Misunderstanding Mystery | The Place of Philosophy in Orthodoxy

This week Dr. Jacobs gives a rundown of mystery in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. You’ll get definitions, how he thinks the misunderstanding devolved, and the Chuch Fathers’ on natural theology. You’ll also get a little side tangent about the future of Orthodoxy in America. 

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00:00:00 Intro 

00:07:31 What is mystery?

00:14:13 How did the understanding of “mystery” shift? 

00:20:57 “The nous is more than mind” is true, but…

00:29:46 St. Paul and Philosophy

00:36:08 Orthodoxy in America, the best and worst cases

00:52:51 Are the Church Fathers anti natural theology?