um, um ... It is certainly true if we consider the issue from the standpoint of epistemology. But in the Bible "known" - this is something completely different - said Father Basil - and so this conclusion is incorrect. Again, twenty-five! ... Knowledge (in other words, we summarize the response from overseas Masters), is only into the "world of this." And about the "World Tom" only God knows. We can only believe in what he knows. So, the old (and the explosive force of the prisoners in her human and social passions) problem: Faith and Knowledge. Attempts author of these lines in a mutual dialogue to deepen it - to produce positive results ... And it's certainly not a father Basil. The point of the ancient tradition that this issue is shared by himself. "Bible" - yes to the Gospel! - This is the innermost essence of her .* Understand it, this tradition is of course possible. But whether it can be split with the Orthodox priest? One remembers that's the line of Vasily Rozanov: "What I learned by listening here, GG clerics, they are not at all, so to speak, metaphysical Christianity, not only correct, but no. Them to Christianity just seems kind phenomenon. "We are - good people, and do not understand what you want from us" - that is the meaning of their answers on the secular bewilderment. When you hear some criticisms, they say: "We - the people are modest, and confessed," and a smile of contentment about increases in their face. " These words were spoken Rozanov them at a meeting of the Religious-Philosophical Society has November 21, 1907 My recent experience with Orthodox hierarchs from the U.S. essentially confirmed they were right: for nearly a hundred years it has changed almost nothing! But fortunately it or trouble? - Here is the question. Let us explain. For more than one century Orthodox doctrine protects a shield. Shield this - the belief that philosophizing in matters of orthodox dogma - is suemudrie, how evil away from the faith under the guise of a meaningful (ie thinking) approach to it. What to say ... of course, very often suemudrie slyly pretends to be "philosophy." It happens, and it is - so. But does these things the fact that philosophy - it is certainly always and everywhere have suemudrie? This question was posed at the turn of XIX - XX centuries before the official orthodoxy, no reply received. The absence of response were taken to different camps Socium Russian intelligentsia, orthodoxy, revolution and ... people. At that Russia in the twentieth century, said the huge disasters authorizing the same people at great sacrifice. Hit it! For laziness in thinking is fraught with troubles. But the same question of faith and knowledge, truth and God, philosophy and theology before us and now (aggravated and sharpened-Soviet anti-Soviet "Party committee"!) At the end of the twentieth century. Bumping all the same "reliability" Shield ... Paradoxically, sad but true! (Incidentally, I note that the priest and the performance of the United States gave some ground to think that he shared some of the theological innovations of Russian philosophy, in particular, the doctrine of Sophia - Wisdom of God. Is this true? - Until the end, unfortunately, could not figure out ). ... Fortunately, a warm farewell to the residents of Ekaterinburg in the hall of the City Council unexpectedly and had another very encouraging result. Local hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Melchizedek expressed promise to hold a series of meetings of the local intelligentsia, which can be clarified important issues of the Orthodox faith. - Not only the Lord overseas, but I can answer your questions - he promised fervently. Well, we promised to wait
------------------------------------------------ * The essence of which is thoroughly and persuasively construed to each and every one of the world of classical philosophy. For that she and under special patrol, with strict orders: "In the Temple / ie in theology, in The Law of God in the thinking soul, prayer ascending / philosophy - do not let him in! "
Valery Molchanov, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences,
Board Member Urban Seminar in Russian, German and Greek philosophy "Russian Logos.

"Rhythm», № 63 (11851), Thursday, June 17, 1993 Edition 2820. "URAL GAZETTE», № 21 (43) July 1993 Circulation 13.000.

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