The Goal of Theology
July 21, 2010
What should be the goal of theology? I think the Orthodox get it right…
“In the Eastern Christian tradition, the ancient creed and the decrees are not seen as instruction leading to further such elaboration of doctrine, but as ruling out error. Beyond that, they confess the truth but do not attempt to explain it, according to Orthodoxy. The emphasis for Eastern Christianity is not on explanation but on mystery—on adoration of truth rather than its clarification” (Payton, Light from the Christian East, 67).
“The goal is not explanation of the Christian faith, but faithful adherence to its mysteries” (67).
“Orthodoxy expects not clarification but adoration, not teaching but praising” (68).
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