Metaphysics and Orthodoxy

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What's the relation between the idea of Metaphysics and Orthodoxy?

There is a long history of metaphysics and Orthodoxy. The Greek fathers inherited the philosophical traditions of the ancient philosophers. Many of the Greek concepts of metaphysics were harmonized with Christianity in the tradition of Philo of Alexandria's harmonization of Judaism with metaphysics.

We have to be careful though in pondering cause, nous, etc., because it can lead to heretical ideas.
 
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Metaphysics is simply one of the three types of philosophy, along with epistemology and ethics. Every other type can be considered to fall under one of these three major types.

What does ethics have to do with orthodoxy? What does epistemology have to do with orthodoxy?
These are questions of the same caliber.

And the answer is that Orthodoxy is concerned with truth and wisdom. Philosophy, in proper form, is the search for truth and wisdom motivated by love. Hence, these types of philosophy are all perfected in Orthodoxy.
 
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Also, what they sell in the so-called "metaphysics" section of the modern book retailers is new-age gobbledy-gook that has very, very little to do with metaphysics as the type of philosophy. Don't get them confused.
 
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Also, what they sell in the so-called "metaphysics" section of the modern book retailers is new-age gobbledy-gook that has very, very little to do with metaphysics as the type of philosophy. Don't get them confused.

yep, it's usually New Age, David Icke weirdness these days
 
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There are metaphysical reasons behind the customs of the Church not simply the standard explanations. Metaphysical reasons behind the 40 day churching of a newborn and its mother. Metaphysical reasons for an all male priesthood and this applies to all the other mysteries of the church.
 
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What's the relation between the idea of Metaphysics and Orthodoxy?

They are separated cousins that will be reunited in familiar manner with slirituality and magic - once we get over our little "magic is stupid/science is king" enlightenment phase.

The state of the world now is a struggle because people have forgotten their history, and have applied a romanticism of life (enlightenment) while at the same time celebrating not knowing (agnosticism and skepticism).

This happens in cycles; this paradigm shift will juxtaposition spirituality with magic, as it were.
 
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They are separated cousins that will be reunited in familiar manner with slirituality and magic - once we get over our little "magic is stupid/science is king" enlightenment phase.

The state of the world now is a struggle because people have forgotten their history, and have applied a romanticism of life (enlightenment) while at the same time celebrating not knowing (agnosticism and skepticism).

This happens in cycles; this paradigm shift will juxtaposition spirituality with magic, as it were.

what does this have to do with the OP? a bunch of us have just explained how metaphysics and Orthodoxy aren't separated at all.
 
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