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Hello guys. I would like to ask you your opinion and our Church's opinion about scholasticism. Which would be the orthodox counterpart of scholasticism?
This.we are down with Scholasticism, the issue is that the West ran with it further than they should have when it comes to Christianity. in its proper place, Scholasticism I am sure has a notch somewhere in our faith.
Of course it can be read by Orthodox people, and it really should be given that most people who speak about the evils of Scholasticism often have no idea what Scholasticism actually advocates. Reading something and accepting its ideas are two different things. We shouldn't close ourselves off to works and ideas that aren't Orthodox. That is cultic. Read away, but also read good Orthodox responses to the Summa.So you would say that "Summa Theologica" is a good work and it can be read by orthodox people?
So the opposed to scholasticism, on Orthodoxy is what? Scholasticism uses reason and intellect to reach God, what do Orthodox use?
Skills located in the cerebral hemisphere opposite that which favors rational and philosophical abstraction. Wholehearted participation in the Living Tradition of the Church is what activates these skills and brings "reason" online for us.So the opposed to scholasticism, on Orthodoxy is what? Scholasticism uses reason and intellect to reach God, what do Orthodox use?